If It Isn’t Broken, There’s No Need to Fix It — A Conversation with Soma Magyar

If It Isn’t Broken, There’s No Need to Fix It — A Conversation with Soma Magyar

This is a translated and edited version of the original interview. 19-year-old Soma is a grandson of Kálmán and Judit Magyar, pioneers of the Hungarian folk dance movement in North America. Born in New Jersey, he grew up in Toronto, Canada. As a high school student, he spent a year in Hungary and later returned as a university student on the Diaspora Higher Education Scholarship. Although his choice of degree proved wrong and he is still conside…