| Dance News:
Ikerfolk
Releases Third Volume of Jira Galdua with Music CD
featuring the dances of Zuberoa
by Lisa Corcostegui
 The pre-classic dances of the Maskarada from
Zuberoa are some of the most intricate and technically demanding
of all Basque dances.
The dances of Gipuzkoa, which are also
pre-classic, were transcribed by Iztueta in 1824. Iztueta's
writing has guided thousands of dancers in Gipuzkoan dance over
the years. Until now, there was no such resource for the dances of
Zuberoa. You may know that dances from Gipuzkoa are made up
of steps with individual names such as laisterka, lau
arin and muriska. The steps in dances from Zuberoa also
have individual names although until now not many people outside
of that province were aware of them.
Based in Donostia, Ikerfolk is an
association dedicated to the research of Basque dance and
folklore. Over the last few years researchers who are also
dancers have studied with dance masters from Zuberoa to learn
technique and terminology. This volume of the publication
known as Jira Galdua comes with a music CD containing the
melodies of the dances described.
Past volumes of Ikerfolk's Gira Galdua
focused on the dances of Gipuzkoa and a method for learning to
play the panderoa or tambourine:
1998 Gipuzkoako dantza-maisuen taula
gimnastiko-koreografikoa
2000 Panderoa:historia eta
metodoa. Ikerfolk
Links:
Schedule
of this year's Maskaradak in Zuberoa
Maskaradak
from Cyber Dantza
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