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The basic characteristics of Basque dance are seen in the choreography, historical and festive elements, and the universal traits of tradition, entertainment, tourism and especially religious-festive events. You can tell a good dancer by how high they jump, their double clicks, how high they kick, and their gracefulness.
The Basque dance and music group was founded in 1962 by Brother Basilio, of the De La Salle Brothers, as a school group. [3] [4] The Salleko Basque dance group directed its work from the beginning of research, learning, teaching and dissemination of Basque dance and Basque folklore.
Initially, it had a choir, but a dance company emerged soon. In the 1960s, the music band was created, performing together with the dance company ever since. All three groups are active as of today. The first performance of the association was held in Easter 1940 (): the founding date of Eskola is set to be April 10, 1940 ().
Performance featuring a trikiti with tambourine accompaniment. The trikiti [1] (standard Basque, pronounced ) trikitixa (dialectal Basque, pronounced ), or eskusoinu txiki ("little hand-sound", pronounced [es̺kus̺oɲu tʃiki])) is a two-row Basque diatonic button accordion with right-hand rows keyed a fifth apart and twelve unisonoric bass buttons.
The zortzico is a dance rhythm that originates in the Basque Country.It is also used as an accompaniment rhythm for vocal melodies, such as "Gernikako arbola", the unofficial anthem of the Basques, composed in 1853 by José María Iparraguirre (Laborde 2001).
The red ones are the characters that are elegantly and cleanly dressed (we can find Zalmantzain in this group). And the black ones are dressed as poor people. During the procession along the village, the black ones tried to annoy the red ones. When they arrive at the main square the red ones dance typical basque dances.
Basque dance (4 P) Basque domestic animal breeds (1 C, 22 P) E. Education in the Basque Country (2 C, 2 P) Events in the Basque Country (autonomous community) (2 C) F.
In Highland dance, a pas de basque is described as follows: prepare with an extension of the working foot to second aerial position low. Spring to that side, bringing the new working foot into third or fifth position on the half point.