Gipuzkoako Dantza Maisuak

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Gipuzkoako Dantza Maisuak

• San Francisco and Boise
• dance work-shop
• Iñaki Arregi

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Background
The past of Dantza Maisuak

• The oral tradition.
• Teaching among different towns.
• An old pattern all over Europe.
• Some examples Gipuzkoa, Zuberoa, Bizkaia.
• Dancers Groups and the last Masters.

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The pattern
A social mission

• To train young people toward an adult society.
• Their own pedagogical pattern. Pre-classic
  sources.
• Social consideration.
• Other practices pilota, fencing.

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The pattern
The training path

• A choreographic and gymnastic rule
• Physical strength and balance.
• Ear for music.
• Memory.
• A social introduction ritual dances, protocols,
  dance cycles, etc.

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The pedagogical structure

• Looking for a structure of the dances.
• Three elements

• STEPS
• SENTENCES
• CHOREOGRAPHY

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The pedagogical structure
Steps

• The steps and the alphabet.
• Some examples

• Muriska
• Lauarin
• Laisterka
• Zorrotzak
• Deia
• Laisterka jirakoa

• Atzerako muriska
• Lauarin berriztua
• Muriska txingo-koak
• Muriska jirakoa
• Jira galdua

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The pedagogical structure
Sentences

• The sentences on dance.
• The beat and the measure of the sentence.
• How to join music with dance steps
• The choreographic stress.
• The musical stress.
• Musical sentences
• Hasierako soinuak beats of 4/4 and 6/8.
• Zortzikoak beats of 2/4 and 5/8.

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The pedagogical structure
The choreographies

• About the free composition
• With a constant measure.
• With a irregular measure soinu zaharrak.
• Protocols, ceremonies rituals
• Soka dantzak and Ezpata dantzak.
• The cycle of Brokel dantza.
• Other dances.

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The academic profile
A proposal

• Comparing our tradition with other analogous in
  Europe.
• Two profiles
• Prebosta constant measures tunes and Saltokakoa
  (32 beats).
• Dantza Maisu soinu zaharrak, irregular measures
  tunes and Kuarentako Erregelak (424 beats)

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