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Category Archives: Basque Country
International Sword Spectacular In Germany
After a brief jaunt through Croatia and Bosnia I returned back to Germany to the town of Balingen, just south of Stuttgart, for an International Sword Dance Festival. Unfortunately, due to a dearth of information, I had not much of an … Continue reading
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Basques in Rocca Grimalda: Cards, Blending Cultures, and a Sword Dance Museum!
At 6:30 Kezka all piled into a big bus with supplies of snacks, games and pillows, ready for the 17 hour journey to Rocca Grimalda, Italy. I ended up towards the back of the bus where there was a little table … Continue reading
In The News: Jeremy Carter-Gordon, American Dance Anthropologist
An article on my visit to teach rapper in a Basque School There are some other pictures on the site that you can check out! Jeremy Carter-Gordon is a young dancer and musician from Massachusetts. After completing his studies the anthropology of dance, he won a one-year Watson Fellowship … Continue reading
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Talking about the Watson Fellowship and Teaching Rapper Dancing
I had a few days of relative calm after the carnival in Eibar in which I got to go to a few more practices with Kezka and teach some more rapper dancing. In addition to teaching at Kezka, had been … Continue reading
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Pigs Bladders, Italians and Horny Bears: Rapper Sword Dancing and a Basque Carnival!
The day after the carnival in Zubieta I had the pleasure of traveling to Donostia (That would be San Sebastian in Spanish) to teach rapper to a group there. I took a bus from Eibar and got to look around … Continue reading
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In the News: Zubieta Carnival Through the Eyes of a US Dancer
The Zubieta Carnival Through the Eyes of a US Dancer Jeremy Carter-Gordon is a Sword dancer from the United States dedicated to studying European sword dancing. A few months ago on his blog, Jeremy described living in Basque Country, and now he … Continue reading
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A Basque Carnival: No Sword Dancing, But Perhaps Some Swords!
After a brief hitch-hiking experience I was able to get out of the town and back into less rural surroundings. By a few days later I was in Madrid pondering where I wanted to head next. One of the (very … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, basque, basque country, colorful hats, dancing, drink, festival, folk, food, garlic soup, guggenheim museum in bilbao, photo, photography, sword dances, sword dancing, trad, traditional, travel, watson fellowship
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Back to Basque! An Appeal for Help and Photos
I promised that my next post would be about the sword dance during the festival of San Sebastian in Villanueva, but I wanted to ask you all for information. Yesterday I took the bus from Madrid, where I had spent … Continue reading
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In the News: Basque Sword Dance Through the Eyes of an American Rapper Dancer
Basque Sword Dance Through the Eyes of an American Rapper Dancer Jeremy Carter-Gordon (from the U.S.) stayed in the Basque Country in September and October to learn about the sword-dancing there. He has already been to France, Italy, Spain and … Continue reading
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Adio, Euskadi! My Last Basque Sword Dance
There was one last sword dance in Basque Country that took place in the fall, and it felt like something of a homecoming for me. The dance was in Elgoibar, where I had taught Morris dancing early in my trip. … Continue reading
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