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Category Archives: In the News
In the News: Georgrit 2012 in Traunstein
This is a video made by the TV station from the town of Traunstein with some footage of the dance and even a brief interview with the resident American (yours truly!) If you don’t speak German you might want to … Continue reading
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In the News: A Cowboy in the Sword Dance
My first front page article! Moving up in the world! This has never occurred before in the long history of Traunstein sword dance: The appearance of the 16th Sword Dancer of the Gymnastics Club in the Georgirit festival of Traunstein on … Continue reading
Posted in Germany, In the News, Sword Dance
Tagged adventure, bavaria, dance, dancing, drink, easter, festival, folk, friends, fun, german, germany, music, photo, photography, sword, sword dance, sword dancing, tradition, traditional, travel, watson, watson fellowship
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In the News: Sword Dance: A Yank Swings His Sword
U.S. Researcher as a Guest Dancer Sword Dance: A Yank Swings his Sword The sword dance is a unique spectacle in Traunstein, whose origins date back to the 16th century. This year is the first time a guest dancer (from the … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, bavaria, dance, dancing, easter, fun, germany, music, News, photo, sword, sword dance, sword dancing, tradition, traditional, travel, watson
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In The News: US Researcher Doing the Sword Dance in Traunstein
For the first time in the history of the dance we have a guest dancer in our midst. Jeremy Carter-Gordon studied Ethnochoreology at Bard Collage, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. As part of a one-year fellowship he is one of the first people to explore the … Continue reading
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Tagged dance, dancing, festival, folk, germany, music, photo, photography, sword, sword dance, sword dancing, tradition, traditional, travel, watson, watson fellowship
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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
Posted in Basque Country, In the News
Tagged adventure, basque, basque country, children, friends, fun, In, photo, photography, rapper, rapper dance, sword, sword dance, sword dancing, teaching, watson fellowship
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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
Posted in Basque Country, In the News
Tagged adventure, basque, basque country, dance, dancing, drink, explore, festival, folk, food, friends, incredible, music, photo, photography, tourist, trad, traditional, travel, watson, watson fellowship
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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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In the News: Jeremy Carter-Gordon Visits High Spen
Jeremy Carter-Gordon visits High Spen Jeremy, who describes himself as an ethnochoreologist, hails from Boston, Massachusetts in the USA. He is a graduate of Bard College, NY where he majored in traditional dance. He is currently in receipt of a … Continue reading
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In the News: Magazine Interview for ‘eta Kitto
Google translate to the rescue! QUESTIONS: -You have a degree in Ethnochoreology. But, what is this? Ethnochoreology is the name for the study of anthropology of dance. Ethnochoreologists study how dance and human culture are related. -What are you doing … Continue reading
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In the News: TV Interview on A Mochila do Viaxeiro
This was a show on the sword dancing in Marin. I come on at 12:57 and again at 15:10. The title of the show means Travel Backpack in Galician. They really were excited to have me talk in English to them, … Continue reading
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