Kalejira with Klaperttar?ak and Aukeran
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content: Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival / Series 2: Basque: Innovation by Culture / 2.3: Audio
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content: 1 Sound recording (digital audio file)
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content: 2016 July 01
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
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content: CFCH.SFF.2016, Item SFF2016_0701_Basque_Frontoia_0004
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content: Archival materials
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content: Sound recordings
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content: Listening copies available
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content: Gloria Tortoricguena (presenter); Klapertta?ak; Manuel Iturregi Legarreta; Goizeder Pellicer Marzabal; Iñigo Carballo Gonzalez; Sendoa Gil Sagastibeltza; Asier Blanco; Aukeran Dance Company; Eduardo Muruamendiaraz; Ander Errasti; Ekain Cazabon; Ioritz Galarraga; Garazi Egiguren Urkola; Ione Iriarte Arruabarena Coming together for the first time for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, bartender and accordionist Manu Iturregi and his friends are coming to demonstrate the Basque festival staple of kalejira, or "going around singing and dancing." Just as in festivals in the Basque country, the kalejira will wind its way through our site inviting visitors to sing and dance along with them. They will be joined by the Aukeran Dance Company. Based in Donostia, Aukeran was formed in 1997 on the initiative of Edu Muruamendiaraz. The dance company blends traditional with contemporary choreography, creating a unique form of expression. While traditional Basque dances only require footwork, contemporary dance is normally based on multiple body movements, combining the two forms requires ingenious and inventive choreography.