Our highly varied folk dance covers all types
of
Occitania (Southern France) folk dance (bourrées from the
Auvergne and Ariège
regions, the Bearnais sauts and branles, rigadoons, 2/4 and 6/8 rondos,
branlous, etc.), including of course waltzes, polkas and marzurkas, in
the
styles of their respective home soils. Naturally we don't neglect the
non-Occitania dances: Circassian rounds, 2-bar bourrées,
fandangos, arin-arin,
two-step, maraîchines, tex-mex repertoire, etc. *to listen all the tunes, move the vertical black curser.
*TO SEE OCCITAN FOLKDANCES:
Bourrée 3 temps "Flor de ginèsta":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7DpA_TMDEQ
Circassian circle "Pontevedra":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf9hZhSeTjs
Scottishes "Tusta-barta" and "Brisa-esclop":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFiXQr7KxzU
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'Québ’oc’
folk dance: We
also propose Quebecois contra dances,
with a 'caller' (someone who explains the steps during the dance), with
a
half-day workshop on demand. These
dances
from 'Belle Province', led by the sound of the melodeon, are
particularly
festive and enjoyable: all that is needed to take part is to be able to
walk
and know left from right!
*TO SEE A QUEB'OC DANCE WORKSHOP:
Contredanse rapide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPdcP85JzZA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG3ojiVhHnQ
"Capitaine trompeur": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVX3BmBRsIw
*Duration of
the balèti: 3 hours or more.
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*CONCERTS:
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We
offer a choice
of three concerts:
'Lengadoc
als quatre vents' concert:
everything which made our region: troubadour sirventés,
'regrets' in which the oboe is king, joust and Camargue bull melodies,
and those of the carnival ('fecas" from Limoux), dances and laments
from
the Black Mountain, a homage to Trenet and Brassens, without forgetting
the rythms of Spain or Italy, whose immigrants also made the Languedoc
region.
Musical clips: go to the 'CDs /
Shop' page.
'Corne
d'Aur'oc' concert:
a unique opportunity to hear songs of the Hérault
troubadour,
Georges Brassens, in the Occitania language, and more particularly in
the dialect from Eastern Languedoc, accompanied by traditional
instruments (oboe, Languedoc bagpipe...). CD available from 'Aura
Producccions'.
Musical clips: go to the 'CDs /
Shop' page.
'Nadal
occitan' concert:
to give this time of the year a magical feeling, at the time of the
Provence and Languedoc Christmas songs, from classics (la camba me fai mau, la marche des rois,
pastres pastretas)
to other less well-known, with the oboe, bodega (Languedoc bagpipe),
accordion, frestèu (Camargue pan pipe), and guitar. With the
public participation: printed lyrics provided.
NB:
all concerts may be followed by dances.
OCCITÀNIA
saluda BOLIVIA...
Our
aim is to support and encourage all popular and traditional music
practices. To that end, we reach out the hand towards Quebec (cf
'Balèti, folk dance'), but also towards Latin America. We
also
organise regular meetings accompanied by bolivian guitarist Julio
Godoy, in collaboration with Yves La Gabrielle, from the group 'Au pied
levé'. Several passionate people about Andean music, and
especially Bolivian music, get together for a few days to prepare a
concert. Here are some photos of the last evening where we met in
november 2006, in Aniane (room of the CCAS), with 'Los amigos del sur'.
NEXT 'ANDEAN NIGHT': NOVEMBER 2010
For information: Philippe
Carcassés 06 73 20 98 26
philippe.carcasses@cegetel.net
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