BASQUE DANCE GUEST ARTISTS


Thursday. February 16, 2023
11:30-12:30 Community Time – Guest lecture via Zoom by Professor John Ysura re: Basque dance and introducing the context of the visiting instructors. (Professor Ysura is the author of a book on Basque dance and a history professor at the University of Idaho in Boise, and a member of the extensive Basque community in Boise.)
More activity details coming soon!
Oier Araolaza
Basque Country instructor: Oier Araolaza
I also dance in the same group as Josu, Kezka dantza taldea from Eibar, I have been in charge of this group for 30 years and I also dance in the group Argia under the direction of J. A. Urbeltz.
PhD in Social Communication from the University of the Basque Country (2020) my doctoral research focused on the study of gender identity in traditional Basque dance. I have a degree in Cultural and Social Anthropology (EHU/UPV, 2000), and a degree in Information Sciences (EHU/UPV, 1995).
I am the editor of the newsletter on Basque dance dantzan.eus and the author of these publications:
- Euskal dantza – Basque Dance, Etxepare, 2021.
- Genero-identitatea euskal dantza tradizionalaren eraikuntzan, UEU, 2020.
- “El último aurresku. Género, danza y nacionalismo vasco a comienzos del siglo XX”, Pasado y Memoria, núm. 17, 2018.
- “Las Poxpolinak: género y nacionalismo en la construcción del modelo de las bailarinas vascas”, La Investigación en danza en España, vol. 2, pp. 179-185, 2016
Josu Garate
Basque Country Instructor: Josu Garate
Two words about me…
Dancer and architect (EHU/UPV, 2003), musician and singing friend, always in good company!
I belong to the Kezka dance group of Eibar and the brotherhood of the dancers of the sword dancers of the Virgin of Arrate; and its winter version, with the koko-dantzak (as the bear…)
Seat animator with Aiko taldea and eMePebo5t. I accompany the Argia group under the batuta of J.A. Urbeltz since 1997. I am currently dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of dance in Dantzan.eus society.
I am a professor of traditional Basque dance at the Higher School of Dramatic Art and Dance of the Education Department of the Basque Government, Dantzerti, in Bilbao; today I also do secretarial duties.
Past Guest Artists
2021-22
Melissa Teodoro
A guest artist setting works on members of Companydance and Veselica and bringing Afro-Colombian dance to students through a variety of residency activities.
2018-19
Shapiro & Smith Dance
2017-18
Michael Pili Pang
Stephan Koplowitz
2016-17
Marciano Silva dos Santos
Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater
Amy Slater
2015-2016
HIJACK
2014-2015
Karla Grotting
Theatre Engine
Stephan Koplowitz
2013-2014
Alexandra Beller/Dances
2012-2013
Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater
Ragamala
2011-2012
Urban Bush Women
2010-2011
Shapiro and Smith
2009-2010
Mathew Janczewski
Uri Sands
2008-2009
Eddie Oroyan
Peggy Paver
Robin Stiehm
2007-2008
Brad Garner
Keith Johnson
Brent Schneider
2006-2007
Christian Adeti
Lorry May (Anna Sokolow)
Ellen Keane
2005-2006
Lingo Dance Theater
Mathew Janczewski
2004-2005
KT Niehoff
Walter Kennedy
2003-2004
Jan Erkert
Joe Chvala
2002-2003
Joe Chvala
Barbara Thatcher
2001-2002
David Dorfman
Gail Corbin
Cathy Young
Chris Aiken
Wynn Fricke
2000-2001
Jan Erkert & Dancers
1999-2000
David Dorfman
Seán Curran
1998-1999
Art Bridgman/Myrna Packer
1996-1998
Repertory Dance Theatre
Keith Johnson
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