The traditional dances across Europe are a expression of popular art that belong to the people and that have been used from generation to generation as a catalyst for interpersonal communication, as a core component of rituals, as a way to honour and to celebrate… Their range of difficulty covers from the easy enough to enable the engagement of almost everybody, to the mastery of the most skillfull and gallant participants.

In this proposal we offer you for your program a full day with traditional dances from three corners of Europe: three workhops in the morning and afternoon and three concerts in the evening, guided by animators that will assist the public to remember what they’ve learnt and that will cheer up the participation with diverse dynamics.

All this, with live music by three of the European bands that are real masters of their respective traditions: Vigüela (Spain), Rodopi Ensemble (Greece) and Janusz Prusinowski Kompania (Poland). With this three bands from three corners of Europe we can experience both ancient circle dances, simple but majestic pageants, wild whirling dances and diverse joyful couple dances. For the public that prefer just to watch, the concerts will be of interest by themselves.

The artist can be booked also separately. Feel free to contact for further details.

The story of Vigüela is the story of a vital surrender to a cultural legacy of a wild and very ignored beauty: the traditional music of the center of the Iberian Peninsula. Vigüela is the first group to take the traditional styles (jota, seguidilla, fandango, son), interpreted as in their natural environment, with a large part of improvisation, and with an approach of artistic excellence, to the professional stages.Some dances to practice: jota, fandango, seguidilla, vals, pasodoble.

Janusz Prusinowski Kompania is the main representative of Polish traditional music, appreciated internationally both by the institutions and the public. At the same time, they are born entertainers, that combine their work in concerts in very diverse contexts, from rural parties to temples of music like the Carnegie Hall in New York, with folk dance workshops.

Janusz Prusinowski has been awarded with the Gloria Artis medal and the Annual Award of the Ministry of Culture. In 2018 Janusz was nominee to the award for the Common Good by the presidence of Poland. On May 2019 the 4th album by the band was selected as the best folk album by the Polish National Radio.

Some dances to practice: mazurek, polonese, wiwat, polka, oberek, dyna, krakowiak.

According to classical mythology, Thrace is the homeland of the Greek god Dionysus and the land of music. There, the rich musical traditions have fermented through thousands of years. The Rodopi mountains are a road between Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey, where cultural borders are confused in a mosaic of sounds.

Rodopi Ensemble comes from the small town of Komotini. Active for more than 20 years, they masterfully interpret traditional styles of their region, such as xasapiko, tsifteteli, karsilamas or zeibekiko.

Some dances to practice: zonaradikos, baidouska, sygkathistos, karsilamas, zeimbekikos.