Searching for the dance of meaning – Basque Bertsolaritza as a tool for dance making. Rafal Dziemidok
Bertsolaritza is a form of improvised contest poetry deriving from Basque oral tradition. It is performed in Basque, maybe the oldest language in Europe. There are 900 000 speakers of Basque in the world, 67 percent of which follow with interest the Bertsolari contest especially the National Championship of Bertsolaritza, Bertsolari Txapelketa. It is a 1 day event, selling up...
