Pausoka dantza

Pausoka Dantzan is a project that collects material to teach the dances step by step. There have previously been similar initiatives and tutorials. Patxi Laborda, Iparraldeko Dantzarien Biltzarra, Aiko Taldea and other associations and institutions have created audiovisual materials for the network to learn dances. In his work with Euskokultur and Dantzan, Aritz Ibáñez has produced new materials and resources.

Need for teaching materials for dance

The I Encounters of Dantzan Ikasi showed the shortage of didactic material for teaching dance. In the attempt to respond to this need, the line of creation of didactic material was launched in the next call for Traditional Creation.

Through videotutorials, in a language oriented to digital devices, Ibáñez has defined the elements of zortziko and dance jumps and introduced them in a way that learns from scratch: the size of the music and its exercises, the basic body movement, the definition of the motive, the combination of steps… In addition to being appropriate for dancers, video tutorials and written explanations can be suitable for teachers.

Dance jumps and zortziko

In recent decades, Aritz Ibáñez has selected two dances that have spread from the north of Navarre to the whole of Euskal Herria to start his journey in the Dance of the Paso. The zortziko, on the one hand, danced in the villages of Baztan, Malerreka or Bortziriak, being the best known in the carnivals of Lantz, and on the other, the dance jumps (known in many places as kisses), which combine points of their own name, are danced with melodies of irregular size.

Both zortziko and dance jumps have been explained by a notation system that helps the learning process. With detailed explanations of the influence of the body movement on the dance, you can learn each dance without any knowledge of them.

• Bailes: Zortziko pausoka
• Bailes: Zortzikoa dantzan
• Fundamentals of Dance
• Dance Breaks: Points 1
• Dance Breaks: Points 2
• Dance Breaks: Points 3

Aritz Ibáñez (Pamplona, 1979)

We have as director of the dance group and dance teacher. Its trajectory in the collection and creation of the cultural heritage in the Region of Pamplona and Navarra is long. The ritual year of Pamplona is being completed at the head of the Duguna group: Ezains-dantza de Pamplona (2009), Soka-dantzak of the days of San Blas and San Juan (2013), Trokeo-dantzak (2017). He also created Pastoral Biker (2015) and Iruinco (2019) with various associations and agents. He has participated in shows and creative processes of the Argia group since 2007.