The first public appearance took place in Herri Urrats. Two groups of dances from seven historic territories had been announced that would act successively on the stage of the Hordantza Centre. Zuberotars were the great mystery, we knew that, listening here and there, it was not going to be a regular representation of the points of the mask.

We came close to being curious about the novelty announced. On the stage, in the warm-up exercises, were the musicians of the Kautere Symphony. On the beach of Senpere, the dancers dressed in strange clothes marched before us. Later we learned, explained by the larraine Johañe Etxebest, his story: eight dancers, all males, of the best seen in Zuberoa in the last decade – that I say, not Etxebeste –; on one occasion, encouraged by a member of the Kauter Symphony, they decided to take advantage of the experience gained in masks and shepherds to dedicate themselves to the streets.

This is how the Kautere Balet group emerged. “We want to dance on the street, show that we can have fun with dance, tell the kids there’s more than rugby,” says Etxebeste. In passing, they intend to reflect the vitality of the masks: the brutality of the blacks, mixed with the delicacy of the pioneers. Hence the name, Kautere Balet.

They did not get too tired of their heads to name the show they presented in Herri Urrats: Kauteren's ballet. A week later it was published in Urdiñarbe, in the Egün de Müsika – where the photos have been made –. They will not give it again, because they want to do something more elaborate. They want to spend more time on creation and spend many summer hours on it.

These were the explanations given by Johañe Etxebeste to journalists. It should be noted, however, that in the opinion of the subscriber, no lack of training was noted for Kauteren Baleta, except in the selection of names. The dancers, by pairs or separately, as we got up on stage, we started to look at the details of the outfit: four with txapela in the head, four with a tape. And soon the papers were clear. The former had to become a passionate advocate of tradition; the others, for modernity. And all the spectacular, after all, was a challenge between the two teams.

At first, they started singing. The champions coplate with rap. In the absence of a clear winner, the struggle moved to the dance camp: each would give his own way to the points of Zuberoa's dances and the public would decide who to give the reason. There began a 20-minute exhibition, which can only give eight athletes. Giving prominence to the flute in the fragments of passersby, and highlighting the electrical apparatus in the most modern ones, the group showed a valuable catalog of dance jumps, justifying the origin of this Ballet of the name. This stranger can't really tell the style of each other, but Johañe Etxebeste tells us that anyone who has danced in Zuberoa would have noticed the current dichotomy. In short, let's say that the points of yesteryear were simpler, but making it very important to mark the rhythm well.

It has only been possible to enjoy the Kauteren Ballet twice, but it has given us a hint to see if we can expect to be from this group. Although they do not yet know what they are going to do, they are clear that they will maintain the structure of challenges in their actions. That is true, with greater public participation. The next appointment is in September, at an event in favour of the ikastolas of Zuberoa.

By the way, in Herri Urrats they played very diplomatically and decided that the party ended with a draw.