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"Escondido" |
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Argentine Folkloric Dance |
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A highly expressive dance, where the dancers simulate a hidding game. It was danced from 1820 until the |
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end of the XIX century. Danced in almost every region, such as Cuyo, Tucumán, La Rioja, Catamarca, |
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Santiago del Estero, Salta and probably Buenos Aires. |
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CLASSIFICATION |
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Each dancer on its own and separatly. |
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POSITION |
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| Dancers facing at both extremes of the diagonal of the imaginary dancing square. | |||||||||
FIGURES |
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Dancers in hidding attitude: a) outside of the
dancing square. b) man kneels with the left side facing the lady. |
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ELEMENTS |
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| Basic step (starts with the left foot). Arms and hands in castanet position. Arms and hands in | |||||||||
| winnowing and "zapateo" positions. | |||||||||
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CHOREOGRAPHY |
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| Introduction | 8 measures | ||||||||
¡Adentro! |
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| A balancing movement in the corner | 4 measures | ||||||||
| " " | 4 measures | ||||||||
| " " | 4 measures | ||||||||
| " " | 4 measures | ||||||||
| Full turn and continuous rotation | 8 measures | ||||||||
| A search for "zapateo" (man) | |||||||||
| An attitude to hide (lady)* | 8 measures | ||||||||
| Full turn and continuous rotation | 8 measures | ||||||||
| A search for winnowing (lady), | |||||||||
| An attitude to hide (man)* | 8 measures | ||||||||
¡Aura! |
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| Half turn | 4 measures | ||||||||
| Rotation and coronation | 4 measures | ||||||||
In the second sequence the man hides first. |
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*The attitude of hidding should be accompanied by the clapping of hands. |
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