Balfolk is the contemporary face of traditional dances, the necessary change that followed the disruption of the pillars of the old rural and urban societies. And it is still changing but, how?

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Cenizas is the international laboratory where dancers, teachers and organisers gather to exchange, learn, teach, confront and, essentially, grow. In its 5th edition, we will work on the balfolk as a whole, asking the question: what is Balfolk? We'll commit with the dance as movement, with the specific rhythms and histories, with what an event is, with the cultural aspects of the social dance, with the pedagogy to transmit it.

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Cenizas means "ashes", we are the phoenix starting its journey, again and again, in a circle that embraces all of us, and goes beyond each one of us.

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We will dance together, but it’s far more than that. We will re-build our communities, share knowledge and feelings, provide each other pedagogical tools and help each other to promote culture. We are culture, we are Europe, we are the dances before we were born, we are the dances that will come soon.

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The Residency

40 people during one week of hard work and hard fun will share their knowledge and energy to drive themselves and balfolk to newer  lands, with a ratio of 2 teachers every 3 participants.

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Fenix Festival

Two days of intensive workshops and one concert per night, a nice festival more focused on training. A beautiful gathering to have a lot of fun and share what we've learned and created through the week.