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PédeXumbo Collection in WEAVE
image from PédeXumbo's video, by Tiago Pereira
Rancho Folclórico do Grupo
Cultural da Serra do Brunheiro
image from PédeXumbo's video, by Tiago Pereira
image from PédeXumbo's video, by Tiago Pereira
image from PédeXumbo's video, by Tiago Pereira
Dancers: Grupo dos Ferreiros, directed by Mestre Alfredo Ferreira; Musicians: Toni das Gaitas And his daughter
This video presents two different performances: the first is performed in the same place while the second follows the organization of a parade (at approximately 05m00s), but both are constituted by two rows of dancers and a master in the center. The first performance is composed of two dances designated as “Contradança” and “Dança”. The music emphasizes the passage both at a rhythmic level (slow / fast) and at a melodic level (from 03m30s onwards). In Contradança, the two rows perform lateral displacements and half turns on each other (part A) and cross each other – this figure is called a “top” (part B). The two rows also follow a face-to-face organization, accompanied by singing (part C) and carry out movements back and forth, as well as wheels with the dancer from the opposite row (part D). Each part is repeated several times and can be summarized as follows: intro AABB pause CDCDCD AABB. In Dança, the dancers in each row hold each other's swords and the master joins the two rows holding the swords of the first dancers of each row – designated as the “guides”. The movements follow the same organization as in Contradança: two rows perform lateral movements and half turns (part E) and the top makes the two rows cross (part F). Each part is repeated several times, the structure of the Dance being: EEE FF EEE pause EEE. The second performance is composed of the same songs: in the slower part, the musicians and the group's flag start the parade formation and in the faster part, Grupo dos Ferreiros performs part of the Dance, Integrating the parade formation in turn.
image from PédeXumbo's video, by Tiago Pereira