PRESS RELEASE (12/30/2015)
Saturday, January 2 and Sunday, January 3, a Loano, will return “Winter Tales.”, musical initiative, promoted by the’Department of Tourism, Culture and Sports and organized by the’Society of the Curious Association with the collaboration of the’Bala Association on the shore of u ma and of the’Attimo Danza Association.
Renewed in this edition is the twinning with Occitania which will be represented by the French group Lu Rauba Capeu, from the historic group Lou Dalfin and by the teacher Daniela Mandrile.
Kicking off the two-day music and dance event will be the free internship led by Daniela Mandrile, which will take place in the kursaal palace, from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. on the 2 e January 3.
Born in the Grana Valley, beginning in the late 1970s. Daniela Mandrile has carried out study and dissemination activities in the field of Occitan dance. With more than 30 years of experience and hundreds of courses to her credit, she is the first to have codified teaching and initiated a path of research and dissemination of Occitan dances. Starting from the Occitan valleys, passing through Provence to Gascony and arriving in the Basque-Occitan areas, the teacher will guide students on a journey at dance pace, revealing secrets and traditions of a vast and rich heritage, such as that of Occitan dances.
Saturday, January 2, protagonists of the dance party in Italy Square, to the 16.00, will be the group Lu Rauba Capeu. (Arrière pays niçois - Nice)
Lu Rauba Capeu combine new sounds, traditional tunes from the southern alps and original compositions. The group's stated ambition is to bring audiences together around festive and baleti. With enthusiasm, the group draws its energy and inspiration from the culture and characters that have forged the identity of the Nice region by aiming to create a link between the ancient roots and the new generations. The group is composed of the brothers Sylvain e Renaud Casagrande (accordion and voice), Jean Cléricy (battery ) and Xavier Borriglione (fife and voice).
Sunday, January 3, always in Italy Square, to the 16.00, the curtain will rise on the Lou Dalfin
As the ancient “troubadours” used to perform by acting as ambassadors of early European cultures, the Lou Dalfin They sing in the traditional language “d'Oc” and take Occitan culture around the world. They are more than just a musical group from the Occitan part of Piedmont: the band founded by Sergio Berardo has become a phenomenon of costume that has made the contemporary occitan music, bringing it out of the narrow circles of enthusiasts.
The Lou Dalfin project has been a link between different realities: the Piedmont plain and Italy on the one hand, the valleys and the transalpine area on the other. The Lou Dalfin have been able to give back to the Oc valleys their historical and traditional function of being a bridge. I Lou Dalfin, who withdrew this summer the Cultural Reality Award 2015, will give dance enthusiasts a great afternoon of music and dance.
On stage, alongside the multifaceted leader of Lou Dalfin Sergio Berardo (voice, hurdy-gurdy, accordion, flutes), there will be Ricky Serra (battery), Dino Tron (accordion, accordion organ, bagpipe), Henry Gosmar (guitar), Charles Revello (low), Mario Poletti (mandolin, bouzouki, banjo), Chiara Cesano (violin).
