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Photo: ©Bayern.by-Gert Krautbauer
SIAMSA Tíre is calling on all locals and visitors to Tralee to rock out and take part in two dance challenges that will be filmed and produced for a German cultural exchange campaign in social media and YouTube that will go live at the end of August.
Siamsa has been collaborating with Bayern Tourism on a Bavarian cultural exchange which is now coming to Kerry on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.
The first Dance Challenge takes place on Wednesday at 8pm in the theatre of Siamsa Tíre. Bavarian dancer Katharina Mayer takes on the challenge of learning the traditional Irish Munnix dance step unique to Siamsa Tíre.
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Katharina will take to the stage with National Folk Theatre cast to learn and perform a dance from the production of Fado Fado – its first production dating back over 50 years.
The second Dance Challenge is on Thursday. Meet at the Rose of Tralee Memorial statue at 12 noon in Tralee Town Park and join Katharina to learn traditional Bavarian dance.
Bavarian dance pays no heed to dress style, age, social class or culture. Together, people from all backgrounds dance, spin, clap, stamp, jump and bow in time to the music. The formula is simple: watch for a while then join in.
The aim of this cultural exchange is to show the Irish attitude to life, hospitality and diversity. The first part of the exchange involved sending members of the National Folk Theatre as Irish ambassadors across to Germany in June to meet colleagues who have a similar creative understanding to their own.
Irish Ambassadors from the National Folk Theatre, Anne O’Donnell and Derwin Myers took part in the annual Munich Festival in June and took on a food and dance challenge live in front of festival goers.
Likewise, during Katharina’s visit, she too will take on an Irish food challenge and learn Irish dance in exchange for teaching her Bavarian dance to locals.
The project will be produced in Germany and promoted on social media and publicity channels by Bayern Tourism and Tourism Ireland so if you want to take part in this cultural exchange and feature in this international cultural documentary then join Siamsa Tíre on the 19th and 20th July.
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