þÿ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:og="http://opengraphprotocol.org/schema/" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml"><!-- InstanceBegin template="/Templates/3-Column-sub-Template.dwt" codeOutsideHTMLIsLocked="false" --> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="doctitle" --> <title>Dancing with Werner</title> <meta property="og:title" content="Dancing with Werner"/> <meta property="og:type" content="website"/> <meta property="og:url" content="http://www.celticbompa.com"/> <meta property="og:image" content="http://www.celticbompa.com/images/FBDwWpicture.jpg"/> <meta property="og:site_name" content="Dancing with Werner"/> <meta property="fb:app_id" content="141467705899211"/> <meta property="og:description" content="Werner's website about bal folk, Irish seannos and set dancing, as well as breton dances. 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After all, it is not just the tune or rhythm that tells me what and how to dance, but in the first place the musician or the band. When dancing, I am just a translator: music into motion. </td> <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top"> <p><fb:login-button autologoutlink="true" align="right"></fb:login-button></p> <fb:like width="225" height="80" colorscheme="dark"></fb:like> <div id="fb-root"></div> <script> window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({appId: '141467705899211', status: true, cookie: true, xfbml: true}); }; (function() { var e = document.createElement('script'); e.type = 'text/javascript'; e.src = document.location.protocol + '//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js'; e.async = true; document.getElementById('fb-root').appendChild(e); }()); (function() { FB.Canvas.setSize({width: 800}); }); </script> </td> </tr> </table> <p>I have been dancing since I was six. I was lucky in a way: as very young child I was sent by my parents to summer holiday camps where workshops in folk dancing and bodily expression were offered. I couldn't get enough of it. Many years later, a friend invited me to join a band. We played primarily Irish, Flemish, French and Breton dance music. We became part of the second traditional music and dance revival in Europe. No better school to understand what it takes to be a good dancer and to play for dancers. </p> <p><strong>What: </strong>I have some preferences, of course. It were <a href="http://www.diaouled.com/" TARGET="blank">devils of the good sort</a> that in 1976 introduced me to breton music and dance: I never finished enjoying it. The French &quot;<i>music trad</i>&quot; revival with Malicorne, Perlinpinpin Folc, La Bamboche and Gentiane brought me the bourr&eacute;es, branles, French scottish and mazurka, later followed by asymmetric waltzes and mazurkas in 5, 8 and 11 beat rather than 3. These couple dances require a good lead through which I acquired a taste for Argentinian Tango. <br>I discovered Irish sean nos, ceili and set dancing when I started to realize that age would prevend me soon to continue competing in Riverdance style, the modern form of traditional Irish step dancing introduced by Michael Flatley. From there, it was a small &quot;step&quot; to embark on Flamenco and Sevillana. <br>Coming to Buffalo NY in 2006 deprived me from the latter: no well qualified Flamenco teachers here. But I discovered contra dancing and with it the many bands that spice up the dance tunes in intriguing ways. </p> <p><a href="../oldcb/Website/index.html" TARGET="blank"><img style="padding-right:20px;padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px;" src="./images/CBhomepage.jpg" align="left" width="200p" border="0"></a> <strong>Where: </strong>I dance wherever I can, time permitting, either participating in the crowd or teaching. I am a regular at the bi-weekly Queen City Contra Dances and the weekly set dancing in Buffalo, NY. I teach sean nos at the Buffalo Irish Center on Tuesdays. I give workshops in French traditional and Bal Folk dances, either at large events, or upon invitation for special occasions and have been doing this for many years in Europe using <i><b>Celtic Bompa</b></i> as nickname, passing on the skills from my teachers there. Read more about <a href="./experience.htm">my experience</a> or browse the <a href="../oldcb/Website/index.html" TARGET="blank">old Celtic Bompa website</a> that I maintained until mid 2006. I will gradually integrate that information in the new website that I started, taking care of the many external links that are broken. </p> <p> <strong>What about you? </strong>I would love to see you on the dance floor. Invite me for a waltz, but do not be surprised when we end up dancing a mazurka when the band plays one, perhaps inadvertently. Browse this site, to find out what these dances might offer you. It is fun and friendship for me. I can not imagine it would be anything else for you ... </p> </div> </div> </div> <HR size="7px" color="#FFFFFF"> </div> </body> </html>