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ForroLetter #5
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As forró spreads far and wide across Europe, we want everyone to be up to date on all the news, history, music and culture surrounding forró!
In this edition we’ll talk about the origins of forró, the forró community in Israel and the tradition of festa junina!
Forró and Beyond
By Sonja Graf, extract from the conference proceedings of the International Council for Traditional Music 31st Ethnochoreology symposium, 2021.
Community
On a sunny Thursday evening in Jardim da Estrela in Lisbon, I, Sonja Graf met with Dor from Jaffa to find out a bit more about the forró community in Israel. Dor is training to become a body psychotherapist and he travelled from Israel to Lisbon for four months to soak up as much forró as he can. He discovered forró a little more than one year ago and like most of us when we first found forró, he’s totally in love with this dance, and is currently taking classes six times a week and going to every party he can find. As I was unaware of an existing forró community in Israel, I wanted to know out more:
What about you? Have you already danced in Israel? Share your experience in the comments! We love to hear from you!
Forró and beyond
It's the month of São João!
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International Festivals and events happening in the next months
Please note that this list is not exhaustive. You want to be named in this newsletter with your event? Send us an email!
Forró com Coração, 03/06 to 05/06, Aachen, Germany
Baião Vai, 24/6 to 26/06, Lisbon, Portugal
Printemps do Brasil, 09/06 to 12/06, Toulouse, France
Tome Forró, 10/06 to 12/06, Berlin, Germany
Festa Junina, 24/06 to 26/06, Basel, Switzerland
1er Festival Forró de Montpellier, 01/07 to 03/07, Montpellier, France
Alegria do Norte Festival, 15/07 to 17/07, Stockholm, Sweden
ForróCamp, 31/07 to 07/08, Rügen, Germany
Bordeaux Forró Festival, 4/8 to 8/8, Bordeaux, France
O fole roncou, 11/08 to 16/08, Valencia, Spain
Miudinho Festival, 12/08 to 14/08, Berlin, Germany
Hamburger Forró-Tage, 26/08 to 28/08, Hamburg, Germany
Barcelona Forró Festival Pisa Na Fulô 8, 01/09 to 05/09, Barcelona, Spain
Forró ao Pé da Serra, 02/09 to 04/09, Luzern, Switzerland
Forró Genève 7th, 08/09 to 11/09, Geneva, Switzerland
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