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• dance —    Despite the richness of the Spanish dance tradition, both in its academic and folk manifestations, it was not until the 1990s that the state made a serious effort to structure dance education so as to provide a qualification of the same status …   Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture

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• Music of Galicia, Cantabria and Asturias — The traditional music of Galicia and Asturias, located along Spain s north west Atlantic coast, are highly distinctive folk styles that have some similarities with the neighbouring area of Cantabria. The music is characterized by the use of… …   Wikipedia

• Muiñeira — is traditional dance and genre musical genre typical to Galego which is known as Galacia. It is distinguished mainly by the tempo of 6/8, played expressive and lively, although some variants are performed in other time signatures. There are also… …   Wikipedia

• Núñez, Airas — (fl. 1280–1290)    Airas Núñez was one of the most important and innovative of the medieval Galician Portuguese lyric poets. His 15 extant lyrics display a broad generic variety there are seven cantigas de amor (love songs), three CANTIGAS DE… …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature

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