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The Bleuniadur Ensemble is a Breton
At first it orientated its cultural development policy on the research of tunes and dances of its area and the production of Breton dancing shows based on the elements that had been found.
1984 marks the beginning of a second period of development for Bleuniadur. The group extended its activities (dancing school for children, adults beginners class, monitors training, intensive courses on singing, music and costumes, lectures on folklore), which have established the group as a regional ballet federating various Leon towns. Progressively, these developments led the gr
The Bleuniadur Ensemble is a Breton ballet
Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form ...
of music
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and dance, founded in Saint-Pol-de-Léon (North of Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period o ...
, France
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) in 1978. Bleuniadur means "blossom" in the Breton language. The word exactly describes the dynamic movement of the flower when it opens ("flowering").
This group of popular arts and traditions of Léon represents the strong cultural identity of the region of Leon as well as its openness to the world, between tradition and modernity. The group possesses 2500 costumes tracing the history of the region through the centuries.
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At first it orientated its cultural development policy on the research of tunes and dances of its area and the production of Breton dancing shows based on the elements that had been found.1984 marks the beginning of a second period of development for Bleuniadur. The group extended its activities (dancing school for children, adults beginners class, monitors training, intensive courses on singing, music and costumes, lectures on folklore), which have established the group as a regional ballet federating various Leon towns. Progressively, these developments led the gr