What is the Gran Bal Trad
The Festival
Gran Bal Trad is a festival dedicated to traditional dance and music, born out of a desire to bring together different ways of expressing dance and music. It aims to offer participants a varied picture and the greatest number of examples of the various cultures found in Europe and in all regions of our Italy.
The 2025 edition of the Grand Bal Trad will be held from Monday, July 7 to Saturday, July 12!
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Edition 2025
Artists and activities 2025
EDITION 2025
DANCE WORKSHOPS
EVENING DANCE
MUSIC WORKSHOPS
SINGING WORKSHOPS
CONFERENCE AND MORE
EDITION 2025
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DANCE WORKSHOPS
Auvergne – Denis Mercader & Traucanèu
Balkans – Silvio Lorenzato & Barbapedana
Brittany – Ronan Autret & Duo Le Goff Kerno
Catalunya – Ballaveu
Dances for children – Mariarosa Montebianco & Associazione Carolando
Dauphiné: Rigodon – Duo Vargoz
English Country dances – Flora Sarzotti & Tiramisù
Forrò – Nicola Andrian
Gascony – Géraldine Constans Wallon & Boha en Viu !
Irish set dancing – John O’Leary & Cogar Ceili Band
Italy: Marche region – Lu Trainanà Trio
Let`s discover balfolk ! – Deborah Isocrono
Mazurka – Gérard Godon
Morvan – Gallica
Northern Italy: Quattro Province dances – Rosy, Cecilia & Trio Lampetròn
Northern Italy: Emilia – I suonatori della Valle del Savena
Northern Italy: Val Varaita. Lesser-Known Dances – Marisa Dogliotti e Silvio Peron
Northern Italy: Val Vermenagna – Marisa Dogliotti e Silvio Peron
Odd Meters Waltz – Gérard Godon
Romani people – Vittoria `Jolina` Iavicoli
Sardinia – Tres di Carlo Boeddu
Southern Italy: Lucania – Vola Palomma
Southern Italy: Pizzica salentina – Terra Battuta
Southern Italy: Sicily – Orchestrina di Tavola Tonda
Southern Italy: Tammuriata dell`Agro Nocerino Sarnese – Raffaella Coppola & Paranza Mediterranea
Southern Italy: Tarantella Cilentana – Aniello Tancredi & Kiepo`
Sweden – Flora Sarzotti, Mario Proietto & Duo Vaaje-Gatti
Vendée – Arbadétorne
Pillole
Cuban salsa (dance practice) – Giacomo Bisio
Dances from all over the world [Domino Five – Scotland] – Associazione Baldanza
Dances from all over the world [Toblana Eck – Val Pusteria Italy] – Associazione Baldanza
Forró – Nicola Andrian
Tango (dance practice) – Giacomo Bisio
Telegangar (Norway) – Duo Vaaje-Gatti
EVENING DANCE
Arbadétorne (Vendée)
Bal de l’Éphémère (Bal folk)
Ballaveu (Catalunya)
Banda Brisca (Bal folk)
Barbapedana (Armenia, Turkie, Balkans)
Boha en Viu ! (Gascony)
Cadène (Balfolk)
Cogar Ceili Band (Irish)
Duo Artemis (Bal folk)
Duo Laloy Le Tron (Bal folk)
Duo Le Goff Kerno (Brittany)
Duo Peron Ferrero (Northern Italy: Occitania)
Duo Vaaje-Gatti (Sweden)
Duo Vargoz (Dauphiné)
Facia d’tola (Bal folk)
Gallica (Morvan)
Gérard Godon (Bal folk)
I suonatori della Valle del Savena (Northern Italy: Emilia)
Jérémie Mignotte Miscellanies Trio (Bal folk)
Jérémie Mignotte Solo (Bal Folk)
Kiepo` (Southern Italy: tammurriate e tarantelle cilentane)
La Machine (Bal folk)
Lu Trainanà Trio (Marche)
Orchestrina di Tavola Tonda (Sicily)
Paranza Mediterranea (Southern Italy: tammurriate e tarantelle cilentane)
Quatrad Omeostatic Trio (Bal folk)
Senhal (Nothern Italy: Piedmont)
Terra Battuta (Southern Italy: Pizzica)
Tiramisù (Bal folk: Italian and French Occitania)
Tiramisù (Contra dance)
Trad Plus Duo (Bal folk)
Traucanèu (Auvergne)
Tres di Carlo Boeddu (Sardinia)
Trio Lampetròn (Northern Italy: Quattro Province dances)
Velverde Trio (Balfolk)
Vola Palomma (Southern Italy: Lucania)
MUSIC WORKSHOPS
Celtic Harp – Katia Zunino
Children`s Music Workshop – Brigada Corsara
Chromatic accordion (Quattro Province repertoire) – Matteo Burrone
Chromatic accordion (tammurriate repertoire) – Nino Dario Conte (Paranza Mediterranea)
Cupa-Cupa (instrument making) – Vola Palomma
Diatonic accordion (advanced) – Andrea Capezzuoli
Diatonic accordion (beginners) – Claudio Fiabane (Tiramisù)
Diatonic accordion (beginners) – Mathieu Aymonod
Diatonic accordion (beginners) – Marco Volpatto (Brigada Corsara)
Diatonic accordion (beginners) – Marcello Alajmo (Velverde Trio)
Diatonic accordion (Ireland repertoire) – Seosamh Ó Fátharta (Cogar Ceili Band)
Diatonic accordion (Sardinia repertoire) – Carlo Boeddu
Diatonic accordion (Tarantella repertoire) – Paranza Mediterranea
Didjeridoo – Luca Mantello
Ensemble playing – Massimo Enrico
Guitar (beginners) – Massimo Enrico
Guitar DADGAD (intermediate level) – Claudio De Angeli
Hurdy-gurdy (beginners) – Gabriele Gunella
Marranzanu – Michele Piccione (Orchestrina di Tavola Tonda)
Tambourine – Kiepo`
Tambourine (Sicily) – Michele Piccione (Orchestrina di Tavola Tonda)
Tambourine (Southern Italy) – Terra Battuta
Tammorra (Southern Italy) – Ugo Maiorano
Tin whistle – Maidhc Ó hÉanaigh
Violin (Piedmont repertoire) – Gabriele Ferrero
Violin (Southest Alps repertoire) – Duo Vargoz
Violin (Vandée repertoire) – Maxime Chevrier (Arbadétorne)
SINGING WORKSHOPS
Singing – Catalunya repertoire – Ballaveu
Singing – Emilia repertoire – I suonatori della Valle del Savena
Singing – France repertoire – Bal de l’Éphémère
Singing – Piedmont repertoire (Biella) – Associazione Biella Trad
Singing – Sicilia repertoire – Barbara Crescimanno & Orchestrina di Tavola Tonda
Spontaneous singing in the Western Alps – Silvio e Cristina Peron e Mathieu Aymonod
Songs around the table
Songs around the table – Lu Trainanà Trio
Songs around the table – Coro Bajolese
Songs around the table – Chacho Marchelli
CONFERENCE AND MORE
Coro Bajolese (`1966-2018 – I canti Opera omnia` Book presentation)
Igor Ferro (`Ridde e Cornamuse` : Music in the Witch Trials in the `Canavese` area)
Mariarosa Montebianco (Dancing stories for children)
And …
`Sbrando` square to dance and play all together
Children`s final recital musical workshop – Brigada Corsara
Celtic Harp and final recital – Katia Zunino
Ensemble music recital – Massimo Enrico
Edition 2025
2025 Detailed Program
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