49th Billingham International Folklore Festival of World Dance
With Compliments
10th-17th August 2013
www.billinghamfestival.co.uk
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Welcome to the 49th Festival
Joe Maloney Festival Director Secretary General R CIOFF UK
Olga Maloney Artistic Director President of R CIOFF North European Sector illingham Festival 2013 is proud to present to you the line-up of outstanding dance companies from across the globe and the UK, presenting a variety of dance styles, from traditional to contemporary dance companies inspired by world traditional cultures, including Royal Chinese, Latin American, Basque and Kathak Dance, Chinese Martial Arts, Precision Clogging and Hip Hop, there this something for everyone to enjoy. This year the Billingham Festival will literally take over the Billingham Town Centre for a whole eight days with daily Festival Concerts at the Arena, which will be erected next to the Forum, daily free music and dance mini-concerts at the site of the former Well and on the Band Stand, the extremely popular UNCLE BIFF Children’s Club and International Youth Dance Workshops will move into the former Bonmarche shop, and for the first time an internationally acclaimed 3D Installation (five-minute 3D movie) “Tango de Soledad” by Billy Cowie will be shown FREE in the former Shoezone shop. Alongside the great variety of the traditional International Dance and Music Companies including Vlado Tasevski (Macedonia), Decanos de la Universidad de Guadalajara (Mexico), Manbefor (Papua /Indonesia), Peru Multicolor (Peru), Volya (Ukraine/Canada) and Bailey Mountain Cloggers (USA), for the first time within the framework of the new “Dance Gateway” Programme the festival will open its
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doors to Professional Contemporary Dance Companies from abroad, who will present their work, inspired by multi-cultural roots: Oinkari Dance Company (Basque, Spain) and Dance Village Arts Company (Taiwan). They will showcase their work at the new state-of-the-art dance venue – Picture House – in Billingham. Funded by the Arts Council England the festival programme will also include performances and workshops of four outstanding professional arts companies based in UK. Cross-arts production company ZENDEH has been commissioned to create mini-stories to be presented at the three Festival Gala Concerts in Forum Theatre, Middlesbrough Theatre and Festival Arena. ZENDEH also spent a week in Billingham South Community Primary School running “Stories of the World” cross-arts workshops. As the result of the residency children participated in creation of film and images, which will be displayed as part of the festival performances. The Sonia Sabri Dance Company, a dynamic company which has established an international reputation for presenting Kathak dance in a contemporary context, will showcase their new production Jugni – an explosion of dance, music and meaning with soaring live vocals and percussion. They also run a dance residency programme prior to the festival, culminating in residency participants performing a curtain-raiser dance piece. We are very excited to present to Billingham Festival audiences “The Lock In Dance Show”, which recently had a huge success at Glastonbury Festival, which will include an international twist, with Ukraine, USA and Mexico performing at the show as “Guests”, to be seen only at the Forum Theatre. The festival 2013 will also see the return of one of the audience favourites – “Tango. 100 Years of Passion!” Dance and Music Show by Alma de Tango with international tango dancers from New Zealand, Holland, Germany and the UK. Using this opportunity we would like to thank all of you for your support and hope that you enjoy the 2013 festival.
A message from Reuben Kench I
am delighted and honoured to be invited to open the 49th Billingham International Folklore Festival. Amidst talk of cuts and recession, it is good to be reminded of the power of music, song, and dance to lift the spirits and there is a tendency in this age of global communications to think that everything can be seen or experienced on screen, via the internet or on television. When BIFF was inaugurated, the costumes, songs and appearances of performers from far-flung corners of the world would have been exotic and unfamiliar. But despite being able to see those corners of the world from the corner of our sitting room, there is still something unique, authentic, and moving about seeing those performers live; we laugh when they laugh, smile with them, and are reminded of how we are all, really, the same. Congratulations to Joe and Olga Maloney and the rest of the festival workers for their magnificent work in creating another festival for our enjoyment.
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Reuben Kench Head of Culture & Leisure at Stockton Borough Council
Golden anniversary
oin us in celebrating our 50th Anninversary in 2014. From humble beginnings the Festival has grown to what it is today – an international festival known worldwide as being one of the top festivals to participate in – and a festival that the Billingham people, volunteers and audience should be proud of. Next year we are intending to bring back to our stages, the very best of groups who have attended the Festival throughout the 50
years of existence. We have already had acceptances from Argentina, Cook Islands, Georgia, Russia, North Cyprus, Mexico, Chile, Phillipines and Italian Flag Wavers – as well as a few special birthday surprises. So, hopefully, visas permitting, the next Festival should definitely be one to go down in history. Don’t miss the big celebrations! – The dates of the 50th Billingham International Folklore festival are 9th-16th August 2014.
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49th Billingham Festival Day SATURDAY, 10TH AUGUST 11:00am
Music from USA
Band Stand, B’ham FREE
1.45pm
Parade of Nations – From Northfield School, Marsh House Avenue, Billingham to Billingham Town Centre
FREE
2:30pm
Opening Ceremony and Concert All International Dance Companies
Festival Arena Billingham
All Seats £8 Child under 12 £2
7:30pm
International Carousel featuring: Taiwan, & Peru Mexico & Ukraine (Canada).
Forum Theatre
£12 Cons £10
10.30am
Macedonia World Dance Workshops Chinese Martial Arts, Taiwan Jalisco Dance, Mexico Peru Multicolor Ukrainian Dance
Transporter Bridge FREE All at Dance City, £10, Students £8 Newcastle £10, Students £8 £10, Students £8 £10, Students £8
Family Concert – Performances and workshops with Fracture Theatre, Basque (Spain), Macedonia, UK – Walker Family Cloggers & NE Day Crafts for Children. World Dance Gala featuring: Taiwan & Peru Mexico & Ukraine (Canada)
Festival Arena Billingham
ALL SEATS £1
Dance City, Newcastle
£12 Cons £8
World Dance Gateway Concert “It’s Raining” by Oinkari (Basque/Spain)
Picture House Billingham
All tickets £5
SUNDAY, 11TH AUGUST
2:00–3.00pm 3:00–4.00pm 4:00–5.00pm 5:00–6.00pm 5:00pm
7:30pm 8.00pm
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by Day Programme of Events MONDAY, 12TH AUGUST 10:00am
Uncle BIFF Children’s Club with Peru & Papua (Indonesia) International crafts
B’ham Town Centre 50p Shop (by the Ramp)
11:00am
Music from Mexico
Band Stand Billingham
FREE
1.00pm
Street concert from USA
The Well Billingham
FREE
2:00pm
International Concert featuring: Peru, Macedonia, USA, Basque (Spain) & Mexico
Festival Arena Billingham
ALL SEATS £5 Child under 12 £1
World Dance Workshops 4:00-6:00pm Peru 7:00-9:00pm Mexico
All at House Ave., Billingham
5:30pm
Tango! A History of Passion Excerpts by Alma de Tango
Digital City Middlesbrough
FREE
7:30pm
World Dance Medley featuring: Macedonia, Basque (Spain) & Papua (Indonesia) USA & Ukraine (Canada)
Middlesbrough Theatre
£12 Cons £10
8:00pm
World Dance Gateway Concert Picture House “The Drum Dance Suite” in celebreation of peace, Dance Village (Taiwan) Billingham
10:00am
Uncle BIFF Children’s Club with Ukraine (Canada) International crafts
B’ham Town Centre Shop 50p by the Ramp
10:30am
Music from Peru
Band Stand Billingham
FREE
1.00pm
Street concert from Papua (Indonesia)
The Well Billingham
FREE
2:00pm
International Concert featuring: USA, Mexico, Papua (Indonesia) Peru & Ukraine (Canada)
Festival Arena Billingham
ALL SEATS £5 Child under 12 £1
7:00-9:00pm World Dance Workshops Papua (Indonesia)
Northfield School, Marsh House Ave., Billingham
£20
7:30pm
Tango! A History of Passion with Alma de Tango In cabaret style seating with licensed bar
Crypt, M’brough Town Hall
All tickets £8
7:30pm
The Lock In Dance Show With international twist
Forum Theatre
£16 Cons £14
£20 £20
All seats £5
TUESDAY, 13TH AUGUST
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49th Billingham Festival Day WEDNESDAY, 14TH AUGUST 10:00am
Uncle BIFF Children’s Club with Taiwan International crafts
B’ham Town Centre shop by the Ramp
50p
10:30am
Music from Macedonia
Band Stand Billingham
FREE
1.00pm
Street concert by Basque (Spain)
The Well Billingham
FREE
2:00pm
International Concert featuring: Macedonia, Taiwan, USA, Papua (Indonesia) & Basque (Spain)
Festival Arena Billingham
ALL SEATS £5 Child under 12 £1
B’ham Town Centre Shop £6 by the Ramp
2:00-4:00pm Youth Dance Workshops Basque (Spain) & Macedonia 7:30pm
World Dance Window, an international journey through world dance The Crypt featuring: Sonia Sabri Dance Company (UK), Oinkari (Basque/Spain) Middlesbrough Dance Village (Taiwan), Bailey Mountain Cloggers (USA) Town Hall
All tickets £6
9:30 – 11.30am
World Dance Workshop Ukraine (Canada)
Northfield School, Marsh House Ave, Billingham
10:00am
Uncle BIFF Children’s Club with Macedonia & Basque (Spain) International crafts
B’ham Town Centre Shop 50p by the Ramp
10:30am
Music from Papua (Indonesia)
Band Stand Billingham
FREE
1.00pm
Street concert by Ukraine (Canada)
The Well Billingham
FREE
2:00pm
Jugni – Sonia Sabri Dance Company International Concert featuring: Taiwan & Ukraine (Canada)
Festival Arena Billingham
ALL SEATS £5 Child under 12 £1
THURSDAY, 15TH AUGUST £20
2:00-5:00pm Youth Dance Workshops Peru, Mexico & Papua (Indonesia)
B’ham Town Centre Shop £8 by the Ramp
World Dance Workshops 2:00-4.00pm Basque (Spain) 4:00-6.00pm USA
Northfield School, Marsh House Ave, Billingham
7:30pm
Middlesbrough Theatre
Gala Concert – all Dance Companies presented by ZENDEH
£20 £20 £16 Cons £14
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by Day Programme of Events FRIDAY, 16TH AUGUST 9:30 – 11.30am
World Dance Workshop Taiwan
Northfield School, Marsh House Ave, Billingham
£20
10:00am
Uncle BIFF Children’s Club with Mexico & USA International crafts
B’ham Town Centre Shop 50p by the Ramp
10:30am
Music from Ukraine (Canada)
Band Stand Billingham
FREE
1.00pm
Street concert by Peru
The Well Billingham
FREE
2:00pm
International Concert featuring: Taiwan, Peru, Papua (Indonesia) Mexico & Ukraine (Canada)
Festival Arena Billingham
ALL SEATS £5 Child under 12 £1
2:00-5:00pm Youth Dance Workshops Ukraine (Canada), USA & Taiwan
B’ham Town Centre Shop £8 by the Ramp
2.00–4.00pm World Dance Workshop Macedonia
Northfield School, Marsh House Ave, Billingham
£20
7:30pm
Gala Concert – all Dance Companies presented by ZENDEH
Forum Theatre Billingham
£16 Cons £14
10:30am
Music from Mexico
Band Stand Billingham
FREE
1.00pm
Street Concert by Mexico
Band Stand Billingham
FREE
1.45pm
Farewell Parade from Billingham Community Centre to the Festival Arena
Billingham
FREE
2:00pm
Farewell Gala Concert featuring all Dance Companies presented by ZENDEH
Festival Arena Billingham
ALL SEATS £8 Child under 12 £2
7.30pm
Mini Gala Concert featuring all Dance Companies and presented by Fracture Theatre
Festival Arena Billingham
ALL SEATS £5 Child under 12 £1
9.00pm
Closing Ceremony
Festival Arena Billingham
Follows Closing Concert at 7.30pm
10.00pm
Fireworks Display
John Whitehead Park, Billingham
FREE
SATURDAY, 17TH AUGUST
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Billy Cowie has been working on a series of ground-breaking stereoscopic dance installations that bring the projected dancer(s) from the screen into the same space as the viewer. This allows the spectator a close-up and intimate experience of the choreography while maintaining the corporeal presence and physicality of a live performance. “Tango de Soledad” (Tango of Solitude), is a five-minute dance solo choreographed by Billy Cowie and danced by Amy Hollingsworth. It is a life-sized stereoscopic installation. The dance is based around Cowie’s Tango No.3 for Cello and Piano (played by himself and Wei-Tsen Lin) and his poem Tango de Soledad which is recited in Spanish by Clara Garcia Fraile. The piece is performed against specially constructed drawings (by Silke Mansholt) and uses special techniques to give the viewer impression that they are sharing the space with a real life sized solid dancer.
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The organisers would like to thank the following for their support:
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THE ORGANISERS WOULD LIKE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN RAISING £5,041 TOWARDS FESTIVAL FUNDS PLATINUM PATRONS
BRONZE PATRONS
● Leslie Martin Laing (Chester-le-Street) ● Elizabeth Croot (Billingham) ● Pam Reeve (Billingham) ● Ken and Christine Ellis (Billingham) ● David Clark (Stockton-on-Tees) ● Peter John Haslett (Redcar) ● Charlotte Innerd (Ontario, Canada) – in memory of Maureen and Jack Taylor
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Rhona MacLean (Billingham) Peter Elsdon (Middlesbrough) Sharon Ford (Billingham) David Otter (Billingham) John and Hazel Browell (Bradford) DONATIONS
● Miss P Huxtable (Middlesbrough) ● Elizabeth Corner (Northallerton) ● Olive Furphy (Cambridge) ● Leslie and Margaret Knotts (Bishop Auckland) ● Robert William Brown (Stockton-on-Tees) ● Mr & Mrs Main (Stockton-on-Tees)
GOLD PATRONS ● Kaye Lewis Poole (Heddon-on-the-Wall) SILVER PATRONS ● Sonia Dobbie (Elwick)
SAD LOSSES FOR THE BILLINGHAM FESTIVAL
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t has been an emotional year, we are extremely saddened to announce the passing of: Maureen Taylor, MBE, our Chairperson, who worked tirelessly for the Festival for many many years; George Watson who was I/C Parades; Brian Lightfoot who, eventually, became a guide after working alongside George in the Community Centre, where some of the groups used to be housed; and Sheila Wright, who in all weathers could be seen selling programmes. Maureen, George, Brian and Sheila – thank you for the happy memories. Till we meet again… 13
MACEDONIA Vlado Tasevski Railway Folklore Ensemble
The Railway Folklore Ensemble Vlado Tazevski was founded in 1934. To this date it has performed more than 2,000 concerts both in Macedonia and abroad in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Turkey, Romania, Austria, Russia, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Poland, Yugoslavia, Greece, Australia. Vlado Tazevski Folklore Ensemble first came to Billingham Festival in 1970 by train all the way from the former Yugoslavia. The new generation of dancers and musicians is coming to Billingham in 2013 and they are all very excited and hoping that their performances in Billingham will be a huge success. 14
MEXICO Decanos de le Universidad de Guadalajara Decanos was formed from the graduates of the University de Guadalajara, who were the first ever Mexican group to visit Billingham back in 1976, followed by three return visits under the direction of an old friend Raphael Zamarripa. In 2009, Martha, one of the dancers from 1980, saw her photo on our website and got in touch. After 30 years, much fundraising and an unbelievable rehearsal schedule under the direction of Rene Arce, this outstanding group are going
to achieve their dream of dancing at Billingham again, with performances that people half their age would be proud of. So let’s give them the old fashioned Welcome – Bienvenidos a Billingham, Decanos
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PAPUA (INDONESIA) Manbefor Dance Company
Papua Traditional Dance Group “Manbefor� was founded in 2009 in Jakarta. Manbefor is a word from Biak Language which means Bird of Papradise. The group showcases different traditional cultures of Papua through music and dance. There 250 different tribes and 300 languanges in Papua, every tribes they have their different Culture, traditons, ceremonies and language.
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PERU Peru Multicolor
Founded in 1999 Peru Multicolor presents stage interpretations of traditional Peruvian dances to infectious rhythms of live Panpipe music. The Company has toured in Ecuador, Costa Rica, France. Italy and Switzerland. They use images from Peruvian legends and folklore tales to portray Peruvian Folklore traditions through music and dance. 17
SPAIN (BASQUE) Oinkari Dance Troupe
Oinkari dance group was created in 1975 in Billabona, a little town of Gipuzkoa, Basque Region. Oinkari Dance Company combine traditional and contemporary dance in their performances. The company worked with well-known Basque Choreographer Edu Muruamendiaraz who choreographed and produced a special dance show entitled “It’s Raining”, creating a fusion of spontaneous rhythms of rain, poetry, live music and contemporary Basque dance. The full-length show will be presented at our festival as part of our new “Dance Gateway Programme” at the Picture House in Billingham.
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TA I WA N ( C H I N E S E TA I P E I ) Dance Village Art Company Dance Village Art Company is one of the top Dance Companies in Taiwan, which uses the essence of Chinese Traditional Folk and Royal dance and Chinese Martial Arts, transforming it into an enchanting contemporary dance style. Established in 1982 Dance Village Art Company is the “Distinguished Performance Art Group of Taipei County,� supported by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Taipei County Government and the Council for Cultural Affairs of Taiwan
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UKRAINE (CANADA Volya Dance Ensemble Volya Dance Ensemble comes from Edmonton in Alberta, Canada Founded in 1989 by Ukrainian choreographers based in Canada, Volya (which means “freedom�) Dance Ensemble is now one of the best Ukrainian Dance Ensembles in the World, which has vast repertoire of energetic, fast-pacing dances and reputation for incredible dance precision. Volya Dance Ensemble is joined by Academic Ukrainian Music Ensemble DRIPRO from Kiev in Ukraine. Both Ensembles have toured together as Volya Dance Ensemble in Italy, Portugal, USA and Brazil.
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USA Bailey Mountain Cloggers
The Bailey Mountain Cloggers were organized in 1974 by students at Mars Hill College in the mountains of North Carolina, near Asheville. The Bailey Mountain name is derived from the mountain adjacent to the college campus. Being one of a few university-based performing clog teams in the nation, with art performance grants and college credit courses, the Bailey Mountain Cloggers serve as ambassador of goodwill for the college and the folk dance traditions of the Southern Mountains. During their 38-year history, the Bailey Mountain Cloggers have performed throughout the United States and internationally in Canada, Mexico, England, Scotland, Austria, Spain, Germany and Ireland. The Bailey Mountain Cloggers perform a wide variety of clogging styles including: Precision, Southern Appalchian Hoedown, Kentucky Running Set, Smooth Mountain Square Dance, Waltz Clog, Acapella, Flatfoot, Buck Dancing, and Contemporary. 21
UNITED KINGDOM Sonia Sabri Company Sonia Sabri Company is a dynamic company which has established an international reputation for presenting Kathak dance in a contemporary context. Their new production -Jugni is an explosion of dance, music and meaning with soaring live vocals and percussion inspired by Qawaali, and powerful contemporary choreography driven by the passion in folkloric dance styles. Celebrated for presenting Kathak through bold new ways, Sonia Sabri Company illuminates personal stories through intricate play of movement, rhythm and rhyme contributed by women from all over the UK. Choreographer Sonia Sabri and Musical Director Sarvar Sabri build a heartfelt collaboration of mainly a female cast of renowned artists making Jugni one of the most inspirational productions of the year. Sonia Sabru Company will be also performing at the World Dance Window Concert in Middlesbrough Town Hall Crypt on Wednesday, 14th August and two Gala Nights at Middlesbrough Theatre and the Forum Theatre in Billingham on Thursday, 15th August and Friday, 16th August. Two-weeks dance residency with Sonia Sabri Company took place in Middlesbrough in June 2013 in MacMillan Academy and Chandlers Ridge Primary School, where students learned the basics of contemporary Kathak dance style and created a dance piecies, which they will perform at the Festival Opening Ceremony on Saturday, 10th August and as a curtain raiser during the performance of JUGNI, by Sonia Sabri Dance Company at the festival on Thursday, 15th August.
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UNITED KINGDOM ZENDEH ZENDEH, led by Artistic Director Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh, with Associate Writer Steven Gaythorpe and General Manager Rebecca Ball, produces high quality cross-art form productions with creative engagement programmes that are culturally eclectic, unforgettable and attract new audiences. The festival commissioned ZENDEH in 2013 to create and perform a series of mini tales, which will link the dance performances by International and UK dance companies at three Gala Concerts at the Midddlesbrough Theatre (Thursday, 15th August), Forum Theatre, Billingham (Friday,16th August) and at the Farewell Gala Concert at the Festival Arena (Saturday, 17th August), creating a unique and unforgettable experience for the audiences. Prior to the festival ZENDEH held an extremely successful residency at Billingham South Community Primary School in June 2013. 92 children expressed interest to take part in the residency, and 22 children who were selected for the residency, learned how to create stories, created their own stories with the help of ZENDEH Artistic Director Nazli TabatabaiKhatambakhsh and Associate Writer Steven Gaythorpe, produced hand-made books with their stories with the help ZENDEH Associate – Visual Artist Yvette Hawkins, and presented their stories on stage at the School Assembly. The residency at the school was documented in photos and videos, which will be presented at the two Festival Gala nights to the audiences. 23
UNITED KINGDOM The Lock In Dance Show THE LOCK IN (Formerly known as Time Gentlemen Please!) Some of the UK’s oldest forms of dance are brought bang up to date as they collide with some of the youngest in an exciting new dance show touring the UK throughout 2012. The show, the brainchild of award-winning folk band The Demon Barbers, sees a group of street dancers arrive at an apparently deserted pub. Local rumour has it that The Fighting Cocks is the place to be ‘after hours’ but as the regulars arrive a clash of cultures turns into a dance floor stand-off. The skill, speed and athleticism of the dancers on both sides soon wins the others over as the old and new are brought together in an exciting and dynamic danceoff. Sword dances are performed with snooker-cues, pub bouncers dance the Morris and B-boys flirt with clog girls. Meanwhile house band The Demon Barbers takes English Folk music on a new journey with friends Hip Hop, House, Funk and Ska and even says hello to Burlesque and Drum & Bass along the way! The unique performance of The Lock In at the Billingham Forum will include guest visitors to the pub from USA, Ukraine and Mexico. 24
UNITED KINGDOM Alma de Tango Alma de Tango, led by Colombian singer Patrissia Cuberos, plays an exotic fiery blend of Tango, flamenco, gypsy and classical music while remaining true to the essence of Tango, accompanied by two tango dance couples. Their show TANGO : A HISTORY OF PASSION is a spectacle combining the beauty of live music and dance with magic of visual technology to convey the passion of Tango. The professional tango dance couples are: Isolde Kanikani – New Zealand and Almar Schouten - Netherlands, Katja Lehmann and Oliver Wielinski – Germany The contrast between the two tango dance couples is aimed to show the audiences that Tango is a language and not a choreographed set of dance moves and therefore the two couples can interpret of the same music in very different ways.
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