Mallorca dance school turns 50: Palma exhibition opens

Mallorca’s Asunción Dance School turns 50: an exhibition of traditional clothes, jewellery and festive figures opens at La Misericòrdia Cultural Centre in Palma, Mallorca, on Friday 6 November. The show runs until 31 December. It celebrates a school founded in Palma’s Son Espanyolet neighbourhood in 1976 to preserve and share the island’s culture, music and dance.

Images show what people once wore to work and to celebrations, from farmers and craftspeople to wealthy families. Wedding and mourning clothes feature alongside household objects, traditional jewellery and festival figures including Gaietà, Assumpció, Bernat and Agnès. Araceli Almagro Terrassa curated the exhibition.

The programme continues on 13 November with a talk and a display of clothing and dance. The Island Council of Mallorca says the anniversary celebrations will end on 20 December with a gathering for ball de bot, a traditional dance, bringing together groups and associations from across the island.

Topics: Culture

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com