Premiere: about 1930, when it was performed by the Elai Alai
Music: J. Guridi
Choreography: V. Olaeta
Aitor etxea and Aitor mendi. These are the names of the dwelling and the place where Aitor’s descendants’ lived in the 18th century, the legendary Patriarch of the Basques. In the isolated peaks of the Pyrenees, when nearly all of the Basques looked to Christianity, there were still some Pagans who worshiped the star of the night and the light of the dead. In the faint white moonlight, some youths get involved in the ezpata dantza, vibrant symbol of the Basque spirit.
