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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Gabriel Frontera Mestre, born in 1953 in Ariany, Mallorca, is one of the leading figures in the field of Spanish folklore. A graduate in Business Science from the University of the Balearic Islands, he has devoted his life to the research, teaching, and international promotion of traditional dance.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Since 1975, Gabriel has been a member of the Escola de M\u00fasica i Danses de Mallorca, and has served as its president since 1998. He has been teaching traditional dance at the school since 1978, and from 2002 to 2012, he also lectured at the Mallorca Conservatory of Music and Dance. His teaching is deeply rooted in heritage work\u2014he has conducted extensive field research on Mallorcan bolero and jota dances in collaboration with Bartomeu Ense\u00f1at. Their efforts led to the development of a widely adopted teaching method, now used in folklore schools across the island.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 In 2006, the educational CD-DVD \u201cAix\u00ed\u201d was published, documenting these dances in detail. In 2009, he launched and directed a major project to recover the \u201cContradansa,\u201d an 18th-century dance that had disappeared in Mallorca. The project culminated in a book and CD, with research still ongoing.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 His dance group has participated in numerous international festivals, winning first prizes in Italy, Poland, Bulgaria, Turkey, and beyond. Gabriel is also a highly respected jury member at international folk competitions, having judged in over 25 countries\u2014including South Korea, Peru, Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Poland, and France.
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 He has held several prominent roles:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Gabriel Frontera Mestre\u2019s work bridges history and the present, connecting Balearic traditions with the global folklore stage. His contributions are not only academically valuable but also deeply inspiring for future generations of dance enthusiasts.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Gabriel Frontera Mestre, born in 1953 in Ariany, Mallorca, is one of the leading figures in the field of Spanish folklore. A graduate in Business Science from the University of the Balearic Islands, he has devoted his life to the research, teaching, and international promotion of traditional dance.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Since 1975, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12585,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jury-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saulesziedas.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saulesziedas.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saulesziedas.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saulesziedas.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saulesziedas.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12295"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/saulesziedas.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12411,"href":"https:\/\/saulesziedas.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12295\/revisions\/12411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saulesziedas.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saulesziedas.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saulesziedas.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saulesziedas.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}