French dance. It is also home to the cultural centre Atabal and the chorus Oldarra, created in 1946. The emperors Napoleon III and Eugene of Montijo brought
and Jean-Claude []. At the age of 16, he became a singer and dancer with Oldarra [fr], of which he became artistic director in 1953 and president in 1973
Donostia (founded in 1928). Later on, other ensembles were formed, such as Oldarra Abesbatza from Biarritz (founded in 1947), made up of men and sometimes