How to dance flamenco, flamenco travel in Spain, flamenco dance students and their experiences, interviews with flamenco artists, translations of flamenco letras (songs) from Spanish to English
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Do you know how to dance bulerías with the cante?
Watch how it’s done in the clip below as Carmen Herrera dances while José Mijita sings at the Feria del Caballo in Jerez.
Then find the words, and translation, of the letra you hear.
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Check out this bulerías pataíta from the living room…
Here’s the coletilla you’ll hear Antonio Malena sing to Manuela Nuñez at in the video below:
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As promised, your next installment of bulerías videos.
These clips come from a variety of sources…
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Love watching people dance por bulerías?
Then this is for you.
May the following five bulerías dance videos brighten your day!
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Here’s a letra José Mijita sang during one of our online bulerias workshops:
Al cielo lo miro yo
Yo miro pa tus ojos
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![Flamenco Contratiempo & Coordination Step [Flamenco Dance Steps]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568079e7bfe873f15c115eee/1696458054469-T84NAWUSRDITEXQGFM85/IMG_1027_Original.jpg)
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Could you incorporate the flamenco step below into a dance?
Use this tangos footwork pattern to: strengthen your contratiempo, practice technique, coordinate palmas with footwork, or as part of a flamenco dance choreography.
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You’ll love listening to this one and playing palmas as you do…
Here’s an estribillo you’ll hear:
Que no que no que no
Que nunca me has querido…
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![Tangos Footwork Pattern with Redobles [Flamenco Dance Steps]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568079e7bfe873f15c115eee/1694206474170-OYXPR0EACNDJH3GGGX9C/IMG_2709.jpg)
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Want to practice your redoble (roll)?
Here’s a tangos footwork pattern that incorporates the flamenco redoble.
You may use this step as an exercise or even as a remate in your dance.
Check out the video tutorial here
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Because one can never get enough of Rancapino Chico por tangos;
This is the first letra he sings in the video below:
Yo sé que tú me quieres con delirio…
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Watch Patricia Guerrero, Rafael Estévez, and Nani Paños dance as Arcángel sings in Carlos Saura’s Flamenco, Flamenco.
Here is the first letra.
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Here’s a flamenco marking step that uses the abanico in a percussive way.
We can create rhythms with the fan by tapping it against the body while open or closed.
In this instance we have the fan open.
Give it a try using the tutorial:
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Here’s a tangos estribillo and a video of Patricia Guerrero at just sixteen years old.
Dame besos de tu boca
Que cuando me besas
me pones nervioso
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Here’s a simple yet punchy tangos marking step for you to add to your collection.
The ending works great with the caída of the cante or when the guitar resolves.
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Watch the following videos then try the bulerías palmas activity at the end of this post.
Here is one of the letras:
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Here’s a video of a young Estrella Morente por siguiryas and a letra
A la sierra de Armenia
yo me quiero ir …
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Would you believe that this amazing flamenco dancer, Cristina Hall, still gets nervous before going on stage?
She actually appreciates this feeling because it reminds her that she still has a lot of respect for what she does.
So what does she do when the nerves set in?
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