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Below enjoy ten classic flamenco dance clips,
One for (almost) every decade of the 20th century.
You'll see Rosario y Antonio, La Argentinita, José Greco, Vicente Escudero, Sarita Heredia, Lola Flores, Antonio Gades, Laura del Sol, José Antonio, Manuela Vargas, and some very old footage of gitanas from El Sacromote including La Chata la Jampona.
Get to know Emilio Ochando!
Emilio and I jumped onto Instagram and did a quick live upon his arrival to Portland this evening.
Check it out here
Check out Emilio Ochando rehearsing with Yoel Vargas for Flamenco Vivo’s Quinto Elemento:
I asked Cristina Hall to tell me about her creative process:
“It’s always very different…
When I asked Cristina Hall what piece of advice she could offer flamenco dance students she told me she didn’t like giving advice “because I think it’s all relative; who am I to say anything?”
Still, she was willing to recommend the following:
First she encouraged listening to a lot of music,
There aren’t many people from outside of Spain who would tell you they knew they wanted to dedicate themselves to flamenco before even having taken their first class.
But that is what happened with Cristina Hall.
You’ll love watching the following three sevillanas clips of dancers spanning the generations.
(Be sure to watch through to the final example, a true treasure captured on film.)
Let’s begin with Rocío Jurado…
This step is for you if you are ready to start coordinating abanico movements with steps.
Practice opening, raising, and closing the fan while your feet maintain a basic forward and back marcaje in the compás of twelve.
Don’t you love contratiempo?
It's one of those signature flamenco sounds, and it can be oh so addicting.
In the video tutorial that follows I show you an exerciise por tangos to practice contratiempo.
Need a little pick me up?
Choose any one of the following clips por bulerías to brighten your day.
Here’s something for you, flamenco dance lover.
Five flamenco dance videos, in no particular order, that are sure to captivate.
You'll see two of our teachers on the Flamenco Tour to Granada, Ivan Vargas and Irene “La Serranilla,” along with many more.
Love bulerías?
Then this is for YOU.
May the following seven clips of bulerías cante and baile brighten your day!
How are your pitos, finger snaps?
Here’s a simple tangos marcaje combination you can use to work on details like that as well as:
Arm movements, coordination, hands, head placement, and hips.
Watch the video tutorial here
Use the following flamenco step as a marcaje, a marking step, or as a remate, an accent or close.
Following the tutorial you’ll find a written breakdown of the steps and more on how to use this.
Use this flamenco dance mini lesson to practice:
Opening, closing it, and moving the fan.
Below find five flamenco dance clips for your enjoyment.
No time to watch right now?
Bookmark this page to come back to when you’re in need of some flamenco inspiration.
Here are five classic clips in celebration of El Día Internacional del Flamenco,
A day to celebrate, honor and raise awareness about the art of flamenco.
No time to watch right now?
Bookmark this post to come back to when you’re in need of some flamenco inspiration.
Practice your coordination and contratiempo with this flamenco dance step.
In the video tutorial I use the abanico, but you could also do this move playing palmas in lieu of the fan for the percussive parts.
Don’t you love the feeling of snapping open the abanico?
There are many ways to open the abanico, the flamenco fan.
Here’s one of my favorite ways to do so
Enjoy this sneak peek into tech rehearsal with flamenco dancer, Mercedes Ruiz.
In the clip she dances to the guitar of Manuel Morao, a prominent guitarist from Jerez de la Frontera whose company she danced with when she was just six years old!
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