Below watch a video of Concha Jareño, our dance teacher on the Flamenco Tour to Madrid, dancing por guajiras. You will LOVE it.
Here’s the bulerías that Paco del Pozo sings:
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Now that you have an idea of what it's like to spend a day in Jerez, here’s a peek at our neighborhood.
We stay in el Barrio de San Miguel, also known as La Plazuela, one of the two main flamenco neighborhoods of Jerez, where the scent of flamenco is everywhere.
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Sherry comes from Jerez and is a big part of the culture there, so of course we take a trip to a sherry bodega on the Flamenco Tour to Jerez.
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We visit the Hammam Andalusí on the Flamenco Tour. It is a bathhouse equipped with three pools of water of differing temperatures, a sitting area, a massage area, and a dressing room with showers and bathroom.
This visit is well deserved partway through our trip!
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There are many opportunities to see live flamenco in Jerez.
At the tabancos, the peñas, in bars and restaurants, at the tablao, at the theater …
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In Spain, one's definition of nighttime can change.
The siesta doesn’t even end until around 5:30-6:30 pm.
Meaning in España, the second half of the day begins in the evening.
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Playing palmas was one of those unexpected loves for me.
We play plenty of palmas on the Flamenco Tour.
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Here is what you can expect in class with Mercedes Ruíz on the Flamenco Tour to Jerez
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Many people ask me what a typical day looks like for a student on the Flamenco Tour to Jerez.
The following set of posts attempts to paint a picture (in words and photos) of a day in the life of a student in Jerez on the Flamenco Tour.
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You will be BLOWN AWAY watching Concha Jareño, our teacher for the Flamenco Tour to Madrid, dance in the video below of her bulerías workshop at Amor de Dios in Madrid.
Following the video you can read what she has to say about the difference between flamenco today as compared to sixty years ago and about sensuality and sexuality and how they do or don’t show up in her dancing.
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Test your bulerías knowledge by taking the following quiz.
It's short.
It's fun.
And you might learn something or just bathe in the satisfaction of realizing how much you already know.
Ready?
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Don’t you love watching dancers perform together?
Below find a caña letra and a video of Daniel Ramos, Lucía Ruibal, and Alejandra Gudi dancing together to it at Las Tablas in Madrid.
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Check out David Palomar’s bulerías version of the popular Spanish Christmas song Alegría, Alegría, Alegría followed by a verse from the song and its translation.
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Here’s a video of María Rosa dancing siguiriyas con castañuelas at Corral de la Morería in 1964 and one of the letras she dances to.