Guitarists, I think you’re going to like this one.
Following the letra you’ll find a video that touches on how you can accompany something like this.
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“What keeps me in flamenco is my flamenco community. When I’m away from flamenco for awhile the people and the community and the sense of supporting each other…is what I really miss and what always brings me back.”
Learn about Julie’s flamenco journey in this interview where she shares everything from how she got started to how she finds time for it in busy life to what she finds most challenging about flamenco. She even shares some advice for her fellow flamenco learners…
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How did you find flamenco?
This is one of my favorite things to ask flamenco lovers.
I love learning people’s flamenco stories, don’t you?
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When you hear the word guajiras, who do you think of?
Any chance Concha Jareño comes to mind?
Below you’ll find a guajiras letra and a video that Concha put together from a series of guajiras tutorials she put out from her home studio during this Coronavirus Quarantine.
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Are you ready for some bulerías?
Check out this lighthearted letra and the video below full of bulerías for you to listen to and watch.
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Here’s video of Zorri that you’ll love and a letra por bulerías
Bulerías
Traditional
Entro y te veo
enaguas blancas y en zagalejo
por usted doy la vida
pa que te vengas a la vera mía
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You’re going to love everything about the following video of Esther Aranda dancing bulerías as Junquerita sings to her on our final day of class on the Flamenco Tour to Jerez.
First, here’s the letra he sings to her:
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Here are some word to welcome the coming of spring.
Bulerías
Tengo mi casa allí
llena de flores pa’ ti
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The other day I had a flamenco show, and I let my grey hairs be. It felt weird, like it was the wrong place to expose my work-in-progress hair. Mainly because it is very clearly only partially grown out.
Here I explain about how I did my performance makeup to distract myself from those multiple colors atop my head.
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Are you ready to be captivated?
Here’s a bulerías letra for you to enjoy and a video of Miguel Poveda and María Terremoto.
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Do you love these words as much as I do?
Yo quisiera tener
la boquita de caramelo
pa yo hablarte sin ofender
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Do you know how to dance a bulería corta? And do you know when it’s appropriate to do so?
Find out exactly which components you need to include in your short dance, see four examples (each deconstructed to help you better understand the structure), then practice doing one of your own!
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Here’s another LOVE letra, a fandangos.
Quiero estar siempre a tu vera
ver a tus ojos bonitos
y yo decirte Morena
que tú me tienes loquito
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Want to make somebody’s day?
Share this sweet letra with them, and start February off with some LOVE.
Here’s a letra for you followed by a video of Cristina Hall, that you’re going to love just as much as the words to this song.
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Did you know Cristina Hall, who will be teaching in Portland this weekend, and YES, you can still join us, was named one of Dance Magazine's 25 to Watch?
I asked Cristina three questions about teaching, creation, and inspiration. Here’s what she had to say.
What do you enjoy most about teaching flamenco?
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Do you find yourself a bit lost when it comes to getting done up for a show?
Below get the skinny on the makeup I like wearing to perform flamenco.
I’ll start with my ideal situation. Then I’ll tell you what items I could go without if I felt like doing less or simply didn’t have all of these products.
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Sticking with our bulerías theme, here’s a bulerías coletilla for you and a video you’re going to love that I took of Concha Jareño at Casa Patas in Madrid a couple of years ago.
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Here’s a bulerías letra for you and a video of Fernando de la Morena singing it. Watch to the end to see the dancing!
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Have you thought about your flamenco desires and goals lately?
One of mine is to become more comfortable dancing bulerías with the cante.
Read about how I plan to do so, and follow my four steps to creating a plan for yourself below.
But first, here’s a bulerías letra for you followed by a video to practice with.