So you want to better understand how to dance bulerías with the cante?
I have an idea for you,
But first, here’s a letra.
(You can watch Carmen Herrera dance to this as José Mijita sings in the video to follow.)
I hope your summer is going better than this…
Taranta
Traditional
¡Ay! Estoy pasando un verano
que yo no me divierto un día,
¡Ay! mientras mi tío Cayetano
This will knock your socks off.
It’s a video of José Mijita singing bulerías in Jerez. At the end Carmen Herrera joins him to dance.
Here’s one of the letras you’ll hear José sing:
Can you name one thing a dancer can do that shows they’re in tune with the singer?
Below Carmen Herrera demonstrates how to dance respecting the cante in our class with José Mijita on the last Flamenco Tour to Jerez.
We studied a few letras with José.
Lemons, anyone?
Here’s a bulerías letra for you.
Amargas son mis comidas
limones por la mañana
limones al mediodía
It is with deep sadness that I share with you that on May 24th, 2022, my mother passed away.
To honor my mom’s memory, I want to tell you a bit about the role she played in my flamenco journey.
My mom had an enormous impact on my life, as most mothers do…
In honor of mothers everywhere…
If you’ve lost your mother, I send you the biggest hug,
If your mother is still with us, may you cherish every moment with her.
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Read on…
Here’s what I used & the steps I took:
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STEP ONE…
Here’s a bulerías letra and a video you’ll love of Encarna Anillo.
Mira sí te quiero yo,
que por ti sería capaz
de sufrir la Inquisición
Do you love a good fin de fiesta?
Me too.
Here’s the letra you’ll hear in the fin de fiesta clip below.
What “instrument” is Emilio Ochando playing in the video below?
HINT: You can find these in anybody’s kitchen.
Here’s one of the letras that he dances to in this piece:
You’re going to love listening to the following backstage clip or Antonio Reyes before a performance in Spain.
Here’s the letra he sings:
A mi me llaman la atención
dos cositas tiene Caí,
las mocitas de mi barrio
y la calle del Mirador
Do you need another laugh?
The following letra comes from renowned flamencologist Estela Zatania in response to this one.
She notes that both verses are cases of how “flamenco makes light of tragedy.”
Looking for bulerías music to practice your ‘dancing with the cante’ skills with?
I’ve got you covered!
The video below offers you over eight minutes of bulerías music, including several letras, to practice to.
Wondering how to dance to the cante?
I have some ideas for you.
Looking for a letra that will give you a laugh?
Here you go:
Bulerías
Quiero que me compres, por Dios
una camisita que siquiera
me tape la barriguita
Pastora Galván dances as José Valencia sings today’s letra to her.
Soleá por Bulerías
Yo me he enamorado
y ya no me enamoro más
Watch and listen to Enrique Soto sing this letra por soleá…
Dices que tú a mí no me quieres
y pena yo no tenía ninguna
porque yo con tu querer
no tenía hecha escritura
I heard you like it when I deconstruct dances to help make sense of how flamenco dance works, so that’s what I’m doing today.
Below watch Zorri, The Ambassador of Happiness, show off some of his flamenco dance moves during bulerías class with Ana María López on the Flamenco Tour to Jerez a few years ago.