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
Ready to learn a simple remate por tangos??
Use this remate to add a little flair to a choreography you already have, or
Put on some of your favorite tangos and do it over and over again as an exercise, or
Create your own dance and make this one of your steps.
Here’s a flamenco step that combines marking with footwork.
Use it with any palo in the rhythm of 12.
Or use it as a technique exercise.
I recommend approaching the step like this:
Soleá por Bulerías
Traditional
Será o no será
pa mi unos tormentos dobles
verte y no poderte hablar
Today enjoy a clip of Fernando Terremoto singing por tientos and tangos.
Here is one of the letras he sings:
De Madrid han venido
varios pintores…
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In anticipation of Bulerías Made Simple this weekend….
Below find a step for you.
It’s a Bulerías Marcaje.
I recommend approaching the step like this:
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Get ready because below you’ll get to watch and listen to over ten minutes of Aurora Vargas singing and dancing por bulerías.
Here’s the first letra she sings:
Cuando llega el mes de abril
Yo me pongo en mi pelito negro…
You will love today’s video of Saray García dancing in platform espadrilles on the grass.
Here’s the letra David Carpio opens with:
Bulerías
Dices que te quiero poco
lo que camela tu gente
This nine year old boy will blow you away.
You can watch and listen to him sing (and dance) on Tierra de Talento, but first here’s one of the letras he sings.
Tientos
El que diga que no siente
dolor en el corazón
I have a treat for you.
It’s a short video I took of José Mijita after our cante class on the Flamenco Tour to Jerez.
We were getting ready to leave when one of the students asked José if he would sing a final letra for us.
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.
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.
Looking for a fun and dramatic eye look for stage or a fiesta?
Read on…
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STEP ONE…
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