Tangos
Déjate de tonterías
que has pasaito por mi vera
y no me has dao los buenos días
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Could you incorporate the flamenco step below into a dance?
Use this tangos footwork pattern to: strengthen your contratiempo, practice technique, coordinate palmas with footwork, or as part of a flamenco dance choreography.
You’ll love listening to this one and playing palmas as you do…
Here’s an estribillo you’ll hear:
Que no que no que no
Que nunca me has querido…
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Want to practice your redoble (roll)?
Here’s a tangos footwork pattern that incorporates the flamenco redoble.
You may use this step as an exercise or even as a remate in your dance.
Because one can never get enough of Rancapino Chico por tangos;
This is the first letra he sings in the video below:
Yo sé que tú me quieres con delirio…
Watch Patricia Guerrero, Rafael Estévez, and Nani Paños dance as Arcángel sings in Carlos Saura’s Flamenco, Flamenco.
Here is the first letra.
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Here’s a flamenco marking step that uses the abanico in a percussive way.
We can create rhythms with the fan by tapping it against the body while open or closed.
In this instance we have the fan open.
Here’s a tangos estribillo and a video of Patricia Guerrero at just sixteen years old.
Dame besos de tu boca
Que cuando me besas
me pones nervioso
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Here’s a simple yet punchy tangos marking step for you to add to your collection.
The ending works great with the caída of the cante or when the guitar resolves.
Watch the following videos then try the bulerías palmas activity at the end of this post.
Here is one of the letras:
Here’s a video of a young Estrella Morente por siguiryas and a letra
A la sierra de Armenia
yo me quiero ir …
Would you believe that this amazing flamenco dancer, Cristina Hall, still gets nervous before going on stage?
She actually appreciates this feeling because it reminds her that she still has a lot of respect for what she does.
So what does she do when the nerves set in?
Don’t you love watching the musicians dance during the fin de fiesta?
In today’s clip you get to see percussionist Luis Amador dance a pataíta which is sure to make you smile. Then be wowed as you watch Pastora Galván do her thing.
Here’s another video of Antonio Reyes that I know you’ll want to listen to over and over again…
This is one of the letras he sings:
Rondeñas
A esa liebre no tirarle
cazadores de la sierra
porque está haciendo en la tierra…