Bulerías Move [Flamenco Dance Steps]
Learn this step and use it in your bulerías pataíta.
You could use this step as a:
llamada
remate
patá
How would you use it?
In the video tutorial below I teach you the footwork and the skirt and body movements to go with:
Details
Upper Body & Skirt:
When holding the skirt, be sure to keep some air under your arms.
Keep the front elbow up and keep the back elbow from going behind.
Keep you head aligned with the front elbow.
Steps & Counts:
12 right 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘱𝘦 (stomp)
& left 𝘵𝘢𝘤ó𝘯 (heel)
1 right 𝘵𝘢𝘤ó𝘯
& left 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘱𝘦
2 right 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘱𝘦
& left 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘱𝘦
3 🚫
& left 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘱𝘦
4 🚫
& right 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢 (ball of the foot)
5 🚫
6 right 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢
8 left 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢
9 nothing
& left slide
a right 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘱𝘦
10 right 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘱𝘦
(At the end I just take two steps forward (11, 12) to transition into whatever the next step will be…)
A note about the knees:
On the slide into the redoble at the end, be sure to keep your knees bent.
You want to keep the knees bent throughout, but during this part there can be a tendency to straighten the leg, so watch out for that!
How will you use this bulerías step?
Want to Learn More About Bulerías?
Take the Bulerías Made Simple workshop on demand and get the tools you need to finally make sense of this perplexing dance. Learn the structure, how to dance a full bulería, and the most important concept to understand in order to dance well with the cante.
And join How to Dance to Bulerías Cante with Carmen Herrera and José Mijita to take things a step further going deeper into the relationship between cante (singing) and baile (dancing) and give you a chance to practice with one of the foremost flamenco singers from Jerez.