Ready to deconstruct a bulerías pataíta with me?
Watch Luisa La Margara dance at the end of the video below.
(And if you thought you were too old to dance flamenco, think again.)
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Fernando de la Morena
Ready to deconstruct a bulerías pataíta with me?
Watch Luisa La Margara dance at the end of the video below.
(And if you thought you were too old to dance flamenco, think again.)
Ready to have some fun (and test your ear)?
Take a look below at one of the letras we’re dancing to in Beginning Bulerías right now.
Following that is a recording…
Here’s a letra and a video of Fernando de la Morena to make you feel like you’re in Jerez:
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!
Fernando de la Morena, a leading figure of flamenco from the Santiago neighborhood of Jerez, passed away this week. Please enjoy the following three videos of him and this bulerías letra he sang. May he rest in peace.
With just about every bulerías letra Zorri dictates to me, he smiles and laughs while explaining the meaning. (I really wish you could see him do this.)
So, below find another one from Zorri.
Once you've read it, scroll down to the bottom of the post to see three awesome videos of people (Joaquin Grilo, Rocío Molina, and Midori) dancing por bulerías.
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Me acuesto y no cojo cama
Me acuesto con el sentío
a ver quién a la puerta llama
I am captivated by bulerías. Simplemente, me cautivan.
Today, a letra, a video from Carlos Saura's Flamenco, and an activity.
First the letra:
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Mi madre me lo decía
que no te quisiera tanto
que no te lo merecía