Are you in the mood to listen to some good bulerías de Jerez?
Then you’ll love today’s clip of José Mijita and Manuel Parilla direct rom Jerez.
This is one of the letras you’ll hear…
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mare cómprame usted uno
antes que el hombre se vaya
Do you know how to dance bulerías with the cante?
Watch how it’s done in the clip below as Carmen Herrera dances while José Mijita sings at the Feria del Caballo in Jerez.
Then find the words, and translation, of the letra you hear.
Here’s a letra José Mijita sang during one of our online bulerias workshops:
Al cielo lo miro yo
Yo miro pa tus ojos
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Want to better understand how cante and baile work together in bulerías?
Check out this incredible video of José Mijita and Carmen Herrera at Peña la Bulería along with a breakdown of Carmen’s dance below.
If you want to go even deeper to learn about how to dance to the cante join us for a virtual bulerías workshop Sunday!
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.)
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.
Here’s a video of Carmen Herrera dancing at Viernes Flamenco back in 2013.
This is a coletila José Mijita sings to her:
Dice que tiene
la novia nueva…
Here is another letra José Mijita sang to Carmen Herrera during that house concert:
Soleá por Bulerías
Al de la Puerta Real
me aliviara estas duquelas…
Here watch Carmen Herrera and José Mijita doing a concert from home during the 2020 lockdown in Spain.
Here’s one of the letras you’ll hear:
Bulerías
Me ha costao un dineral…
Ready to practice your bulerías palmas?
I invite you to follow along with the video below.
Here’s one of the letras you’ll hear José Mijita sing:
Watch José Mijita singing from his home during the 2020 lockdown in Spain. He sings for over 15 minutes by himself, accompanied only at the very end with palmas and baile por fiesta.
Here is one letra he sings at the end:
What is is about watching singers, guitarists, and palmeros dance por bulerías?
You’re in for a treat, for that’s exactly what José Mijita does at the end of today’s video:
Do you know how to dance bulerías to the cante?
This is what you’ll see Carmen Herrera doing in the video below as José Mijita sings and Carlos Grilo accompanies on guitar.
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Here is a bulerías letra we studied with José Mijita last weekend here in Jerez. It’s from his Latin Grammy nominated album, Se Llama Flamenco.
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Here’s a peek at what we’ve been up to so far on the Flamenco Tour to Jerez …
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Greetings from Jerez. I’m here on the Flamenco Tour, up to my ears in bulerías and loving it. So, here’s one for you today along with a video of Gema Moneo.