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Mercedes Ruiz
Below find five flamenco dance clips for your enjoyment.
No time to watch right now?
Bookmark this page to come back to when you’re in need of some flamenco inspiration.
Flamenco lovers from throughout the US and Canada gathered for what was an incredible flamenco weekend with Mercedes Ruiz and Santiago Lara.
Here’s a summary of our workshops with these two incredible flamenco artists in images:
Enjoy this sneak peek into tech rehearsal with flamenco dancer, Mercedes Ruiz.
In the clip she dances to the guitar of Manuel Morao, a prominent guitarist from Jerez de la Frontera whose company she danced with when she was just six years old!
Love watching flamenco dance videos?
Then what follows is for you.
Below find five flamenco dance clips, in no particular order, for you to enjoy.
If you love watching flamenco dance videos, this is for you.
Here are five flamenco dance videos, in no particular order, that are sure to inspire.
Here are ten videos in celebration of El Día Internacional Del Flamenco,
A day to celebrate, honor and raise awareness about the art of flamenco.
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Raise your hand if you love watching flamenco dance videos.
Below find twenty one flamenco dance videos that are sure to inspire, so bookmark this page to come back to when you need a flamenco fix.
Tangos de Málaga
Traditional
El papel entra en la imprenta
el barco entra en el puerto
el peine entra en la cabeza
Below find twenty five flamenco dance videos to help you pass the time flamenco style.
Some are longer while other are very short.
Either way there’s something for everybody.
Did you know that siguiriyas is the style Mercedes Ruíz’s most enjoys dancing?
(That is one of the flamenco trivia questions you’ll be asked to answer in this quiz.)
Below you’ll find a list of letras from the siguiriyas or seguiriyas family.
Jaleos are calls of encouragement used in flamenco to cheer one another on.
We give jaleos to the dancer, the singer, the guitarist, to anybody participating.
Do you feel comfortable giving jaleos?
So you like watching flamenco dance videos?
Me too.
Here are some clips from last year that I know you’re going to love
Who feels like having some fun?
Take the following flamenco trivia quiz to do just that and perhaps learn something in the process.
It touches on flamenco theory, history, and interesting tidbits about various artists.
Here is what you can expect in class with Mercedes Ruíz on the Flamenco Tour to Jerez
Debby, one of the students on the last fall’s Flamenco Tour to Jerez sent me this summary of her experience a few days upon returning home with this note. “Thank you again for a 100% approval trip. Here is how I truly felt.” If you’re curious about what happens on the Flamenco Tour, read on:
Here is a siguiriyas letra in the style of Manuel Torre that we danced to in class with Mercedes Ruíz last weekend
Tonight driving home from the workshops with Mercedes she and Santi and Pastora were singing songs in the car. Here’s a bulerías coletilla they sang:
It’s May, and spring is in the air! Let’s celebrate the flowers with this bulerías letra:
The following flamenco dance tips were born out of a longing to be back in class with Mercedes Ruíz. Because I love it there. I love how we learn, the focus on technique, the repetition, watching Mercedes move.
So here are eleven tips I’ve learned studying with her over the years. Each tip includes a brief exercise to help you apply it.