Pastora Galván dances as José Valencia sings today’s letra to her.
Soleá por Bulerías
Yo me he enamorado
y ya no me enamoro más
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Pastora Galván dances as José Valencia sings today’s letra to her.
Soleá por Bulerías
Yo me he enamorado
y ya no me enamoro más
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.
Do you love these words as much as I do?
Yo quisiera tener
la boquita de caramelo
pa yo hablarte sin ofender
Here’s a bulerías letra and an star saturated video from Tablao Cordobés in Barcelona. Some of the people you’ll see are: Pastora Galvan, Claudia Cruz, Farruquito, Jesus Carmona, and La Susi.
You asked me to analyze more videos around here to better understand how flamenco dance works, so today I will deconstruct another bulerías of Pastora Galván. So here is a video (that you’re going to LOVE) followed by a breakdown of each component of the dance and when it happens:
Twenty years ago when I went to Spain for the first time, I got to see Paco de Lucía perform at Teatro de la Maestranza during the Bienal de Sevilla. This happened after I had been living there for about six months at a time when I was just beginning to understand what flamenco was.
Tangos
Triana, Triana
Qué bonita está Triana
Cuando le ponen al puente
Banderas republicanas
We've talked about how it is common to have different variations to the words of traditional flamenco letras.