Six Bulerías Dances To Pick Apart | The Weekly Letra

September 17, 2021

How well do you understand the structure of bulerías?

Below you’ll find a priceless video from this year’s Fiesta de la Bulería in Jerez.

I’ll deconstruct a couple of the dances and let you do the rest.

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Can You Name All The Parts of This Bulerías Dance? | The Weekly Letra

April 16, 2021

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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Do You Know How to Dance a (Very) Short Bulería? | The Weekly Letra

February 22, 2020

Do you know how to dance a bulería corta? And do you know when it’s appropriate to do so?

Find out exactly which components you need to include in your short dance, see four examples (each deconstructed to help you better understand the structure), then practice doing one of your own!

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Deepen Your Understanding of Bulerías

April 1, 2019

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:

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Bulerías Made Simple [The Structure of a Bulerías Dance & How It Relates to the Cante]

July 6, 2017

Bulerías is arguably one of the hardest flamenco forms to dance due to it's improvisational nature, complex rhythm, and nuanced cante. But dancing bulerías is less mysterious than you may think. Once you understand the components of the dance and how they relate to the music (the singing and the compás) you'll be well on your way to obtaining bulerías freedom.

Below l explain the basic bulerías por fiesta structure and how it relates to the cante. After that you'll find a video of Pastora Galván along with an analysis describing where she dances each component of the structure. Finally I give you an activity to help you internalize the information.