How to dance flamenco, flamenco travel in Spain, flamenco dance students and their experiences, interviews with flamenco artists, translations of flamenco letras (songs) from Spanish to English
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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!
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.)
I heard you like it when I deconstruct dances to help make sense of how flamenco dance works, so that’s what I’m doing today.
Below watch Zorri, The Ambassador of Happiness, show off some of his flamenco dance moves during bulerías class with Ana María López on the Flamenco Tour to Jerez a few years ago.
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.)
