Bulerías
Sé que te quiero tú no lo sabes
Tienes la culpa de todos mis males
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bulerías de Jerez
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:
Lemons, anyone?
Here’s a bulerías letra for you.
Amargas son mis comidas
limones por la mañana
limones al mediodía
Looking for bulerías music to practice your ‘dancing with the cante’ skills with?
I’ve got you covered!
The video below offers you over eight minutes of bulerías music, including several letras, to practice to.
Wondering how to dance to the cante?
I have some ideas for you.
Looking for a letra that will give you a laugh?
Here you go:
Bulerías
Quiero que me compres, por Dios
una camisita que siquiera
me tape la barriguita
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.
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.
Feel like dancing bulerías?
You can do so with the video below.
But first, here’s one of the letras you’ll hear:
Are you tired of picking apart bulerías yet?
In the video below, Juan Garrido talks about how flamenco can be found anywhere and everywhere in Jerez.
He and the others then demonstrate traditional bulerías in its pure and spontaneous form.
I challenge you to watch and identify all of the parts of his dance.
Are you ready for some bulerías?
Check out this lighthearted letra and the video below full of bulerías for you to listen to and watch.
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!
Here’s a bulerías letra for you and a video of Fernando de la Morena singing it. Watch to the end to see the dancing!
Have you thought about your flamenco desires and goals lately?
One of mine is to become more comfortable dancing bulerías with the cante.
Read about how I plan to do so, and follow my four steps to creating a plan for yourself below.
But first, here’s a bulerías letra for you followed by a video to practice with.
Test your bulerías knowledge by taking the following quiz.
It's short.
It's fun.
And you might learn something or just bathe in the satisfaction of realizing how much you already know.
Ready?
You’re going to LOVE the following video of Esther, one of our bulerías teachers on the Flamenco Tour to Jerez, dancing on our final day of class. But first, here is the first letra that Junquerita sings for her
t’s May, a month to celebrate mothers!
Here's a bulerías coletilla for you along with a video of Jesús Carmona that you're going to love:
Here is an observation activity to help you understand bulerías more deeply along with a letra and a video from the Peña la Bulería caseta during the Feria de Jerez.
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.
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.