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Rafael de Paula y Curro Romero | The Weekly Letra

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Rafael de Paula y Curro Romero | The Weekly Letra

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.

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Don't Tell Me You're Too Old To Dance | The Weekly Letra

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Don't Tell Me You're Too Old To Dance | The Weekly Letra

Don’t tell me you’re too old to dance.

Because Tía Curra, who you’ll see dancing in the video below, was in her late seventies when I filmed it.

I know you’re going to love her signature move at the end where she taps her tummy with the palm of her hand to the compás.

But first, here’s a bulerías letra referencing La Calle Nueva, one of the most, if not the most, historically important flamenco streets located in the Santiago neighborhood of Jerez.

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