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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Here are five classic clips in celebration of El Día Internacional del Flamenco,
A day to celebrate, honor and raise awareness about the art of flamenco.
No time to watch right now?
Bookmark this post to come back to when you’re in need of some flamenco inspiration.
Spanish film director, Carlos Saura, has passed away.
Below watch Pepa Flores sing the following letra accompanied by Paco de Lucía, in his award winning film, Carmen.
(You’ll also see Antonio Gades and Cristina Hoyos dancing.)
Enjoy this colorful rumba flamenca in honor of the late Lola Flores, who would have turned one hundred years old this month
The great Manolete, Manuel Santiago Maya, passed away on September 12, 2022.
I have often wondered if the teacher with the bastón in that first flamenco video I saw that called me to this art form was Manolete, as he was so well known for his bastón…
According to David Lagos if you’re looking for an example of soleá de Triana, you’ve got to listen to El Arenero.
(You can watch a video of him below.)
But first, here’s one of the letras he sings:
Below watch a vintage video of El Lebrijano shared by David Lagos.
This is one of the letras you’ll hear:
Soleá de Alcalá
No quiero ir a Alcalá
porque me dan camarones…
Watch the infamous Lola Flores perform ¡Ay pena, penita, pena, pena! at two different times in her life.
But first, here’s an excerpt from the song:
Below find another version of this letra interpreted by Platero de Alcalá.
Wow!
Me voy pa’l castillo
a ver si me echan las cartas,
You are going to LOVE today’s video of Chano Lobato.
It begins in the dressing room where he sings alegrías accompanied by his musicians. It then follows them out to the performance itself…
Soleá de Alcalá
¿A quién le contaré yo
las fatiguitas que estoy pasando?
se los voy a contar a la tierra…
Tangos de Málaga
Traditional
El papel entra en la imprenta
el barco entra en el puerto
el peine entra en la cabeza
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.
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.)
Ok, so today’s letra is a bit intense.
I know you’ll love watching Olga Pericet and Marco Flores dance to it in the video to follow.
Abandolaos
Traditional
Creí morirme de pena
cuando yo dejé de verte
Bulerías de Cádiz
Yo quiero hacer testamento
porque me voy a morir
La mitad es para mi madre
y la otra mitad es para ti
