Watch and listen to Enrique Soto sing this letra por soleá…
Dices que tú a mí no me quieres
y pena yo no tenía ninguna
porque yo con tu querer
no tenía hecha escritura
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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.
Here’s a very non conventional take on a very traditional letra by David Lagos.
It’s from his album, Hodierno.
Malagueñas
Cuando intenté de olvidarte
se me apareció la muerte
Here’s a video of Carmen Herrera dancing at Viernes Flamenco back in 2013.
This is a coletila José Mijita sings to her:
Dice que tiene
la novia nueva…
Here is another letra José Mijita sang to Carmen Herrera during that house concert:
Soleá por Bulerías
Al de la Puerta Real
me aliviara estas duquelas…
Here watch Carmen Herrera and José Mijita doing a concert from home during the 2020 lockdown in Spain.
Here’s one of the letras you’ll hear:
Bulerías
Me ha costao un dineral…
Here watch a video of David Lagos on fire por alegrías.
You’ll also find the words to one of the letras he sings, which he also wrote.
As February approaches it seems like good time to start talking about love!
Here’s a letra por bulerías that I think you’ll enjoy.
Bulerías
Traditional
Qué chaquetilla más chula
Qué bonito lleva el corte
Dime con el pensamiento…
Ready to practice your bulerías palmas?
I invite you to follow along with the video below.
Here’s one of the letras you’ll hear José Mijita sing:
Watch José Mijita singing from his home during the 2020 lockdown in Spain. He sings for over 15 minutes by himself, accompanied only at the very end with palmas and baile por fiesta.
Here is one letra he sings at the end:
What is is about watching singers, guitarists, and palmeros dance por bulerías?
You’re in for a treat, for that’s exactly what José Mijita does at the end of today’s video:
I thought this would be a good song to share today as it takes place on Christmas Eve.
Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, it’s a fun one, especially if you like rumbas.
Campanilleros
Traditional
En la noche de la Nochebuena,
los campanilleros por la madrugá
Watch out, this may make you cry…
It’s La Niña de la Puebla singing Campanilleros live…
Alegrías
Ni en lo que cobija el sol
tú encontrarás un flamenquito
que a ti te quiera
igual que yo
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 you can see something Esther was teaching us in bulerías class last week on the Flamenco Tour to Jerez.
You will love it.
Here is the last letra Momo Moneo sings for her:
Last week we went to Gran Teatro Falla in Cádiz to see Marco Flores’s latest production, Sota, Caballo y Reina.
The show was incredible, and seeing it from the front row made the experience absolutely magical.
Here’s a soleá José Valencia sang: