Can you name all of the cantes de ida y vuelta?
These are flamenco styles that came into being through migration to Latin America then back to Spain.
Included are the Guajira, Colombiana, Rumba, Vidalita, and Milonga.
Bulerías
Traditional
Estoy por decir señores
Si al río yo me tirara
Saliera llena de flores
Want to get flamenco glamorous but don’t have a lot of time?
No problem.
It can be done.
Jaleos are calls of encouragement used in flamenco to cheer one another on.
We give jaleos to the dancer, the singer, the guitarist, to anybody participating.
Do you feel comfortable giving jaleos?
Because two hundred bulerías letras won’t suffice, here’s one more for you.
This one’s used at the end of another letra as a coletilla.
So you like watching flamenco dance videos?
Me too.
Here are some clips from last year that I know you’re going to love
The last post directed you to all of the bulerías letras you can find here, but what about tangos?
Below you’ll find a list of almost ninety tangos letras translated into English.
Did you know you can find more than two hundred bulerías letras here?
I suppose that’s what happens when you’ve been publishing a letra a week for nearly ten years and you love bulerías.
The first full flamenco dance I learned was with abanico.
After our first class Ana, my teacher in Sevilla, told me to go out and get a flamenco fan.
(She also told me to get flamenco shoes which I did not do. )
Who feels like having some fun?
Take the following flamenco trivia quiz to do just that and perhaps learn something in the process.
It touches on flamenco theory, history, and interesting tidbits about various artists.
Are You Ready?
Want to know how to get good action dance shots all on your own?
In this online world we find ourselves in pictures are in high demand.
But how do you get a candid shot of yourself when there’s nobody there to take it for you?
Are you ready to hear one of the most beautiful versions of Little Drummer Boy you’ve ever heard?
Yes, of course I’m talking about a flamenco version.
Can you think of one letra you’ve heard sung across different palos?
We know that can happen a lot in flamenco.
Today you’ll hear examples of the same letra both por bulerías and por soleá.
A couple of years ago on a rainy June day in Madrid, Marco Flores and I sat down at a café in his neighborhood of Lavapiés in Madrid for an interview.
You won’t find the usual information about how he got started in flamenco, etc. in the video below…
Soleá
Traditional
Permítalo Dios que si vienes
con intención de dejarme
en la mitad del camino
se abra la tierra y te trague.
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
