“If I could tell you what I feel, it wouldn’t be worth dancing” Happy International Flamenco Day to all the dancers around the world. For the ones new in the blog, I suggest you to read: What flamenco is on the main page. This is our day dancers, I’m grateful for choosing flamenco in myContinue reading “International Flamenco Day”
Category Archives: Flamenco
Pasodoble with castanets
Flamenco notebooks
AND FINALLY, THE TIME HAS ARRIVED! Now available on Amazon, my flamenco notebooks, contain the main flamenco Palos, the organization of the performances, free notes, and more! Soy Flamenca Aren’t they pretty? I’ll let you take a look at the rest on my Amazon Central Author page Hope you enjoy it! Until the next postContinue reading “Flamenco notebooks”
What being a dancer is like
I think people underestimate the power of a dancer. I always get comments like “Dancing is easy” “It’s not that important” “There she goes again with the dance and its importance”. Well, I must tell you, behind every dancer, there is a lot of work and dedication, which is primordial. A dancer gets to study,Continue reading “What being a dancer is like”
Orange flamenco
Alegria by Patrick and Gigliola
Hello!! I had the honour of dance on live, with one of my guitarist’s friends in Paris, at the Sacre Coeur Cathedral, it was another level of excitement. I leave you the video of the pre-dance below, hope you like it and give me some love! Many blessings
Martinetes
Martinete is a flamenco pole, a musical style of Spanish song and dance. It is generally a cante with a verse of four octonary lines (octosilabos). It is considered a speciality of the toná, in the same way as the carcelera, originating from the forges or ironworks. His lyrics are generally distinguished by their sadContinue reading “Martinetes”
Castañuelas
Today I will talk about what Castañuelas are. Castanets, or sticks, are percussion musical instruments, made up of two pieces of wood joined by a cord. They were already known by the Phoenicians three thousand years ago. In a traditional way, the castanet is attached to the thumb with the cord that joins its twoContinue reading “Castañuelas”
Bamberas
The bambera, bamba or cantes del columpio, are a flamenco adaptation of a melody from Andalusian folklore that is sung in certain celebrations in which it was customary to install swings for the boys to rock the girls (or the aunts to the children) while they sang these verses. Origin The origin of the bamberaContinue reading “Bamberas”
Seguiriyas
Spanish pronunciation [se-gui-ri-ya] The siguiriya is a flamenco style, tragic, strong, dark and desolate song, interpreted in a slow and compassionate way. It is a phonetic deformation of the seguidilla and one of the most important Flamenco palos. The words of the stanza (couplets) are tragic, and painful and reflect the suffering of human relationships,Continue reading “Seguiriyas”
Dancing Giglio 