Historia del Flamenco
Un recorrido por los grandes hitos, escuelas y tendencias del cante, el baile y el toque flamenco. El nacimiento de lo jondo en el ámbito de la escena romántica bolera como síntesis de tradiciones musicales y literarias andaluzas, gitanas, europeas, negras y americanas. Las figuras del cante: Silverio, Chacón, la Niña de los Peines, Vallejo, Marchena, Caracol, Mairena, Camarón, Morente. De la guitarra romántica a Paco de Lucía pasando por Miguel Borrull, Ramón Montoya, Sabicas, Niño Ricardo, Melchor de Marchena, Manolo Sanlúcar, Vicente Amigo, Tomatito Flamenco, Gerardo Nuñez … Haremos, así mismo, un recorrido en imágenes por la historia de la pintura, la fotografía y el cine, con los hitos del baile jondo: Carmen Dauset, Pastora Imperio, Vicente Escudero, La Argentina, La Argentinita, Carmen Amaya, Antonio, Antonio Gades, Mario Maya, Farruco, Antonio Canales, Eva Yerbabuena, Israel Galván, Rocio Molina Cruz, Juan Manuel Farruquito, etc.. Descubriremos las claves estéticas de los grandes intérpretes de la historia de este arte: bailes boleros, cafés cantantes, ópera flamenca, neoclasicismo y festivales globales. Impartido por Juan Vergillos, Premio Nacional de Flamencología.
Flamenco shawl (mantón) exercises
A series of flamenco dance exercises using the shawl or "mantón".
Accompany a flamenco dancer in soleá por bulerías
This profesional flamenco group explains how they develop a solea por bulerías number step by step. They cover the guitar accompaniment for singing and dancing, as well as how to sing for the dancer.
Advanced flamenco dancing techinque: bata de cola
This "bata de cola" class requires more advanced techniques. Choni explains different types of grabs, half turns and changes from one leg to the other you can perform with the bata.
Tangos de triana y extremeños
This flamenco guitar and singing class covers the tangos styles from Triana and Extremadura. Tino explains how to change between major and minor tones, and how to play with rhythm when accompanying a flamenco singer.
Basic bata de cola technique
This flamenco dance class covers basic techniques for the bata de cola, a traditional flamenco dress style. You'll learn how to slide the dress along the floor and how to bring it to rest in front of you.
Intermediate flamenco dance techniques
Basic flamenco dance techniques you can add to your daily warm ups to better your footwork, arms, turns and marking.
Basic flamenco dance technique
This class will help you understand the basic footwork techniques of flamenco dancing. Even if you know some already, this lesson will help you refresh the basics with clear explanations of the techniques.
Fandangos de Huelva guitar rhythm exercises
Flamenco guitar exercises for mastering the rhythm of the fandangos style, along with some variations on it.
Tangos flamencos, one falseta
Tino explains his guitar lick for the tangos style, in real time and then slowly, so you can learn it easily.
Martinete flamenco dance explanation
La Choni explains how to design and dance in the martinete flamenco style, step by step, with singing.
Tangos rhythm exercises
This flamenco guitar class covers the tangos rhythm, including variations in tone and strumming styles
Two bulerías licks
Tino explains, in detail, how to play two licks of bulerías, a popular flamenco style.
Flamenco guitar strumming exercises
Learn how to do three types of flamenco strumming: one with three fingers and the 'fan' style using two or a combination.
Flamenco singing: alegrías
We explain two lyrics from the alegrías flamenco style from Cádiz with guitar accompaniment.
Falsetas for soleá por bulerías
José Luis explains a solea por buleriás falseta to accompany flamenco dance.
Cante por caña
Alicia and José Luis explain a complete flamenco song in the caña style, including 'ayes' the ending, and two short falsetas to accompany in between verses.
Falseta por levante
José Luis explains a falseta in the levante flamenco style, for example tarantas or mineras.
Falsetas por Granaína
José Luis explains two short grainaínas falsetas for singing accompaniment.
Variaciones por guajiras
José Luis explains three falsetas in detail de guajiras, useful for accompanying singers between verses.
Cante por bulerías
We explain some tricks on how to sing the bulerías, a popular flamenco style. We cover two lyrics: one from Jerez and another from Utrera, sung in different ways.
Explicación del compás de bulerías
Jose Luis covers some fundamental concepts and tricks for understanding the bulerías (flamenco style) rhythm. Here we'll look at the 'three' rhythm underlying the traditional rhythm we learn in classes.
Flamenco singing: seguiriyas
This flamenco singing class covers the deep seguiriyas style, including breathing techniques and an explanation of the a 'macho' ending typical of the style, by Manuel Molina.
Tangos en F#
José Luis explains, in detail, a tangos in the key of tarantas, useful for accompanying dancers since tarantos style dance is usually ended with tangos in this key.