Flamenco is an art that comes in two variants: Music and Dance. In music, the singing and guitar take the role, although other instruments (like drums) and side (like a palm tree) which are generally present and play an important role.
Dance is very expressive and each body part must move in a coordinated way: feet, legs, hips, waist, arms, hands, fingers, shoulders, head ...
To learn flamenco, as in other arts, it takes two ingredients: Alma and technique, and this goal is not easy when you consider that flamenco is very rich and complicated. You can have more than 50 "Sticks" of flamenco. Each "Palo" have their own rhythm, its own accord and, if it is a stick dance, each dance will be interpreted differently.
For simplicity, we can group the Palos into two groups or styles:
1) Flamenco Jondo (= deep), a serious style that expresses deep feelings and often tragic. We discuss topics such as love, disappointment or sorrow, and danced with a very deep and intimate. This is why it is the most difficult to understand for those not initiated in flamenco, and represented more frequently in expert circles or in theaters or concert. Examples of "Jondo" are: Bulerias, Farruca, Heron, Minera, Petenera Mis and Tiento.
2) Flamenco is an art festero happier. As the word implies, is performed in festivals and celebrations in Andalusia. The Topics covered are happy, whether about love and feelings, whether evoking places, festivals and flamenco stages, sometimes even comical. Festero are examples of Flamenco: Sevillanas, Rumba, the Tanguillos and Joys.
course there are many clubs and many interpretations that are not easily classifiable. In any case, one thing that is common to all the flamenco is that it is feeling. And to express this sentiment, the very strong flamenco forms used, which generally do not leave anyone cold, you can love or you can hate flamenco.
Dance is very expressive and each body part must move in a coordinated way: feet, legs, hips, waist, arms, hands, fingers, shoulders, head ...
To learn flamenco, as in other arts, it takes two ingredients: Alma and technique, and this goal is not easy when you consider that flamenco is very rich and complicated. You can have more than 50 "Sticks" of flamenco. Each "Palo" have their own rhythm, its own accord and, if it is a stick dance, each dance will be interpreted differently.
For simplicity, we can group the Palos into two groups or styles:
1) Flamenco Jondo (= deep), a serious style that expresses deep feelings and often tragic. We discuss topics such as love, disappointment or sorrow, and danced with a very deep and intimate. This is why it is the most difficult to understand for those not initiated in flamenco, and represented more frequently in expert circles or in theaters or concert. Examples of "Jondo" are: Bulerias, Farruca, Heron, Minera, Petenera Mis and Tiento.
2) Flamenco is an art festero happier. As the word implies, is performed in festivals and celebrations in Andalusia. The Topics covered are happy, whether about love and feelings, whether evoking places, festivals and flamenco stages, sometimes even comical. Festero are examples of Flamenco: Sevillanas, Rumba, the Tanguillos and Joys.
course there are many clubs and many interpretations that are not easily classifiable. In any case, one thing that is common to all the flamenco is that it is feeling. And to express this sentiment, the very strong flamenco forms used, which generally do not leave anyone cold, you can love or you can hate flamenco.
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