X LCD 24.11 European – Baile Española (Flamenco and Pasodobles)

Elements of Latin American Music – European Influence

The White European Element of Dance

flamenco 3 Flamenco is an art form native to the Spanish regions of Andalusia, Extremadura ,and Murcia. It includes cante (singing), toque (guitar playing), baile (dance), jaleo (vocalizations), palmas (handclapping) and pitos (finger snapping).

First mentioned in literature in 1774, the genre originates in Andalusian music and dance styles.  Flamenco is strongly associated with the gitanos (Romani people of Spain)—however, unlike Romani music of eastern Europe, the style is distinctively Andalusian and the fusion of the various cultures of southern Spain is clearly perceptible in Flamenco music.

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What is Flamenco?

Flamenco in Southern Spain

Last of the castanet makers?

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Sevillanas De Carlos Saura

Sevillanas De Carlos Saura (Corraleras)

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Flamenco group: Son De Tres from Sevilla (Spain) performs traditional flamenco with all it’s aspects and styles (palos): it’s mood changes, complex and impressive rhythmical structure, it’s high artistic level and passion that makes flamenco so characteristic.

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Pasodoble dance is traditional and ballroom. It is a lively style of dance to the duple meter march-like pasodoble music. It is modeled after the sound, drama, and movement of the Spanish and Portuguese bullfight.

 

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