Guang Ming Temple Buddha's B-day - Flamenco Show

May 11 Buddha's Birthday Celebration at Guang Ming Buddhist Temple in Orlando. For more info, visit www.OrlandoBuddhism.org

This is an example of a Sevillana, a type of folk dance and song that was made famous in Seville, Spain, even though it didn't originate there. It is the first type of dance you will learn when you take a class in Flamenco, but to some purists, it is not the real Flamenco. Flamenco artists in Seville took to this dance (which came from another part of Spain), and Flamencoized it, or made it their own. Flamenco artists also took the Rumba, a music from Cuba, and made it their own. Other dance styles under or adapted by Flamenco include Bulería, Malagueña, Alegría,Fandango, Tango, Colombiana, and Soleares.

If you are planning to visit Spain, you will want to learn the basic Sevillana dance so that when you are invited to nightclub, a festival, fiesta, or social gathering, you will be able to participate fully, where it seems like everybody seems to know the basics of the dance.

A sevillana song has a 3/4 or a 6/8 rhythm, and is composed of 4 parts, each of which has a different choreography, with a brief interval between them, with each part divided into 3 'coplas', (poetic compositions, in verse, used as lyrics), and with each copla made up of 6 movements.

The dancer in this video is Maria and she is offering classes in Flamenco at the Temple and in small groups that can be formed by you. Contact her through the Guang Ming Temple.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Buddha's
• Birthday
• Celebration
• Flamenco
• Guang
• Ming
• Temple
• Sevillana