The magic of Spanish dance (photo)
Modern Spanish dances can be divided into several groups. The first group is ethnic, they are played by simple Spaniards, to the second - classical Spanish dances - flamenco, sardana, saltarella and others, the third group includes ballroom, for example, tango .
Flamenco is the most famous Spanish dance. With his incendiary rhythm and bright spectacle, he conquered the whole world. There are two kinds of flamenco, which stylistically differ from each other in the performance of dance movements - ancient and modern. In each of the species, another fifty genres are singled out, but they are sometimes so close in technique that it is impossible to draw a clear line between them.
Like any other dance, flamenco can not be imagined without such an important attribute as a feminine Spanish outfit. In our case, this is a long dress in the floor, complemented by a lush skirt with different frills, sandals with a low heel around 5-8 cm (for the zapateado), sometimes helping the dancer to beat the rhythm, as well as a Spanish shawl adorned with long brushes. The coloring of the outfit basically consists of deep and burning colors - red, maroon, cherry, yellow, dark green and fiery black.
The flamenco performance is impossible without understanding the concept of duende. Duende is called the soul of the performer. Only the fire inside the dancer, the power of his energy is capable of such a beautiful creation - flamenco.
Burning flamenco
In the performance of flamenco there are no hard and fast rules. Partners can easily succumb to improvisation. By the way, often flamenco perform only girls on the stage, but in the pair version it looks much more harmonious when a woman during her dance demonstrates her grace and coquetry, and the man with the help of frequent steps - strength and courage.
The flamenco technique consists of several main points. First, you should learn to perform basic steps clearly, so that your legs beat a certain rhythm of the dance. Secondly, you need to remember the proud and graceful body, which should be stretched like a string. And third, we must not forget about the movement of the hands. If the dance is performed under a slow-tempo melody or consists of a combination of a fast energetic rhythm and a slow soul, then it will be appropriate to make movements only with the hands - it looks as if you twist your hands away from yourself.
The basic steps of flamenco are based on the beating of fractions in the zapateado. For example, if you want to create a sonorous blow, then it is worthwhile to toe with shoes, if the deaf is the front part of the foot.
During flamenco dance, there are such basic movements:
- The first passing step, which must be performed slowly: bend the leg in the knee and lift it, sideways. Keep your foot in this position for a few seconds and slowly lower it down.
- Lunge. Do it during the dance after a slight bounce up. After bouncing down slowly on the half-bent leg, the second set back, deflect the body, slightly tilt your head and reach for your hands.
If you master the kicking of the shot with these two easiest flamenco movements, you can safely proceed to more complex tricks.
Spanish Dance with Castanets
Spanish dances are always accompanied by the sounds of castanets. Let's take a closer look at this national musical instrument.
Castanets are made of wood. They are put on the hands of flamenco dancers - castanets are an accompaniment during the performance. If you hear the phrase "Spanish dance with castanets," do not be afraid that this is some special dance. In fact, it's the same flamenco, it's just that it will be performed without additional musical accompaniment - just under the blows of castanets.
In order for the accompaniment to be of high quality, and the sound of the musical instrument organically merged with the flamenco dance, one must be able to correctly pick up castanets, since the quality of sound depends on their location.
Play on castanets can only people with extraordinary endurance and patience. Today it is not often to see the solo number of a dancer with castanets. More and more dances are performed under the traditional Spanish music for flamenco, performed on the guitar.
If you still want to try to learn castanets, here are some tips:
- In the right hand should be castanets of high sounding, in the left - more muffled.
- With the tools in hand, be sure to fix them on your thumbs.
- Two castanets join the string, it needs to be wrapped around the thumbs to be able to play muffled sounds, tapping your fingers on the surface of the instrument.
Spanish dances for children
Teaching a child the technique of Spanish dance is the right decision of the parents. So, children who are engaged in flamenco, gait acquires confidence, and posture - a beautiful graceful silhouette.
The main advantage of teaching children to passionate flamenco is that the dance does not need preliminary physical training. If a child wants to dance Spanish folk dance, he and his parents should not worry about stretching, about excess or missing weight, low or high growth. Flamenco can dance absolutely everything, from the earliest age. Moreover, the dance helps many girls gain self-confidence and get rid of complexes, because we all know how terrible they sometimes are at school age. Flamenco will make from the girl a small coquette with good flexibility and plasticity.
As you can see, learning to dance Spanish dances is for everyone who wants to get rid of stiffness and complexes, whether physical or spiritual zazhatost. Moreover, flamenco is able to bring the dancer even from a state of depression due to his mischievous, cheerful and incendiary rhythm.