About the Danza Espaņola
The Danza Espaņola, Spanish Dancing, contains several dancing disciplines: Flamenco, Clasico Espaņol (Stylization),
Folkrore, Escuela Bolera (18th century dances), Ballet, and Castanets.
Without a doubt, Flamenco is the most well known form of Danza Espaņola, known worldwide thanks to the numerous different “bailaores” (dancers) and musicians that practice it.
The Clasico Espaņol is the most sophisticated form of choreography
for the Spanish master musicians like Falla, Albeniz, Granados or Turina. This form of dance is practiced with shoes, castanets,
and some times with classic sleepers. Its esthetic form remind us the one of flamenco and folklore.
Spain is one of the richest and most variegated countries in folkloric music and dance. Each region has its
own typical dances, some of them several centuries old. Examples
of Folklore are the Jota (Aragon, Navarra, La Rioja, Extremadura), Chotis (Madrid), Sardana (Cataluņa), Muiņeira (Galicia)
and Trikitrixa (Basque Country).
The Escuela Bolera studies the Spanish dances of the 18th century. Known as “Goyescas”,
these short dances are performed with outfits fashioned to
the style of the times of the famous painter Goya.
It contains numerous features of classical dancing tainted with a sense of playfulness characteristic of that era.
Danza Clasica (Ballet) is necessary for the complete education of a dancer in any style. Ballet brings the technique
and the discipline necessary to develop with style the complete control of the body in any other type of dancing like Flamenco,
Jazz, Contemporary, etc., entity in the music and dances from Spain.
Adapted from http://www.carmendevicente.com/sp-dance.html
