Feria by CLAUDIA YAÑEZ

claugeralyanez28 — 2020-05-20 18:56:06 UTC

In the 15th century, a distinction was made between the different genres. Serious and metric dances became outdated with the increasing popularity of freer and more festive dances. In the Renaissance, folk and folk dances continued to develop by leaps and bounds in the history of Spanish dance, and even had international recognition. These regional dances developed on their own and mixed with others to create new styles. Only in the region of Catalonia there are more than 200 different traditional dances!

During the Baroque, gypsies arrived in the Iberian Peninsula and the popularity of gypsy music and dance, flamenco, was increasing, making it become part of the history of Spanish dance. The rest is history - or the history of Spanish dance, rather - since flamenco has since become a national and international sensation. With the growing fame of flamenco, regional dances suffered a decline - intensified during the 20th century, when the dictator Franco banned all kinds of regional demonstrations, including dance, music and languages. Today there has been a resurgence in the pride and practice of these traditional dances, and the history of Spanish dance continues!

claugeralyanez28 — 2020-05-22 00:50:17 UTC

Spanish dance is a training process that, together with Spanish dance and ballet, and despite the historical, political and economic drawbacks, has lasted until today. Even so, it is not well recognized officially, but, on the other hand, flamenco dance is the most valued and representative.

There are testimonies of the particular cultivation of dance in Spain in the authors of the classical world and in those of the Middle Ages. The Romans considered the Cádiz dancers to be the most beautiful and elegant in the world. It was the Renaissance that rehabilitated the popular dances, giving them tone and taking them many times to the elegant salons (fandango, charrada, pasacalles, contradanza). It turned out then that in the course of time they had been lost or confused with each other, without for that reason not forgetting two large groups: on the one hand, the dances of warrior rites or commemorations of great battles, ancient (aurresku, paloteo) ; and on the other, religious ritual dances, more typical of the Middle Ages.
Modern Spanish dance consists of four main categories:

Regional dances, such as the jota de Aragón, the sevillanas de Andalucía and the widespread fandango.
Flamenco, the dance of gypsies in southern Spain with possible reminiscences of dances from India.
The bowling school or classical Spanish dance that appeared as a stylization for the stage of individual regional dances. With a teaching passed down by dance masters, the bowling school reached its zenith in the early 19th century, and acquired a specific technique and terminology, in addition to its proud and sensual character and the distinctive bearing of the torso, arms and head.
Neoclassical Spanish dance, the revival of Spanish classical dance in the late 19th century.

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claugeralyanez28 — 2020-05-22 00:56:04 UTC

The idea of Spanish dance is quickly accompanied by a guitar strum, heels and shiny costumes. Despite the fact that many people establish this immediate connection between Spain and flamenco, a large number of traditional dances from different regions of Spain are intertwined in the long history of Spanish dance. For example, there are not many people who imagine visiting Spain and listening to the music of bagpipes and tambourines, although it is the traditional music that accompanies Spanish dance in northern Spain.
Since the human race existed, man has used dance as a form of communication and personal expression. Spain is no exception. Ritual dances commemorating battles and other warlike achievements were the first to appear, and centuries later, during the Middle Ages, ritual dances structured around the theme began to take shape.