flamenco
Castanets and stomping
Flamenco is a style of Spanish music and dance originating in Andalusia, characterized by passionate vocals, intricate guitar work, rhythmic handclapping, and percussive footwork.
The dance features proud posture, dramatic arm movements, and emotional intensity: She studied flamenco in Seville.
The term also describes the music, guitar style, and cultural tradition surrounding the art form.
Passionate artistic soul-force
- lamentMournful expression of grief
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- intensityStrength or force level
- catharsisPurification through emotional expression
melancholy · joy · anguish · soulful · visceral · raw · profound · transcendence
Rhythmic stamping dance technique
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
- silencioTotal absence of sound
- tiempoSpanish for duration
Andalusia's capital city
Flamenco song form
toque
Brimless fitted headwear
duende
Passionate artistic soul-force
catharsis · melancholy · joy · anguish · soulful · visceral · raw · profound · transcendence
baile
Dance in Spanish
zapateado
Rhythmic stamping dance technique
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
- silencioTotal absence of sound
- tiempoSpanish for duration
Seville
Andalusia's capital city
soleá
Flamenco song form
faja
Wide fabric waistband
- sombreroWide-brimmed Latin headwear
- danceballet, breaking, folk dances, b-boying, folk dance
- dancesballet, waltz, tango, salsa, hula
- Latin Culturemariachi, salsa dancing, tango, cumbia, bachata
- SpainMadrid, Barcelona, Sevilla, Valencia, Granada
- Spanish Culturepaella, Goya, tapas, bullfighting, fiesta
- dance photographydance photos, studio shots, action shots, motion blur, leaps
flamencoballet
Classical dance on pointe
classical ballet · ballroom dancing · waltz · minuet · court dance
flamencoballet
Classical dance on pointe
minuet · classical ballet · waltz · muzak · elevator music
flamencoChinese opera
Traditional staged musical drama
Russian ballet · Irish dance · kabuki · hula
- flamenco dancerSpanish folk performer
- flamenco dancing
- flamenco guitarSpanish acoustic with tap plate
- flamenco dressTiered ruffled Spanish dance gown
- flamenco danceRhythmic Spanish folk art
- flamenco showTraditional Andalusian musical performance