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La Contratiempo -> Romera - a dance-question (Feb. 16 2006 18:26:30)

although there aren't many dancers on this foro, I'll try with one anyway:

Does anyone know if La Romera differs in any ways from the Alegría when it is danced?



Kate -> RE: Romera - a dance-question (Feb. 16 2006 19:24:52)

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ORIGINAL: La Contratiempo
Does anyone know if La Romera differs in any ways from the Alegría when it is danced?


I'm not a dancer but according to my flamenco book the difference between a Romera and an Alegría is in the melody. The compás are the same and do not affect the dance.

Kate



Ricardo -> RE: Romera - a dance-question (Feb. 17 2006 15:48:50)

The dancer needs to know how to dance to the letra interms of length and rhythmic answers. They can't just do a choreography. I say that goes for Alegrias to, although there are some standard length letras, but I have seen some singers not repeat lines or not do the colatilla, etc. So simply being familiar with the melody will let the dancer understand how to fit what they know to whatever the singer is singing.

Ricardo



La Contratiempo -> RE: Romera - a dance-question (Feb. 19 2006 18:20:31)

Thanks Kate. That is also what everybody tells me here in Copenhagen, so there must be something about it.



La Contratiempo -> RE: Romera - a dance-question (Feb. 19 2006 18:23:50)

Well,you've got a point there, and I think letras are longer in Romera, so I must build up some more moves to have in my mental backpack when I'll improvise to it then.
Thank you Ricardo.



zata -> RE: Romera - a dance-question (May 12 2006 10:02:55)

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I think letras are longer in Romera


I don't know how this post popped up via Google, but better late than never I guess...

Of all the cantiñas family, romeras (there are several styles, Chaqueta, El Titi, Sanlúcar...) are the shortest. Coletillas can be added at will as with nearly all the cantiña group, but the verse is independent.

The dance is quite different from alegrías because it's not customary to do the various sections we associate with a danced alegrías, although there's no technical reason they couldn't be done.

As Kate says, the compás is the same.



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