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A flamenco dance so fast your feet finish before your brain agrees.
means A lively Spanish dance in triple time, performed by couples to guitar and castanets, along with the spirited verse form that accompanies it.
from From Spanish, the diminutive of 'seguida,' meaning a 'following' or 'sequence,' which itself comes from the verb 'seguir,' to follow — from Latin 'sequi.' The name nods to the dance's chain of quick, sequential steps that follow hard upon one another. So at its root, a seguidilla is simply a 'little following' — a small, fast train of movement and rhyme.
- name origin
- From Spanish seguir, to follow or chase
- verse form
- Inspired a strict seven-line poetic stanza
- opera fame
- Carmen seduces Don José with one
- speed demon
- One of Spain's oldest, quickest folk dances
- plural quirk
- Often called seguidillas, rarely danced solo
seguidilla manchega — traditional spanish dance from la mancha region, performed with castanets and guitars, documented since the 16th century
seguidilla gitana — flamenco-influenced variant from andalusia, spain, characterized by rapid footwork and passionate arm movements