Zapateado

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El zapateado , Album Pintoresco de la Isla de Cuba, 1855

As Zapateado (of Spanish zapatear "foot stomp") is called in Spanish and Latin American dances a rhythmic, noisy pounding and rattling with the shoe soles. Heel, toe and the whole foot are used. The term denotes both a stylistic device within dances, especially in flamenco , but also in the Canario danced on the Canary Islands , and as a generic term specific dances as a whole.

Well-known pieces are the Zapateado Op. 23 in A major for violin and piano by Pablo de Sarasate and the Zapateado in D major for guitar by Sabicas .

The zapateado in flamenco

Characteristic for the solo dances in flamenco are rapid zapateado passages, which alternate with vocal passages and accompanying slow gestures by the dancer. A longer Zapateado is called Escobilla , and a short section is called Redoble . Slight foot movements that accompany a falseta on the guitar are called punteado , repeated vigorous stamping with the foot Desplante . These last two foot techniques are not part of the Zapateado in the narrower sense.

The dancers have great freedom in designing a zapateado: the most important thing is charisma, feeling and improvisation. On the other hand, they have to strictly adapt to the rhythm, the compás of the music, which is very complex in classical flamenco dances such as Seguiriya and Soleá . The dancer and choreographer Vicente Escudero (1888–1980) prescribes male charisma and naturalness for the male dancer in his Decalogue . Iron fittings on boots, chapas , are frowned upon.

Remarks

  1. ↑ José Carlos Delgado Díaz: The Folk Music of the Canaries. Publicaciones Turquesa, Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2004, ISBN 84-95412-29-2 , p. 19 ("El Canario")
  2. ^ Ballet Nacional de España : ZAPATEADO DE SARASATE. Homenaje a Antonio Ruiz Soler. (Video) Dancer: Mariano Bernal. In: Youtube. October 13, 2016, accessed March 6, 2019 .
  3. ^ Pablo de Sarasate: Zapateado . Score. ( el-atril.com [PDF; accessed March 6, 2019]).
  4. ^ Guitar Salon International: Sabicas Zapateado en Re. (Video) Guitar: Grisha Goryachev. In: Youtube. November 21, 2018, accessed March 6, 2019 .
  5. ↑ literally: broom
  6. ↑ literally: doubling ; in a figurative sense: drum roll
  7. ↑ dotting
  8. ↑ Cheekiness , arrogant gesture
  9. ↑ a b Bernard Leblon: Flamenco . Palmyra, Heidelberg 2001, ISBN 3-930378-36-1 , p. 77–78 (With a foreword by Paco de Lucía ).
  10. ↑ Decalogo de Vicente Escudero sobre el Baile Flamenco. In: Deflamenco.com. November 12, 2001, Retrieved October 5, 2015 (Spanish).

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