Historty of Sevillanas

Classic dance

The Sevillana, although old-stock and of deep roots, does not reach adulthood until the mid-nineteenth century.

It first was in the casual ZARABANDA Renaissance of SEVILLE .

In the eighteenth century, tempered its bars and made the breezy Seguidilla that "Sevillanas danced in unison in the district of Arenal".

Around 1740 the teacher Pedro de la Rosa sets three sections divided into thirds.

At the beginning of the nineteenth century it coexists with the bolero and mingles with it, resulting in the SEVILLANA BOWLING.
In the middle of the century is exalted and concrete end in the Sevillana.

Then the people endorsed it and sang it and danced it at fairs, in the feast of May Crosses in the yards of neighbors, in the aristocratic salons.

So for over a century were repeated ad nauseam the same spirit and the same chorus, transmitted from generation to generation.

At the beginning of the sixties, the label revolution and the decline of the 'post-war tune "open new horizons for SEVILLANAS returning to polarize the interest of young audiences.

New voices emerged, usually in groups. Artists and authors are aware of developments in other arts, poetry, music, theater, novels ... do not hesitate to seek other ways to nineteenth-century Sevillana that could not stay as a beautiful fossil in the narrow mold of a string. ... So, saw new themes, new metrics, new musical airs, but still retaining the essence and grace of those who Manolo Machado dreamed of and defined as Sevillana .

"Sevillana is the graceful and tender verse where even the words dance and play."

Among the interpreters of this second period of Sevillanas, first is "the Romeros de la Puebla". An abundant discography endorse their continued work for the genre. Thousands of songs were born on the banks of the Guadalquivir, took flight in their voices to cross land, seas and borders, and find an echo in every heart.

Some names are legendary Los Romeros de la Puebla, Amigos de Gines, Los Marismeños, Los del Rio, Paco Palacios "El Pali" and countless other names are a form of Andalusian culture made song.