Do you rent an appartement in Sevilla? Then there are a lot of things you must defenitely do, one of them is tasting the feel of the flamenco dance.
When the sun is going down in the gorgeous city Seville, and when it´s nice weather and the terraces are full you´ll listen to the sounds of the flamenco dance. Sevilla isn´t only the capital of Andalusia but also the creator of the flamenco dance.

The flamenco dance is a giant part of the Spanish culture, the Gypsies introduced these dance around the 15th century to Seville but just in the 19th century was this dance taking over by the native inhabitants in Spain. Flamenco is the conventional music, dance and song of Spain and specially in Andalusia.

How do they make the flamenco melody? De base is the song, the cante flamenco, this means de flamenco song. In the flamenco music you can hear a bunch of several instruments, this is a rhythmic beat. This beat is made by knuckles on the table, smack with the hands or strike with a stick on the ground. These are mostly human instuments but we live in the modern era so they also use real instruments. Instruments like the Spanish guitar, palmas, tinaja and the cajón. But they also use ´regular´ instruments like the flute, piano, violin and the cello. The flamenco guitar is however the most popular instrument, on this sound are the complex hand moves and foot moves from the dance the easiest.

About the origin from the word flamenco is not so much information, we already know that the Gypsies introduced it but that is all. There are several thoughts regarding the explanation of the word, frequently it is mentioned as a fragment in a book or a journey article. For instance the author from England George Barrow mentioned the word in one of his books, he wrotes that the word flamenco was used for gitanos.

A famous Gypsy who plays a big role in the flamenco culture is Carmen. There are two statues of this Gypsy close to the big waterway in Seville, the Guadalquivir. It is thought she was a housekeeper in the tobacco industrial unit in Seville, that´s now a university.

But where can you see a actual traditional flamenco dance when you stay in one of the appartementen Sevilla? Cause Seville is the spot to be when it´s about the flamenco dance, that´s why there are a lot of places where you can find the dance. But if you don´t want to go to the touristic show of flamenco, then you can go to a theatre, peña, tabloa or a Sevillian monastery. Plus if you truly like this dance, then is the new modern Museo del baile flamenco a gorgeous place to go. This museum is about the famous flamenco danser Christina Hoyos. You can make a spectaculate trip through the history of this danser with a movie and clothes from this era.

So get out of your appartement Sevilla and search for the flamenco dance in this vibrant capital. Cause the flamenco dance is really more than only smacking your heels on the dancefloor and the audience calling Olé!