Virtual Ballet Folklorico Lessons
Learning a new dance is fun and easy with this virtual program focused on traditional Mexican dancing
Learn to Dance Folklorico
This course consists of thirty 30-minute videos that contain a series of stretches, warm up exercises, and step-by-step instructions for two dances, Chiapanecas and El Járabe Tapatío. This series of lessons is designed for beginning dancers of all ages and cultural backgrounds. Anyone with a desire to learn ballet folklorico can use this virtual course to build their skills.
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Day 1: Introduction, posture & body form, folklorico shoe review, basic zapateado, ballet technique.
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Day 2: Technique & basic steps.
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Day 3: Technique with arms & review basic steps.
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Day 4: Talk about confidence, technique, continue learning Chiapanecas.
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Day 5: Spotting & turns, continue learning Chiapanecas.
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Day 6: Posture & body form review, technique, continue learning Chiapanecas.
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Day 7: Talk about confidence, review technique, continue learning Chiapanecas.
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Day 8: Technique, continue learning Chiapanecas.
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Day 9: Technique, continue learning Chiapanecas.
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Day 10: Technique with arms, begin learning arm movements for Chiapanequas.
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Day 11: Spotting and turns, continue learning arm movements for Chiapanecas.
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Day 12: Spotting and turns, continue learning arm movements for Chiapanecas.
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Day 13: Technique with arms, continue learning arm movements for Chiapanecas.
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Day 14: Arm movements for next 2 sections of Chiapanecas.
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Day 15: Finish learning Chiapanecas, perform dance together.
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Day 16: Technique, begin learning El Járabe Tapatío.
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Day 17: Review spotting and turns, continue learning zapateado de Jalisco.
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Day 18: Learn & practice gritos, review zapateado, continue learning El Járabe Tapatío.
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Day 19: Talk about confidence, review zapateado, continue learning cepillados.
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Day 20: Review cepillados, continue learning El Járabe Tapatío.
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Day 21: Ballet technique, review cepillados, continue learning El Járabe Tapatío.
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Day 22: Review zapateado & continue learning El Járabe Tapatío.
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Day 23: Review cepillados, continue learning El Járabe Tapatío.
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Day 24: Review cepillados cruzados, continue learning El Járabe Tapatío.
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Day 25: Review cepillados cruzados, continue learning El Járabe Tapatío.
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Day 26: Continue learning El Járabe Tapatío.
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Day 27: Finish learning footwork for continue learning El Járabe Tapatío.
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Day 28: Begin learning arm movements for El Járabe Tapatío.
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Day 29: Continue learning arm movements for El Járabe Tapatío.
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Day 30: Finish learning El Járabe Tapatío, perform El Járabe Tapatío.
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Throughout this program beginning dancers will use steps and skirtwork for traditional mexican dancing.
- $549.00
- 30 lessons
- 15.5 hours of video content
- Note: This license is intended to be utilized by individual dancers in a single household.
- Category: Academic 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, After School Programs, Distance Learning, Health Programs, Virtual Learning
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Get ready to dance and have fun!
Matisse Rainbolt has been a Folklorico dancer for 17 years and has been teaching people of all ages traditional Mexican Dancing for over 7 years through dance groups, private lessons, school programs, and now is expanding her reach by providing virtual lessons!
