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Summary: Plantas are a flamenco dance step that is used to keep rhythm with the music. Learn how to do flamenco plantas in this free dance lesson video from an award-winning flamenco dancer.
Paola Escobar was born in Colombia. Her work, Flamenco 24 horas, received the National Prize in 2005 and the award for creation Pasos 2002. Escobar may be reached at (954) 929-2369.read more
"In this clip we're going to start using our Plantas. Plantas. And you call Plantas when hit the floor with this part of your foot. So, we're going to start doing, one planta and then one heel. One planta and then one heel. When you do a planta, you need to start here with your foot, with your feet together, and then you bend your knees and then you're going to put your feet back and then we're going to hit the floor. Back and hit and the floor. Hit the floor, heel. One, two. One, two. And we also going to use a rhythm. And then we're going to try to do it faster. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. And you can always go faster. One, two, three, four."
eHow Article: Flamenco Dancing: Plantas Steps