Picture by Doré
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Now we are talking.
With documents in our hands, a premature flamenco was gestated
in the evenings of the neighboring courtyards (patios de
vecinos), in botillerías (a kind of off-license)
and in ventorros. With the light of an oil lamp, flamenco
would be hand on hand with other folklore dancing, not only
from Andalusia, but also Spanish, through the school of
"bolera". Triana appears already described as
the epicenter of this danced pre-flamenco with localized
points such the "botillería del Tío Miñarro".
Polo and toná were sung while the zorongo, the rondeña,
the zapateao, and the jaleos were danced. These different
types of dance were taught in academies that doubled as
early exhibition halls focused mainly on Tourism. Manuel
de la Barrera and Luis Botella managed two of the most prestigious
halls existing at the time in Seville.
