Sebastián Cerezo

Sebastián Cerezo (also spelled Sebastián Zerezo)[nb 1] was a Spanish dancer from La Mancha.[2] In 1799, he was credited by Zamácola y Ocerín as one of the earliest and best dancers of the bolero,[2] a Spanish dance developed between 1750 and 1772,[2] which became very popular in Madrid, La Mancha, Andalusia and Murcia in the 1780s.[3][4] According to Zamácola y Ocerín, Cerezo danced slowly and his particular way of dancing marked the definitive transition from seguidilla to bolero (from voleo, cf. vuelo, "flight").[2] This original slow way of dancing was promoted by Murcian dancer Requejo around 1800 in response to the faster style of bolero dancing that had become popular over the years.[2]

Sebastián Cerezo
Born
La Mancha, Castile, Spain
OccupationDancer

Notes
  1. "Cerezo" and "Zerezo" were alternative spellings in the 18th century. The misspelled form Sebastiano Carezo is found some in English sources.[1]

References
  1. Snodgrass, Mary Ellen (2016). The Encyclopedia of World Folk Dance. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-4422-5749-8.
  2. Martín, Elvira Carrión (2019). "El origen de la escuela bolera: Nacimiento del bolero". Danzaratte: Revista del Conservatorio Superior de Danza de Málaga (12): 30–44. ISSN 1886-0559.
  3. Apel, Willi (2003). The Harvard Dictionary of Music. Harvard University Press. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-674-01163-2.
  4. Stevenson, Robert (October 1971). "El Melopeo Tractado de Musica Theorica y Practica Pedro Cerone". Journal of the American Musicological Society. 24 (3): 477–485. doi:10.2307/830283. JSTOR 830283.

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