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Streetswings Dance History Archives: The Jota
Spanish Dancers doing the Spanish  La Jota
The Spanish Jota Dance History Page

  The Spanish Jota came to be in the 1700s and is the National folk dance of Aragon, Spain. It is a quick Spanish dance in 3/8 time. The "Jota of Aragón" is the oldest of the styles and corresponds with the ancient carols, which in Chaucer's time meant a dance as well as a song. Funerals and wakes also afford opportunities for the dance, the Jota, for instance, is often performed in watching the dead.

  At the feast of La Virgen del Pilar, the Jota is in great favor with the crowd which assembles in Sargasso from outlying parts. The verses in the improvised couplets are not always in true metre, the performers not being very particular. They make up for the loss of a syllable or two in one line by adding it to the next, or they clap their hands, twang the guitar string, or stamp their feet to cover the defect. The Aragonese in their pride in the dance say that a pretty girl dancing the Jota sends an arrow into every heart by each one of her movements. Sometimes the couples of the Jota indulge in a satirical vein.

* The Jota of Alcañiz is also relatively rapid with cheers, jumps and leaps and Batudas or hitting the legs while jumping.
* The Jota of Albalate is similar to that of the Alcañiz but is done much slower and not as much movement.
* The Jotas of Calanda and Andorra is also similar but much more stately and starts off slower in pace and picks up speed with a style of a Valencian dance.
* The Jota of Huesca is not as fast as the Zaragoza but is very energetic as well with many French influences throughout the dance and uses some tricky step patterns.
* The Zaragoza Jota is the most exuberant of all the Jotas. It is much more diverse than the others and vary considerably, there are no 'punteados steps', the speed varies intermittently and occasionally raising the legs, Kneels and the arms are not used.
* Jota de la vendimia is a 'wine harvest dance' from Ciudad Real, Spain. The guitar, bandurria and percussion may accompany the dancers.

Birth Place

Creation Date

Creator

Dance Type

Aragón, Spain 1700s n/a Spanish
 

Posters, Lobby Cards etc.

Sheet Music Covers

Music Titles

n/a n/a

$ Gran Jota De Concierto (Tarrega)

           

La Bruja (Chapi)

           

$ La Jota (Murcia)

           

La Madre del Cordero

           

$ Jota

           

Jota Catellana

           

Jota de baile Cataluna

           

Jota de Cintruenigo

           

Jota de la Dolores

           

Jota de sa Potada

           

$ Jota Navarra

           

$ Mendez Jota (Méndez)

           

Rhapsodie espagnole (Liszt)

           

$ Suite populaire espagnole: Jota (de Falla)

           

$ Zarzuela Jota de los etudiantes

 

Night Clubs

Theaters

Locations

n/a n/a Albalate of Arzobispo
            Alcañiz
            Aragón
            Calanda
            Ciudad Real, Spain
            Huesca
            Spain
            Zaragoza
                 
 

Films / Movies

Television

Ballets / Stage

1957 - Por el camino de la jota (Jota Docu)

n/a n/a
             
             
           

Publications

            12/2/1934 - Fresno Bee (La Jota and Continental)
           

$ La Jota Aragonesa and other Favorites for Piano

           

$ Gran Jota Aragonesa

 

Other Related Dances of the time...

Fandango Jota de la vendimia Jota of Andorra Jotas of Calanda Tanguillos
Flamenco Jota of Albalate Jota of Aragón Jota of Huesca

Zaragoza Jota

Jaleo Jota of Alcañiz  

Spanish Dance

 

Dancers, Choreographers etc.

Political

Arturo Nadal Juan Antonio Gracia? n/a
El ciego de Mainar: Lamberto Funes Merche Doñate  
Felipe Colmán    
Joaquín Numancia
 

Books, Magazine Articles on the dance...

Title

Author

Date Published

Publisher

n/a n/a n/a n/a
                       

Musicians

Artists

Singers

Poets / Writers

Chapi, Ruperto (1851-1909) n/a Alquézar and Antonio Aznar n/a
de Falla, Manuel     Brown Juanito    
Liszt, Franz     Juan Félez    
Méndez, Rafael     Maria Blasco    
Murcia, Santiago de     Marianico    
Stoessel, Albert     Pedro Nadal    
Tarrega, Francisco     Sansón de Zuera    
      Vicente Soler    

Misc. Research Words that may be related ... to help your searches

Banduras xatha n/a -
Rondalla flautas and fagotes      
         

Other...

n/a

 
August 10, 2006

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