boleras

Seguidillas boleras, or simply boleras, is a palo (style) of flamenco music based on the seguidilla poetic form and the Spanish dance known as bolero.{{cite book|last=Manuel|first=Peter|editor=Tenzer, Michael|title=Analytical Studies in World Music|year=2006|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/analyticalstudie00tenz/page/95 95]|url=https://archive.org/details/analyticalstudie00tenz|url-access=registration}} It is considered a member of the cante chico family of palos.{{cite book|editor1-last=Schreiner|editor1-first=Claus|title=Flamenco|url=https://archive.org/details/flamencogypsydan00schr_010|url-access=limited|date=1990|publisher=Amadeus Press|location=WI, US|page=[https://archive.org/details/flamencogypsydan00schr_010/page/n72 69]}} The term "boleras" was popularized around 1812–13 to designate female dancers who performed boleros. Their particular style gave rise to the bolera school of dance, which was prevalent in Spain throughout the 19th century.{{cite journal|last1=Ruyter|first1=Nancy Lee Chalfa|title=La Escuela Bolera|journal=Dance Chronicle|date=1 January 1993|volume=16|issue=2|pages=249–257|jstor=1567931}} To distinguish the sung boleros from the dance itself, the term "seguidilla bolera" is used.{{cite book|last1=Blasis|first1=Carlo|title=The code of Terpsichore. The art of dancing, tr. by R. Barton|date=1830|publisher=Edward Bull|location=London, UK|page=[https://archive.org/details/codeterpsichore00blasgoog/page/n48 34]|url=https://archive.org/details/codeterpsichore00blasgoog}} Towards the end of the 19th century, the bolero form was incorporated into the flamenco repertoire as a new palo.