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
Occupation	Dancer

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.

Further reading

• Zamacola, Juan Antonio de (1799). Coleccion de las mejores coplas de seguidillas, tiranas y polos que se han compuesto para cantar a la guitarra : con un discurso sobre las causas de la corrupcion y abatimiento de la musica española. Madrid, Spain: Imprenta de Villalpando.