The Red Corists Learning about the Art of Flamenco

Members of the Metropolitan Youth Chorus of the National Orchestra and Chorus Network of the Ministry of Culture (MiCultura) participated in the essay of the main show "The voices of a woman" of Panama Flamenco Festival 2022 in which they acquired knowledge about this art from Andalucía, Spain and that includes dance, singing and guitar music and currently best known throughout the world.

At the essay that became a teaching workshop, the youth put questions to the "dancers" and "singers" who responded to each of their concerns about the styles of flamenco, the tones of voice, the stropples, the different sides, known as sticks, each with their own characteristics as to sound and dance.

That exchange, organized by the Creative Economics Section of MiCultura, was directed by the artistic cast by María Eliezer Truco Pinillos, known as La Truco, a flamenco professional who has been performing this great artistic expression since his birth and has been leading her to teach at his academy and to transmit this form of art and expression at different international stage.

The young co-writers of La Red have been brought into their minds concepts such as bouleries, soléa, joys, sevillanas, seguiriyas, the endings of some words that have been cut, among others that have awaken their curiosity about this genre that is distinguished by its subtle arms movements, strong zapatetes, profound feelings and guitar touches.

In this respect Jesus Galindez, a baritone of the Metropolitan Youth Chorus, noted that "while I have many questions, in the good sense of the word, the theme of singing is different from how we do it, the types of voices and placement different from the technique we learn and see that they do so in a different way, but that sounds good and that's very interesting."

"The theme of live singing is what I most liked, came with the idea that they are going to dance, the theme of the Flemish box, I greatly liked how everything's been assembled and just to wait for the show that should be more interesting and with everything assembled," Galindez added.

While Anamar Jiménez of the Mezoprano Section, she stated that "it was an interesting experience, as singers we have always studied some particular issues or some styles of history and the truth is quite good to put ourselves to other forms of culture such as flamenco, listen to the letters, see every part of the vocal technique that helps us to get to know more about gender."

Jiménez added that "I have been better at his personal best with his share of his singing, and I have been able to know that they are divided into regrets, joys and sad songs. I have also been more interested with the form of dances that are based on the rhythm that intertwines with music, where his singer and his dancer are united in a single piece, depending on each other."

Electra Castillo, General Director of La Red, emphasized that "this type of meeting is a window because we all know that flamenco is one of the most advanced rhythmic interpretations in Europe and that definitely for our youth that other knowledge invites them to make new mergers."