Ballet will conduct virtual master's classes in its 48-year Founding
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Panama, August 20, 2020.- The National Ballet of Panama at the Ministry of Culture will conduct a free cycle of virtual master's classes, through the institution's Youtube and Facebook platforms, in commemoration of 48 years of foundation.
Gloria Barrios, artistic director of the Panama National Ballet of MiCultura explained that the master classes, that will be moved to the virtual, are open to local and international public and will be dictated by the leading dancers Manuela Navarro, Melissa Gaona and Solieh Samudo, who will offer young ballet students the opportunity to share their experiences with their trajectories.
"During these 48 years we have had a generational relief without stopping despite difficulties and we have achieved great achievements that makes us develop a continuous path that contributes to the artistic work of the country. Social we have formed individuals with a great social sensitivities, an element that offers us art," Barrios said.
Currently, Panama's National Ballet has 47 members, including 28 dancers, two physiotherapists, two pianists, an artistic director, an executive director, four teachers, a choreographer, a scene manager and an administrative staff who conduct the whole administrative part of the National Ballet.
"Since the start of the pandemic, we have been re-invented by creating a daily work system through the virtual platforms where the whole Ballet meets for more than four hours a day, five days a week to train together," added the director.
The dancers take their classes with the teachers, put up essays and put up new choreographies, and using the opportunity that the technologies give us to take classes with national and international choreographers, conduct a variety of theater and music workshops, talk with nutritionists and covid-19 security protocol and also with psychologists to train and keep them physically and mentally healthy.
At the international level, several dancers have been collaborating with international classes, videos have been made with internationally famous artists and have been making alliances for more than two months with several Latin American companies, leading to the creation of a network called "Unite por la Danza" that brings together ballet companies such as the Puerto Rico Concert Ballet, Dominican National Ballet and Monterrey Ballet where we have been feeding ourselves with great international dance figures.
For Panama, a national ballet as a stable group supported by the highest cultural authority of the country denotes the level of development that the isthma has and the degree of development and recognition to culture and art by the government.
