Expérience Flamenca
From 4 to 5 November, the flamenco school of Rebeca Castilla will host an event titled “Flamenco Experience”. This weekend will be entirely dedicated to dance and flamenco singing.
Workshops will be offered to deepen technique and choreography for fandangos and tientos-tangos. A singing workshop for alegrías will also be on the programme.
These workshops will be led by artists from Spain: Macarena Mulero and Piculabe. Both will be present on the evening of 4 November accompanied by local guitarist Miguel Calatayud for a flamenco tablao evening at the flamenco school in Geneva.
From 4 to 5 November, the flamenco school of Rebeca Castilla will host an event titled “Flamenco Experience”.
This weekend will be entirely dedicated to dance and flamenco singing.
Workshops will be offered to deepen technique and choreography for fandangos and tientos-tangos.
A singing workshop for alegrías will also be on the programme.
These workshops will be led by artists from Spain:
Macarena Mulero and Piculabe. Both will be present on the evening of 4 November accompanied by local guitarist Miguel Calatayud for a flamenco tablao evening at the flamenco school in Geneva.
Macarena Mulero, a flamenco dancer born in Murcia, she began dancing at the age of five. In 1998, she won second prize at the dance competition in Ribarroja, Valencia. As an adult, she trained in Granada with renowned teachers such as Mariquilla, Manuel Liñán, Juana Amaya, and Alfonso Losa.
In 2008, she won first prize at the XIII Dance Festival of Torres de Cotillas in Murcia. In 2011, she moved to Barcelona, where she danced and taught flamenco for six years, collaborating with artists like Karime Amaya and “El Yiyo.” In 2017, she reached the semifinals at the International Festival Cante de las Minas in La Unión. Currently, she works in various tablaos in Granada and has been teaching at the Carmen de las Cuevas flamenco school since 2018.
Enrique Bermudez “Piculabe”, a flamenco singer born in Madrid, he began his musical career in the choir of the Evangelical Church. Through a recording that made waves in flamenco communities, he met Juan José Suarez “Paquete,” recorded his first track, and signed with Universal Music.
He has collaborated with renowned international artists such as Jorge Pardo and Tomatito, and his discography includes “Camino y tiempo” (2008) and “Canta y sueña” (2012). Since 2012, he has been invited by the Antonio Gades company for various performances worldwide, appearing in prestigious venues like the National Theatre of Beijing and the Roman Theatre of Verona. In 2014, guitarist Juan Carmona invited him to join his international tour.
Miguel Calatayud, a flamenco guitarist born in Ciudad Real, he discovered flamenco at the age of 20. His nomadic journey led him to create flamenco-inspired musical projects in various countries, including Greece, England, Morocco, Mexico, and Switzerland. He studied modern jazz at EJMA in Lausanne, Switzerland, before solidifying his career in Seville, where he received two scholarships to train at the prestigious Cristina Heeren Foundation with masters like Paco Cortés and Niño de Pura.