Performative Vocal Group
Art is a weapon of mass construction. If there is something that connects us beyond race, gender, beliefs or place of birth, it is music: it allows us to feel and resonate, to believe and to dream.
With this idea, Víctor Galván —a graphic musician, creative artist, and performer-cook— developed and founded the XYK project in 2013, taking on a challenge that went beyond the artistic: it was also social, ideological, and cultural.
After more than a decade of work and over 60 young and diverse members having passed through its ranks, XYK Singers now take the lead, consolidating themselves as a revolutionary force within the choral field. Their approach to rehearsal and training integrates musical work, theatrical practice, and, often, movement and dance.
Today, this performative vocal ensemble continues to challenge itself —and its audience—, questioning traditional ways of experiencing choral music, moving beyond the limits of the score to reach those who see, listen, feel, and truly live each experience.
Always present in the work, not used merely as a scenic resource but discovered as an essential tool in every rehearsal. It plays a role in practices such as vocal and dramatic improvisation, while also engaging with vocal technique, diction, tuning, and rhythm, as well as mental training, teamwork, relaxation, and physical conditioning.
Named as such because it becomes an unconventional process of study and rehearsal with the voice, exploring its possibilities and diverse techniques, discovering new sounds and forms of expression. The voice is understood as an instrument beyond language and meaning — valuable and tangible in itself — an experience through which to surprise and be surprised.
A practice focused on the mind and emotions of the performers, at their deepest level, with the aim of removing any prejudice and physical or mental barriers. In this way, the performer gains full freedom to act without judgement, to express without fear, and to create with complete legitimacy. Techniques that are valuable for any actor, and equally essential for a musician.
When attending a performance, it is deeply satisfying to encounter performers in the most natural and immediate way possible. This work provides comfort, confidence, presence, and honesty in front of the audience, much like the feeling we experience within a ritual. It is, therefore, a continuous search for that essential state while singing — a sense of meaning and an inner response to what is being expressed.
Imagination plays a vital role in every aspect of our lives. Its development opens multiple perspectives within the performers’ inner world, where concentration and imagination bring their characters to life. This knowledge helps us grow, opening new dimensions and connecting our work to concepts such as focus, motivation, collective connection, the removal of obstacles, and the nurturing of creativity.
And after the door slam — what?
After the door is slammed shut, the world does not fall into place — it comes undone. Gestures emerge that were never planned, breaths shift their rhythm, bodies move forward without a map. Nothing fully holds, yet everything begins to move in an almost magical, wondrous way.
Proyecto Nora inhabits this displacement — a writing, almost 150 years after the door opened by Henrik Ibsen in A Doll’s House.
What happened to Nora after leaving her life behind? What emotional and vital process began then, and how has it transformed into the present day? For nearly three years, we have sought to inhabit the worlds of hundreds of Noras whose lives no longer resemble what they once were after making certain decisions. Spaces shaped by doubt, memory, and a new — still fragile — form of freedom.
Seven performers share this passage through a language built from the minimum: voice, body, repetition, listening. What unfolds is sustained by presence, by what arises between them.
The audience does not observe from the outside. It becomes part of the same space, surrounding the action, sharing proximity, time, and breath. In that shared place, the intimate ceases to be individual — and the question remains, now more than ever, unresolved:
What do we do with what we inherit?
Don’t miss the chance to experience a day where singing intertwines with theatre, dance, and performance. Share it with whoever you choose — once again, we’ll be waiting for you at Girls Choral Experience, this coming May 10.