By Honorary Reporters Dayviana Diaz from Cuba and Anabel Caballero from Peru

BTS member Jungkook on Nov. 20 made history by becoming the first Korean singer to sing the official anthem of the FIFA World Cup soccer finals. He sang "Dreamers," the official anthem of this year's FIFA World Cup soccer finals, at the event's opening ceremony held at Al-Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar.

BTS member Jungkook on Nov. 20 holds a microphone in singing "Dreamers," the official anthem of this year's FIFA World Cup soccer finals, at the tournament's opening ceremony held at Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar. (Yonhap news)

Part of the song's success stemmed from the choreographers and dancers, thus we asked to interview Peruvian dancer and choreographer Fiorella Otero, who choreographed several numbers for the World Cup including the music video "Dreamers" and performance of the song live at the opening ceremony.

The following are excerpts from email interviews with Otero between Nov. 26 and Dec. 7 on her work and experience of working with Jungkook.

Fiorella Otero worked on several music numbers for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar with BTS member Jungkook and other artists from around the world. (Fiorella Otero)

How did you get to work with this year's FIFA World Cup?
Last year, my team and I worked with the Qatari production company Katara Studios on choreographing and dancing to "Rock, Paper, Scissors," the official song of last year's FIFA Arab Cup hosted by Qatar. Because of this, I was asked to dance in several video clips for this year's World cup and do joint choreography for the "Dreamers" music video and live performance.

Describe working with Jungkook.
Working with Jungkook was a nice experience. My team and I met him on the first day on the set and he immediately let us know of his high interest in dancing and learning the choreography. He is a super professional who asked a lot of questions and wanted everything to go well.

Working on "Dreamers" was one of my best experiences as a choreographer and dancer. It was amazing to dance in music videos but even a bigger honor to choreograph this video as the song topped Billboard's Hot Trending Songs chart and has over 60 million views on YouTube.

Choreography for the "Dreamers" music video and rehearsals took a week. (Screenshot of the official music video)

What are your plans and would you collaborate with a Korean artist again?
I want my dance studio to focus on creating more opportunities for instructors and dancers in Qatar in areas like dance education and performing arts and working at interesting events such as the World Cup. I would also consider it a great opportunity to collaborate with Korean artists again.

kalhong617@korea.kr

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