Photos From Billboard Español Cover Shoot
Chayanne strides right into a rehearsal area at Blue Dolphin Studios in Miami, wearing black from head to toe — tight pants and shirt, crisp blazer, formal leather-based sneakers — and warmly embraces his supervisor, his assistant, his artistic director. He then extends his hand to greet the photographer ready for a canopy shoot. “Nice to meet you,” he says with a broad smile. “I’m Chayanne.”
“I think we all know who you are here,” I say evenly, however Chayanne stops and turns to have a look at me.
“No,” he tells me with out reproach, his smile intact and his voice agency. “My dad taught me that no matter where you are, you say hello and introduce yourself. You can’t assume people know who you are.”
And identical to that, this encounter turns into one other amongst an extended record of anecdotes about Elmer Figueroa Arce, higher often called Chayanne. The artist who goes out to dinner and will get up a number of instances to greet his followers. The performer who’s first to reach at rehearsals and the final to go away. The star who greets housekeepers by identify and dances with them within the hallways. The man who runs within the mornings, alone.
“He is an exemplary father, an exemplary husband; good-looking, tall; he dances; he’s the perfect man,” says Henry Cárdenas, CEO of Cárdenas Marketing Network, which has produced Chayanne’s excursions for many years, together with his upcoming world enviornment trek. “He’s been a guy untainted by scandal. [Chayanne has been married to Marilisa Maronesse for over 30 years and has two children with her: Lorenzo and Isadora, the latter also a singer.] I’ve known him for years. I’ve spent a lot of time with him, and what you see is who he is. He’s the guy who interrupts his golf game to take a photo with a fan.”
Check out the unique pictures beneath and skim the Billboard Español cowl story by Leila Cobo right here.
