Month: June 2022

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Three emerging, talented, and ambitious directors will have their artistic vision showcased at Repertorio Español's Gramercy Arts Theatre, taking the opportunity of using Repertorio's artistic and technical resources while working alongside Repertorio's staff and Company. The first production premieres on Friday, July 15, 2022.Through The New York Community Trust Van Lier Fellowships, funded Repertorio provides professional development opportunities, and cultivates and mentors emerging Latinx/Latine directors living in New York City (ages 18-30) and gives the directors the opportunity to mount a professional production at Repertorio.WINNERS OF THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST VAN LIER FELLOWSHIPSJAMES BRUENGER-ARREGUINJames Bruenger-Arreguin: Born in Los Cabos, Mexico, raised in Denver, CO,...

Cuba is an island of paradise that’s steeped in culture as the past lures and the future pulls. Although it wasn’t always this way. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, their economic depression called The Special Period in Time of Peace began. During this era, the entrepreneurial spirit started to emerge. Now tourists can enjoy cheap food and entertainment as they flock amongst the palm tree-riddled streets with the Caribbean locals.  Cuba’s Relationship with Genre Films But before all of this, in the entertainment side of Cuba in 1985, the closest thing to a genre film was released. It was an animated adult film titled Vampiros en la Habana. Only this film was played more for laughs as the film took shots at the Cuban fascist...

KJ Sanchez, who is currently directing an updated, bilingual adaptation of the Shakespeare classic named Romeo y Juliet at California Shakespeare Company (through June 19), has had a long time to contemplate the meaning of the eternally-popular script. She actually played the role of Juliet herself in a 1994 production, and thinks that people misremember the play as romance between two lovers. Really, the story is all about force, and ambition. “Everyone in the play is fueled by passion,” Sanchez told 48hills. “Lord Capulet for wealth and family, which is why he wants Juliet to marry Paris. Lady Capulet for making Juliet a perfect daughter. Mercutio for Romeo.” Amidst this ensemble of highly-motivated characters, Sanchez sees her former role as the strongest of all of Shakespeare...

Driving up Interstate 55 on my way to visit Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater last month, my GPS flashed a notification: Tornado warning. Like an on/off switch, torrential storms battered my car for a few minutes until the sun peeked out, that pattern repeating a few times until I pulled safely into the parking lot.Believe it or not, this was my second near-tornado encounter with Ensemble Español. And the energy inside their dance studios at Northeastern Illinois University on this late spring evening was, characteristically, as charged as the air outside. They are preparing for “Flamenco Passion,” part of the week-long Spanish dance and music festival Ensemble Español has hosted annually for more than 40 years.Three “Flamenco Passion” performances at the North Shore Center for the...

Driving up Interstate 55 on my way to visit Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater last month, my GPS flashed a notification: Tornado warning. Like an on/off switch, torrential storms battered my car for a few minutes until the sun peeked out, that pattern repeating a few times until I pulled safely into the parking lot.Believe it or not, this was my second near-tornado encounter with Ensemble Español. And the energy inside their dance studios at Northeastern Illinois University on this late spring evening was, characteristically, as charged as the air outside. They are preparing for “Flamenco Passion,” part of the week-long Spanish dance and music festival Ensemble Español has hosted annually for more than 40 years.Three “Flamenco Passion” performances at the North Shore Center for the...

The FAST channel, which utilizes state of the art technology to dub the beloved painter, will now reach an entirely new audienceLOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESSWIRE / June 6, 2022 / Cinedigm Corp. (NASDAQ:CIDM), a premier streaming, technology and entertainment company super-serving enthusiast fan bases, announced today that The Bob Ross Channel en Español has launched as a free, ad-supported linear Spanish language channel through Espacio Latino on The Roku Channel in the U.S. The Roku Channel, the home of free and premium entertainment on the Roku® platform, reached U.S. households with an estimated 80 million people in Q4 of 2021. As the channel's footprint has grown, the demand for culturally diverse programming has increased exponentially. The cross-generational appeal and sweetly mannered...