Latin actors from New York present two works this year

The Organization Spanish from Latin actors (HOLA, acronym in English) their 23rd annual gala this past Monday in which he presented the Latin most beautiful on the scene United Statesand among the most famous works was “The Red Rose” and “Bull”.

“The Red Rose”, which tells about an interesting life an activist Puerto Rican Jesús Colón (1901-74) received the award for best musical production and best combined performance after his performance at Sala Pregones, a theater in the Bronx that specializes in bilingual works.

As for “Bull”, the story of three ‘millennials‘who lives carelessly in the Madrid pre-covid, the Spanish creator Danny Tejera received the award for the best script, and the trans actress known as b) was awarded for the best supporting role.

He also won two awards.The Hours are Femenine”, the best show, for Maribel Martínez, and the best production for the Intar Theatre.

The prize for the best to change theater It went to the Ensemble Studio Theater for “Las Borinqueñas”, and for the best musical performance, to the Argentine-American Florencia Iriondo for “South”.

The HOLA group was formed in 1975 by a group of actors Latin from New York who tried to defend themselves against inequality in the entertainment industry and the ‘criticism’ of these actors to negative stereotypes, but since that date the situation of these actors has improved a lot. Now his role is less demanding and more festive.

Nevertheless, the group remembers that the Latindespite representing 1 9.1% of the a crowd United Statesthey represent only 7% of the roles in cinema and 5.7% of those seen on television.

In this year’s edition, the group presented several awards respect for the roles of some of the Latin better known, as was the case of the dog trainer César Millán – from Mexico who has hosted a television program for twenty consecutive years – or Lisa Colón-Zayas, a Puerto Rican who has become famous for her role in the series “The bear”.

There are races mexicoamericana Eden Espinosa, the main musician of several Broadway musicals, the Peruvian Carlos Arana, producer of musicals, or the Spanish Antonio Najarro, choreographer of the MET opera “Aynadamar”, about the life and death of Federico García Lorca.

Najarro, who played dance with castanets at the beginning of the ceremony which was much celebrated by those present, he remembered that the dance Spanish This is one of the most challenging disciplines, as it requires each dancer to master both flamenco dancing and dance contemporary and even Spanish regional dances.

Although the HOLA ceremony is designed as a demonstration of the Latin heritage In the performing arts – something that all the winners emphasized – there were almost no political comments during the very effective election in the United States, and only two of the winners remembered how important it was. he voted on November 5, without speaking. out for a candidate.