Ballet Hispánico premieres “Buscando a Juan” at the Met
Ballet Hispánico will present the piece “Buscando a Juan,” by Eduardo Vilaro, as part of the MetLiveArts summer 2023 season, July 13-15 at The Robert Lehman Wing at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. In his most recent work, the artistic director and general director of the Ballet Hispánico is inspired by the exhibition Juan de Pareja, Afro-Hispanic painter. The MetLiveArts commission, which features dancers from the Ballet Hispánico, explores sancocho, or a mix of cultures and diasporas, and will consider the assumptions experienced when witnessing people of color in blank spaces regarding the exotic body and fixation on gestures and sensuality. The program is free with admission to the Metropolitan Museum. At The Robert Lehman Wing. For more information, visit:
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Aleks Syntek en el Irving Place
Aleks Syntek is back on stage with his 3D ECADAS tour, a show that takes his fans on a musical journey through the hits of his long career, such as “Duele el amor”, “Untouchable” and “Sexo, pudor”. , Tears”, and which this Thursday, July 13, arrives at Irving Plaza in New York (17 Irving Place, Manhattan). The famous Mexican singer will be accompanied by the young talent Fehr Rivas, with whom he recently recorded the song entitled “Inmortal.” Starting at 7:00 p.m. Tickets at: https://www.ticketmaster.com.
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Brazilian music in the Atrium
The Summer for The City festival presents this Thursday Luciane Dom, singer, songwriter and music producer, who is part of the new generation of contemporary artists from Rio de Janeiro. She brings poetry to themes of the black diaspora, feminism, empowerment and other social reflections that impact the construction of her emotions and her musical sound is influenced by afrobeats, urban jazz, reggae and Ijexá. With a background in History, she is currently studying at New Jersey City University (NJCU) in association with the Institute of International Education, where she is dedicated to researching her next musical project, which will be released in 2023. Free. At 7:30 pm at the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center. Information: www.lincolncenter.org
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Dominican rhythms party in Brooklyn
Dominican singer-songwriters Yasser Tejeda and Riccie Oriach and the band AfroDominicano will share a stage for the first time this Friday, July 14, in New York, to celebrate the launch of the digital communication medium New York Latin Live. Tejeda has published a jazz album and two in which he has fused traditional Dominican music; Riccie Oriach makes rock fused with folklore and was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2020 in the category of Best Contemporary/Tropical Fusion Album with “Mi derriengue”; while AfroDominicano is a band that mixes Dominican music with reggae, calypso, samba, funk, punk rock and other Caribbean rhythms. The show will take place at Elsewhere Town Hall (599 Johnson Ave #1, Brooklyn), starting at 6:30 pm. Tickets:
“The Pawns of a House” in Spanish Repertoire
Repertorio Español continues with its series on the Spanish Golden Age and this Friday, July 14, premieres the play “Los Empeños de una Casa”, by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and directed by Kathleen Capdesuñer. The play follows a group of singles as they navigate a maze of desire, temptation, and betrayal in their search for love. This production puts a modern twist on the classic 17th-century romantic farce, exploring the misadventures of love through a reality TV dating show. With limited performances until Sunday, July 23. The theater is located at 138 East 27th Street, between Lexington and Third Avenues. Schedules and tickets, at:
Santa Fe Klan at Madison Square Garden
With nearly 11 million monthly listeners on Spotify, Mexican singer Santa Fe Klan has taken the world by storm for the past two years, and this Saturday he’ll bring his music to the stage at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. The urban sensation began his tour of the United States ‘Todo Y Nada’ for which he has special guests, such as Snow Tha Product and Tornillo. Preparing to release his next album, the artist will perform songs like “Por mi México”, “No Te Metas”, “Dos Razones”, “La Misma Sangre” and “Eternamente”. At 8:00 pm. Tickets at: ticketmaster.com
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Hip Hop latino en Central Park
In association with the Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC) and in celebration of 50 years of Hip-Hop and its influence in Latin America, Central Park will host some of the genre’s most rising young stars this Saturday. TRUENO is a rapper from Argentina known for his exceptional freestyle skills; Villano Antillano has recently emerged from Puerto Rico’s queer music scene, spitting out rhymes with an acid, snappy tongue; while the Colombian duo Dawer x Damper will bring the rhythms of the diaspora to explore the complex dynamics of their neighborhood in Cali, Colombia. The Sound of KEXP with Albina Cabrera ft. Camola will be the DJ’s of the show. Free. Starting at 6:00 pm, at the Rumsey Playfield. Information:https://cityparksfoundation.org.
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The Canela Orchestra brings its sauce
Celebrate Colombian Independence Day with the all-female salsa band La Orquesta Canela. Founded in 1992 in Cali Colombia, under the direction of María Fernanda Múnera and Alvaro Cuervo Villafañe, La Orquesta Canela has been recognized with national and international awards, representing Latin women and the sound of tropical music and Colombian salsa. The group has released 11 albums featuring over 80 original compositions, received hundreds of awards, and toured the world. They will be this Sunday, July 16, at Parque Damrosch at Lincoln Center (Amsterdam Ave &, W 62nd St), with some of their hits, such as Embrujo de amor, Canela Cumbias, El Mujeriego, Que borrachera, Pa’l Bailador, and Déjala . Free. At 7:30 p.m. Information:
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French Party on Madison Avenue
The Bastille Day celebration, hosted by the French Institute and the Alliance Française of NYC, returns to Madison Avenue this Sunday, July 16, featuring live entertainment, fun family activities including newly added boules courts , bubbly pink champagne parties, prize draws, a special film screening and more than 50 booths showcasing the best of French food and culture. From 12:00 to 5:00 pm, from 59th to 63rd streets. Information:
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Colombian art at the Whitney Museum
Opening this Friday, July 14 at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the exhibition Ilana Savdie: Radical Contractions highlights emerging Colombian artist Ilana Savdie and her explorations of performance, transgression, identity, and power through vibrant and intense large-scale canvases. The artist’s striking new paintings and black-and-white drawings of hers, which are central to her paintings, will be on display for the first time at the Whitney, created specifically for this exhibition. The artist’s inquiry into forms of resistance and protest through mockery, exaggeration and the grotesque, is influenced by her experience growing up near the Carnival of Barranquilla. For more information visit:
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PSYCHE-ATOMIC exhibition
Maison 10 Gallery is exhibiting PSYCHE-ATOMIC, a show in which Venezuelan-American artist Alejandra Mandelblum explores how subatomic energies and worlds could appear if they were made visible. In her first New York solo show, Mandelblum takes a contemporary psychedelic approach by conjuring the dimensions of imagined quantum realms. Her thought-provoking paintings invite viewers to immerse themselves in colorful new worlds that challenge our concepts of consciousness, separation, and perception. With a distinctive style that combines vibrant tones and organic geometries, her paintings are vivid, beautiful, and also haunting. PSYCHE-ATOMIC was curated by Henri Myers and Tom Blackie of Maison 10 Gallery in New York. The inauguration will take place on July 13, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., and will run until October 20, 2023, with the 14 paintings in the show available to view from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. daily. , in the lobby of the Made Hotel (44 W. 29th St.).
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