#Maribel Martinez

[womantoday]

Khiana: TikTok / Emma: TikTok, IG / Jmik: TikTok

Becky Dee: 1 screener / Chelsea: TikTok, IG / Korie: linktree

Amber: TikTok, IG / courage: @bycourageandfaith, @sportsdyke / City Jay: TikTok. IG

Kristyl: TikTok, IG / @butchguamares / Bri: TikTok

Maribel: hoobe / Kayla: TikTok, IG / Veronica: linktree

Dephyne (rapper): linktree / Nicole (cosplayer): TikTok, IG / Tiffany: TikTok, IG

lesbians who lift

#fitness #CrossFit #female powerlifter #powerlifting #sportswoman #women's football #women's basketball #cosplay #fit lesbian #masculine women #butch #Khiana #Emma Isaacson #Becky Dee #Chelsea Vinson #Korie #Kristyl Rodriguez #Maribel Martinez #Kayla Nicole #Veronica Marie #Dephyne #Nicole Jones #Tiffany Alexander #dance #tattoo #back #trapezius #pectorals #hat #pride

[nepoupdates]

if you had to classify any nepobabies as kardashians ... who would each be and why

i  know  you  said  kardashians  but  i  have  my  reasons  to  expand  and  include  scott  .  (  @lovebcmbs  ,  @maribelisms  ,  @belsalazar  ,  @jaspersalvo​  )

zoya  wylie  ––  our  resident  troublemaker  just  radiates  kim  k  energy  .  why  ?  have  you  seen  the  amount  of  trouble  she  manages  to  get  herself  in  ?  we  love  her  here  at  nepoupdates  and  the  paps  too  .  i’m  surprised  there  hasn’t  been  an  executive  pitching  the  wylie  family  for  a  reality  show  .  

maribel  martinez    ––  they’re  kourtney  .  need  i  say  more  ?  something  about  maribel’s  personality  just  tells  me  they  might  just  end  up  starting  their  own  holistic  health  company  in  the  future  .  and  she  seems  to  know  what  she’s  doing  so  i  should  hope  it’s  better  than  poosh  .

 belinda  “bel”  salazar  ––  khloe  ,  hands  down  .  but  khloe  in  her  keeping  up  with  the  kardashians  era  .  this  girl  is  out  here  threatening  to  beat  up  anyone  and  everyone  for  the  sake  of  her  family  .  i’m  surprised  bel  hasn’t  landed  herself  a  night  in  the  slammer  yet  .  but  never  say  never  .

 jasper  “duke”  salvo  ––  come  on  ?  do  i  have  to  spell  it  out  .  he’s  scott  .  his  nickname  is  duke  for  crying  out  loud  .  it’s  hitting  a  little  too  close  to  lord  disick  .  i’ll  be  waiting  for  when  duke  hits  his  lord  disick  era  .  i  know  we  all  are  .  it’s  inevitable  .  embrace  your  destiny  ,  duke  .

#about : zoya wylie #about : maribel martinez #about : bel salazar #about : duke salvo #m: sylvia

[dreaming-for-an-escape]

Do you have any OCs that are aroace??? I’m curious to see who else does

I don’t have any main characters that are aroace. But my OC Lindsey Mitchell who’s a minor character in my Scream fanfic would be considered aroace.

But I do have other OCs that fall in the asexual spectrum.

Maribel Mendoza (Outer Banks OC) is demisexual.

Jamie Tatum Mitchell-Meeks (Scream OC) is demisexual. I think I mentioned this briefly before, or was going to.

Imogen O’Dwyer (Hemlock Grove OC) is asexual.

Nayeli Martinez (Euphoria OC) is asexual.

#asexual spectrum #asexual ocs #demisexual ocs #maribel mendoza #jamie tatum mitchell meeks #imogen o’dwyer #nayeli martinez #ocs

[namorslutfanfiction]

BELOW IS A VERY INFORMATIVE SUBMOSSION FROM AN ANON ABOUT MARIA ELENA RIOS WITH RESEARCH AND CITATIONS REGARDING HER PAST ISSUES.

These occurances, along with her late statement and its contents, have led myself and many others to voice our continued support of Tenoch Huerta.

—-----—-‐-------‐–—

I know a lot of you are using Google Translate, so I guess I could help by breaking down the accusations and kind of giving you a timeline I guess?

June, 2012

This happened in Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca (Where she's from)

She and her sister (Silvia Ríos Ortiz) were accused of forced entry and injuries against the victim.

The victim says she was resting in her house and Maria Elena was yelling outside her house "hija de tu puta madre sal de tu casa" (which I roughly translate as 'motherfucker get out of your house')

The victim didn't pay attention to it. María Elena entered her house, grabbed her by the hair and yelled at her sister to enter the house so they both could hit the victim.

Silvia (Maria Elena's sister) entered the house. They both grabbed her by the hair and pushed her against the wall, making her hit her head with it.

Then, the victim says she looked up and Maria Elena had a knife (she describes it as saw knife), which she used to cut the victim's left knee open (she adds it was 20 centimeters/around 8 inch).

Then, the document gets cut.

There's also a witness testimony (it also gets cut)

In Brenda Solano's article, it's added that her mom was also there and they cut the woman with pocket knives and scissors on her face, crotch and face. All of this because she allegedly was Maria Elena's dad's lover.

September, 2012

This one doesn't involve Maria Elena, but I guess is relevant to understand how her family operated around Oaxaca.

This happened in a elementary school in Huajuapan de León, Oxaca

Basically her sister Silvia Rios Ortiz and I guess their relative, Mary Carmen Ortiz Martinez approached a woman when she was dropping her kids' lunch. They yelled insults, threatened and followe her because she allegedly had an affair with Mary's husband.

The victim asked them not to "fix their problem" there because of her kids and also her brother (who has down syndrome and couldn't understand what was going on) but the two women insisted. She had to hide.

It gets cut.

Scanned documents can be found here (x)

2015

Maria Elena's brother is accused of murder. The documents are avaible here -the last ones- (x).

This is important because the Frente Nacional Indígena y Campesino (FNIC) got involved. It roughly translates to National Indigenous and Peasant Front. Basically, poor and indigenous people came together to ask for justice in this case. They had to protest to get Carlos Ríos Ortiz to go through trial.

The FNIC's representative said that they were worried about this process because "they didn't want him to get out of jail" because "he has links with politicians and people in power". (You can see a picture of the protests in this note ).

This is hearsey but the comments call him a "priista" (supporter of the PRI political party in Mexico).

Allegedly, in Brenda Solano's article, we read he actually got help from Silvia Rios' partner, Hugo Jairo Hernandez (PRI) and Maria Elena's boyfriend at the time (who was the son of the city hall president, José Feria Rodriguez -PUP-) and their political links.

2022 (Post attack)

Silvia's sister appears on Alejandro Murat's (PRI) payroll (proof here). She's linked with the word "saxophonist". If true, she was receiving around 995,000 usd yearly.

2023

Maria Elena has been accused by Maribel Perez (her attacker's lawyer) for threats. Maria Elena's tweets were quoted as proof and also the people that have approached the victim have said things like "I hope you get acid thrown at you", "You're a bitch for defending that son of a bitch", "Stop revictimizing Maria Elena", "I hope it [acid attack] happens to you", "How can you not be more empathic with other women", "You, a woman, are Maria Elena's biggest enemy". (You can see the documents of this complaint here)(You can see tweets here, here). Maribel has also stated that Maria Elena has threatened her staff (proof here)

Not directly related to Maria Elena, but I think it's also important to know that Maribel Perez has also reported on being approached on a parking lot by two women in a car. They prevented her from leaving and told her they knew "she's Vera Carrizal's lawyer" and because of that they would throw acid at her, so she could "learn her lesson" (note here). Then they followed her.

Brenda Solano, an independent journalist, and the news outlet she writes to (Pajaros en el Alambre de Oaxaca) have accused Maria Elena of threatining her because she realised an article about the things I have commented on here. She also went all the way to Oaxaca to investigate.

Apart from this, some other things I think are worth mentioning and have resurfaced:

Maria Elena's dad and granddad were linked to stealing cars, drug trafficking and selling guns in Brenda Solano's article. (Note: She doesn't show proof, but she mentions a man who told this to the police and then was murdered back in 1998).

Maria Elena and her sister tried to deface a woman, who didn't speak to Brenda because she's scared of retaliation.

Maria Elena and her sister registered a kid twice (proof) and are being investigated by the FBI for falsifying documents. Silvia Ríos used the document to demand child support from her former partner, Hugo Jairo Hernández Sánchez (PRI). News outlets report this happened when Hernández was working on his campaign to run as president of the city hall. The man was a rent collector and close to Ulises Ruiz Ortiz (PRI), who's being accused of corruption (he's described as known for his "political vindictiveness").

An audio of Maria Elena has resurfaced. In it, she says "I'm going to kill myself because of you and it's going to be your fucking fault and you're going to carry it for the rest of your life!". (Note: We can't say for sure it's her, but if a newsmedia is risking to be accused by her, I'd say they're pretty sure about it).

She has been accused of being linked to the PAN political party because of her connection with Aurora Sierra (video here). She also gave an statement supported by PRI, PRD and PAN (video here).

Pajaros en el Alambre said back in february she's being prepared to be a representative candidate by the PRI-PAN-PRD-MC (x, x, x). In the screenshots I quoted, they basically say how her attack has been used as a way to gain sympathy by different political movements, and how the people who have spoken in her favor have been really corrupt in the past.

Her ex-partner (who is accused of the acid attack) was a PRI politician.

(Note. PRI, PRD and PAN are against Morena (AMLO/Mexico's president political party). Not implying anything but Tenoch had to take legal action due to people attacking him after his meeting with AMLO (People were doxxing his daughters and family and trying to mess with his career and intimacy)......... Not implying anything. Just food for thought.)

It's a lot, but I hope it helps to grasp the debacle around her. I'd post it myself but I'm too shy and tbh this has been a lot for me, I don't think I can handle rude anons. I just made the effort because I feel like I can contribute in that way.

#tenoch huerta #tenoch huerta mejia #maria elena rios #thank you anon for your contribution

[coochiequeens]

Dozens of women are dead and the President of Honduras is not accepting any responsibility.

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A grisly riot at a women's prison in Honduras Tuesday left at least 41 women dead, most burned to death, in violence the country's president blamed on "mara" street gangs that often wield broad power inside penitentiaries.

Twenty-six of the victims were burned to death and the remainder shot or stabbed at the prison in Tamara, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) northwest of the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa, said Yuri Mora, the spokesman for Honduras' national police investigation agency. At least seven inmates were being treated at a Tegucigalpa hospital.

"The forensic teams that are removing bodies confirm they have counted 41," said Mora.

Video clips shown by the government from inside the prison showed several pistols and a heap of machetes and other bladed weapons that were found after the riot. Honduran President Xiomara Castro said the riot was "planned by maras with the knowledge and acquiescence of security authorities." "I am going to take drastic measures!" Castro wrote in her social media accounts.

Prisoners belonging to the feared Barrio 18 gang reportedly burst into a cell block and shot other inmates or set them afire. Relatives awaiting news about inmates gathered outside the morgue in Tegucigalpa. They confirmed that inmates in the prison had told them they lived in fear of the Barrio 18 gang.

Johanna Paola Soriano Euceda was waiting for news about her mother Maribel Euceda, and sister, Karla Soriano. Both were on trial for drug trafficking, but were held in the same area as convicted prisoners. Soriano Euceda said they had told her on Sunday that "they (Barrio 18 members) were out of control, they were fighting with them all the time. That was the last time we talked."

Another group of dozens of anxious, angry relatives gathered outside the prison, located in a rural area about 20 miles (30 kilometers) from the capital. "We are here dying of anguish, of pain ... we don't have any information," said Salomón García, whose daughter is an inmate at the facility. Azucena Martinez, whose daughter was also being held at the prison, said "there are a lot of dead, 41 already. We don't know if our relatives are also in there, dead."

Julissa Villanueva, head of the country's prison system, suggested the riot started because of recent attempts by authorities to crack down on illicit activity inside prisons and called Tuesday's violence a reaction to moves "we are taking against organized crime." "We will not back down," Villanueva said in a televised address after the riot.

Gangs wield broad control inside the country's prisons, where inmates often set their own rules and sell prohibited goods. They were also apparently able to smuggle in guns and other weapons, a recurring problem in Honduran prisons."The issue is to prevent people from smuggling in drugs, grenades and firearms," said Honduran human rights expert Joaquin Mejia. "Today's events show that they have not been able to do that."

The riot appears to be the worst tragedy at a female detention center in Central America since 2017, when girls at a shelter for troubled youths in Guatemala set fire to mattresses to protest rapes and other mistreatment at the badly overcrowded institution. The ensuing smoke and fire killed 41 girls.The worst prison disaster in a century also occurred in Honduras, in 2012 at the Comayagua penitentiary, where 361 inmates died in a fire possibly caused by a match, cigarette or some other open flame. Tuesday's riot may increase the pressure on Honduras to emulate the drastic zero-tolerance, no-privileges prisons set in up in neighboring El Salvador by President Nayib Bukele. While El Salvador's crackdown on gangs has given rise to rights violations, it has also proved immensely popular in a country long terrorized by street gangs

#Honduras #Prison riot #41 known victims #Improving women's safety is prison involves more than just keeping prisons single sex

[nepofm]

Any currently wanted connections amongst your players?

i  know  our  players  who  have  wcs  listed  on  our  page  would  love  to  see  any  of  them  taken  !  but  to  highlight  a  few  (  this  includes  subplots  as  well  )  :

paige  yoon’s  first  love

juno  choi’s  childhood  sweetheart

aleksander  wylie’s  childhood  best  friend

maribel  martinez’s  cousin

josette  seong’s  recent  one  night  stand 

muse  f  ,  subplot  2  

muse  s  ,  subplot  8

muse  t  ,  subplot  9

muse  2e  ,  subplot  15

 and  if  our  members  have  any  wcs  they'd  wanna  see  that  aren't  listed  on  the  main  ,  they're  always  more  than  welcome  to  REPLY  to  this  post  !

#appless rp #oc rp #rich kids rp #subplots rp #mumu rp #city rp #answered.

[shaylafm]

shayla murata attending the valentines day ball !! 

going with our very own maribel martinez as her date! @nepofminspo @maribelisms​

#nepofm.event002

[openingnightposts]

#HolliHarma #LasBorinqueñas #NewYorkTheater #OffBroadway

[dictus-unison]

PLÁTICAS DE INDUCCIÓN AL SERVICIO SOCIAL UNIVERSITARIO 2024

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[hondurasensusmanosnoticias]

[tinseltine]

Got the opportunity to attend the Opening Night Premiere of PEOPLE’S LIGHT MUSHROOM by Eisa Davis, directed by David Mendizábal.  Eisa is one of their New Play Frontiers Residents. Mushroom is the fourth locally inspired world premiere to emerge from NPF – launched with the support of The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Barra Foundation. This Residency is a long-term initiative to commission, develop and produce new plays that explore our American identities through the stories and concerns of our region.

Eisa began developing Mushroom in 2013 when she visited Kennett Square, PA returning many times to get to know the community and form inspirations for the characters.

“The play centers on the lives, loves, families and working conditions of Mexican mushroom pickers in Kennett Square, examining the recent strains placed on this cultural community by an oppressive governmental regime. It uses a series of experiments in form and non-linear storytelling to explore the characters’ dreams and fears.”

The play is seamlessly bilingual, 3 walls of the thrust stage are projected with subtitles in English when actors are speaking Spanish and vice versa.

Many community partners were also developed through this 10 year journey – LCH Health and Community Services, Chester County Food Bank, Coatesville VA, The Garage Community and Youth Center with many events and outreach programs still happening around “Mushroom”.

A Tinsel & Tine #MiniReview: Edit (Kenia Munguia) is a DREAMER (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act) in school to become a nurse.  Her mother Lety (Laura Crotte) is undocumented and one of the few female mushroom pickers at this particular farm. Tyler (Todd Lawson) is a white male who has recently inherited the mushroom farm from his brother, but knows almost nothing about the business. Ignacio (Michael G. Martinez) used to manage the farm and wanted to purchase it, but Tyler’s brother turned him down years ago, so he moved on to start his own Stone Masonry company; but generously comes back to the farm to explain the basics to Tyler.  Epifanio (Angel Sigala) is Ignacio’s troublesome cousin. He’s a Mushroom worker who was recently hurt on the farm, but no one is sure of the circumstances. Rain (Maribel Matinez – really loved her vibe) is a black Mexican who grew up in the area, moved away to follow her spirit, is back temporarily, with family issues she’d rather not face. She also acts as a community arbitrator between the workers and management.  Tyler also finds her attractive.  Natrajan (Ahsan Ali) is a wealthy Pakistan immigrant here on a work Visa, he and Edit become romantically entangled.  There’s a narrator (Ahsan Ali) who plays several parts.

Through these characters much is discussed about many aspects of immigration in the US. Reasons for leaving your home country. Forming bonds with the community around you. The mushroom industry and more.   It’s not always simple to follow and its run time is 3 hrs with intermission, but it is very eloquently written and wonderfully thoughtful. It’s meant to remind you marginalized individuals are just that – individuals, unique and of consequence.

SEE Video of Opening Night Party with REMARKS by Zak Berkman, Producing Artistic Director and Playwright Eisa Davis –

https://tinseltine.com/philly-theater-recap-mushroom/

#Mushroom #hispanic heritage month #People's Light #Theater #Theatre #Theater in Philly #New Play Frontiers #Eisa Davis #bilingual #Kennett Square #Mushroom Pickers #Latino #Mexican #Latinx #Playwright #social issues #ICE #immigration

[elnoticierouniversal]

#estilo de vida #maribel martinez #cuantas veces te lo tengo que decir #libro #el mundo #el noticiero universal

[meret118]

Martinez’s reaction to the movie was a mix of awe and amazement. “I was shocked because I was so glad to see that I could see myself in somebody else,” she said.

#Encanto

[ramonmartinhistoria]

[doubleattitude]

24 Seven Dance Convention, San Antonio, TX: RESULTS

High Score by Age:

Sidekick Solo

1st: Emilia Diaz-’Giselle Peasant Variation’

2nd: Chloe Fishel-’Little Secret’

3rd: Stella Brinkerhof-’The Greatest Star

4th: Katen Moore-’Boys, Boys, Boys’

5th: Jazzmin Alexandra-’Small Leaf’

6th: Sawyer Hall-’Good to Mama’

7th: Savannah Stewart-’Goosebumps’

8th: Maddox Hall-’Floating/Sinking’

9th: Hayden Reynolds-’Rockstar’

10th: Alegria Jilpas-’Pure Imagination’

Mini Solo

1st: Braylynn Grizzaffi-’Path5′

2nd: Jenesis Jackson-’Single Ladies’

3rd: Tessa Ohran-’Knock 123′

4th: Kiely White-’Fabulous’

4th: Brooke Patterson-’Ordinary World’

4th: Aislyn Murphy-’P.S I Love You’

5th: Londyn Harper-’Crazy Dreams’

5th: Avery Becker-’I’ll Let It In’

5th: Harper Hammes-’Tu Quieres Volver’

6th: Valentina Zuniga-’Absudenmente’

6th: Allana Dallas-’Sound Of Silence’

7th: Kate Diddens-’Slip’

8th: Ainsleigh Bolt-’Lost Things’

9th: Amelia Galindo-’Game Of Survival’

9th: Alexandra Garza-’Inertia’

9th: Gigi Valdez-’Runaway’

10th: Emma Cisneros-’Baila Baila’

10th: Hannah Fogel-’Juke Box’

10th: Nicole Yordanova-’Miss Spectacular’

Junior Solo

1st: Laci Stoico-’Mibiso’

1st: Daniela SanGiacomo-’Restless’

2nd: Brooke Vorst-’Sister Sadie’

3rd: Kinley Bertrand-’Gettin’ To It’

3rd: Brooklyn Simpson-’Undetow’

4th: Jack Diddens-’Hallelujah, I Love You’

5th: Colby Rich-’Inhale’

5th: Giulianna Francis-’Soft Universe’

6th: Isabella Dimiceli-’Her’

6th: Maribel Weishaar-’Trampoline’

7th: Nevaeh Joseph-’Brown Skin Girl’

7th: Sofia Martinez-’Cold’

7th: Reese McDonald-’Dreams’

8th: Yubin Hong-’Afterhours’

8th: Scarlett Perry-’Meadow’

9th: Emily Cooper-’The Fear of Letting Go’

10th: Rosie Best-’Already Home’

10th: Alyvia Aleman-’Into The Sea’

Teen Solo

1st: Ava Lynn-’Catch 22′

1st: Cambry Bethke-’Wingin It’

2nd: Sabine Nehls-’Shout’

3rd: Brecklyn Brown-’Fall On Me’

3rd: Rie Matsume-’Sound’

4th: Gracie Booth-’Nature of Life’

5th: Kate Abernathy-’Doomed’

5th: Kieran Holmes-’Slow’

5th: Trent Grappe-’White’

6th: Ellie Tostenrude-’Mirror of the Mind’

6th: Aaliyah Kidman-’S.O.S’

7th: Emersyn Dickson-’Plans We Made’

7th: Claire Schunneman-’Twist, Tug, Tear’

8th: Dilyn Bray-’Above Ground’

8th: Dylan Fletcher-’Coming Home’

8th: Sydney Gladden-’Deaf to Reason’

9th: Rachel Dobbs-’Dreamcatcher’

9th: Sloane Burkholder-’When We Were Children’

10th: Savannah Gonzalez-’Oh! Darling’

10th: Peyton Koepke-’On the Horizon’

10th: Micah Best-’Slide’

Senior Solo

1st: Sarah Bratby-’Family Portrait’

1st: Kyla Stephens-’Invention of Desire’

2nd: Cassidy Reigel-’Are You Lonesome Tonight’

2nd: Sophia Seymour-’Broken’

2nd: Damaris Salazar-’Unraveling’

3rd: Isabella Francis-’You Don’t Talk To Me Anymore’

4th: Andrea Arguelles-’Work’

5th: Nyla Staes-’Let Go’

6th: Elle Escarsega-’A Pale’

7th: Lilya Ho-’Life After Defo’

8th: Olivia Coffey-’After All’

8th: Madalynn Ramirez-’Pursuit of Happiness’

9th: Sophia Faldik-’End Of Love’

9th: Mikayla Ohms-’Home’

10th: Lexi Rendon-’Boom’

10th: Bella Aldaz-’Control’

10th: Emma Sitterle-’The Wheel’

Mini Duo/Trio

1st: The Pointe Performing Arts Center-’Angel By the Wings’

2nd: Cibilo City Ballet-’Ocean and Pearls’

2nd: Rise Dance Collective-’Phresh On the Runway’

3rd: Rolando Pacheco Mcallen Ballet-’Say Something’

Junior Duo/Trio

1st: The Dance Kollective-’Stealing Second’

2nd: Avant Dance, LLC-’I’m A Lady’

3rd: Insight Dance Ensemble-’Birthplace’

Teen Duo/Trio

1st: The Dance Kollective-’Alter Ego’

2nd: The Dance Kollective-’Ascending’

3rd: The Dance Kollective-’Solace’

Senior Duo/Trio

1st: The Dance Kollective-’I Don’t Believe In Us’

2nd: Avant Dance, LLC-’Believe’

3rd: Melba’s Dance-’Never Stray’

Sidekick Group

1st: Nadia’s School of Dance-’Candy Crush’

1st: Nadia’s School of Dance-’Jai Ho’

2nd: Nadia’s School of Dance-’Great Balls of Fire’

3rd: Nadia’s School of Dance-’Surfin Stormies’

Mini Group

1st: Rise Dance Collective-’Opaline’

2nd: Rise Dance Collective-’Blackbird’

3rd: Avant Dance, LLC-’La Vie en Rose’

Junior Group

1st: Rise Dance Collective-’Somebody’

2nd: Melba’s Dance-’Hold Up’

3rd: Avant Dance, LLC-’Seville’

Teen Group

1st: The Dance Kollective-’Tap Is Life’

2nd: The Dance Kollective-’The Heaven Complex’

3rd: The Dance Kollective-’Remember Her’

Senior Group

1st: Rise Dance Collective-’Bodyguard’

2nd: Rise Dance Collective-’I Got A Name’

3rd: Rise Dance Collective-’Closest I Get’

3rd: Heather Stolle’s School of Dance-’I Feel For You’

Sidekick Line

1st: Melba’s Dance-’O-U-T’

Mini Line

1st: Rise Dance Collective-’All Night Long’

2nd: Melba’s Dance-’Louder’

3rd: The Dance Kollective-’SAX’

Junior Line

1st: The Dance Kollective-’Handful of Keys’

Teen Line

1st: The Dance Kollective-’One’

2nd: Rise Dance Collective-’Bololo’

3rd: Rise Dance Collective-’Money’

Mini Extended Line

1st: Melba’s Dance-’Whoa’

Teen Extended Line

1st: Avant Dance, LLC-’Overwhelmed’

High Score by Performance Division:

Sidekick Jazz

Nadia’s School of Dance-’Great Balls of Fire’

Sidekick Specialty

Nadia’s School of Dance-’Jai Ho’

Sidekick Hip-Hop

Nadia’s School of Dance-’Candy Crush’

Sidekick Musical Theatre

Nadia’s School of Dance-’Surfin Stormies’

Mini Lyrical

Rise Dance Collective-’Blackbird’

Mini Jazz

Avant Dance, LLC-’Bohemian’

Mini Tap

Rise Dance Collective-’Find My Way Home’

Mini Contemporary

Rise Dance Collective-’Opaline’

Mini Hip-Hop

Melba’s Dance-’Whoa’

Junior Tap

The Dance Kollective-’Handful of Keys’

Junior Hip-Hop

Melba’s Dance-’Hold Up’

Junior Jazz

Melba’s Dance-’Stayin Alive’

Junior Contemporary

Rise Dance Collective-’Somebody’

Teen Lyrical

The Dance Kollective-’Remember Her’

Teen Jazz

The Dance Kollective-’Bringing It Back’

Teen Contemporary

The Dance Kollective-’Something Stupid’

Teen Tap

The Dance Kollective-’Tap Is Life’

Teen Specialty

The Dance Kollective-’The Heaven Complex’

Teen Hip-Hop

Rise Dance Collective-’Bololo’

Teen Musical Theatre

Rise Dance Collective-’Money’

Senior Tap

Avant Dance, LLC-’Bloom’

Senior Contemporary

Rise Dance Collective-’I Got A Name’

Senior Lyrical

Rise Dance Collective-’Closest I Get’

Senior Jazz

Rise Dance Collective-’Bodyguard’

11 O’Clock:

Sidekicks

Nadia’s School of Dance-’Jai Ho’

Mini

Rise Dance Collective-’Opaline’

Avant Dance, LLC-’La Vie en Rose’

Junior

Rise Dance Collective-’Somebody’

The Dance Kollective-’Handful of Keys’

Teen

The Dance Kollective-’Tap Is Life’

Rise Dance Collective-’Bololo’

Senior

Heather Stolle’s School of Dance-’I Feel For You’

Rise Dance Collective-’Bodyguard’

Studio Showcase:

Rise Dance Collective-’Bololo’

The Dance Kollective-’Tap Is Life’

Melba’s Dance-’Hold Up’

#24 seven #san antonio #dance competition

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Henry IV part 1 at the Folger Shakespeare Library: Informal Review

Shakespeare’s history plays often get an unfair reputation for being dry and dull. Something about the Roman numerals in the titles scares audiences off, I guess. But the Folger Shakespeare Theatre’s new production of Henry IV Part 1 is sleek, energetic, and action-packed. The 2 hours and 45 minutes (with intermission) flew by and I often found myself on the edge of my seat.

Director Rosa Joshi’s production creates a distinctive world for the rebels, royals, and ruffians who populate this play: half-futuristic, half-medieval inspired. King Henry and his court bear some resemblance to Captain Picard and his crew with simple monochromatic suits decorated with a stylized “IV” insignia, matching the giant neon symbol that looms over the set. The commoners of Eastcheap look one part ‘Burning Man’ festival, one part Renaissance festival, and knights wear camouflage pants while carrying real swords. It sounds like it shouldn’t work, but it does, and it all comes together to show how timeless this play is.

The wonderfully effective set, designed by Sara Ryung Clement, is an industrial looking network of scaffolding, ppes, ladders, and a catwalk. At the center of it all sits a looming throne that easily converts to a table for the tavern scenes (complete with a hiding space)! Actors use every inch of this jungle gym set to its full potential, most effectively in the battle scenes of the final act. Even set transitions serve as character moments (for example, Worcester aggressively shoves the throne offstage with almost clawlike hands).

The play’s aesthetic was strongest in its simplicity, though the sound design, filled with loud club music and air horn sounds, could get a little excessive. Joshi’s character-driven approach to the play, along with the Folger’s intimate space, served the text better than other bombastic productions of history plays that I’ve seen recently.

As the careworn king, Peter Crook had me hanging on his every word. Crook’s commanding performance was the most masterful portrayal of Henry I’ve seen yet. It’s rare to see such a confident, sophisticated delivery of Shakespeare’s verse, especially since the title role of this play is often overshadowed by other characters. A much younger and less-experienced actor, Tyler Fauntleroy nonetheless held his own as hot-tempered soldier Hotspur. Despite being easily angered and impulsive, Fauntleroy’s Hotspur comes across as quite likeable, with passionate energy and strong stage presence. He and his wife (Maribel Martinez) share a playful, intense union of two equally stubborn and strong-willed people—not veering into violent misogyny as I sometimes see.

I was less impressed by Avery Whitted’s portrayal of Prince Hal. On paper, he does everything right. He’s clearly a talented and well-trained actor with strong physical acting skills, an expressive face, and a good sense of timing. But when he opens his mouth to speak Shakespeare’s text, it just falls flat. He seems to be holding back a little, perhaps intimidated by the responsibility. (Looking at his bio in the program, I saw that this was his first professional Shakespeare play.) I kept waiting for him to ‘imitate the sun’ and show a true virtuosity of performance late in the show, but it never happened.

In a scene in which Hal faces his father for the first time, usually an electrifying scene, I found myself watching Crook instead of listening to a single thing Hal said, and the scene never built to an emotional climax. Whitted did build a great rapport with Edward Gero’s Falstaff, and his best work occurred in the very awesome and prolonged final sword fight between Hotspur and Hal. My heart was in my throat, and I KNOW what happens there.

Gero’s Falstaff has been front and center in all of the ads and promotional materials for the show. After all, he’s a world-class Shakespearean actor and a DC area treasure, and Falstaff is one of Shakespeare’s greatest roles. I found his Falstaff a wonderfully nuanced performance by a master Shakespearean… but is it a sin if I say I wished he let Falstaff be just a little sillier?

He is totally believable as the corpulent old con artist, clearly embodying every shade of his character, and the entire theatre went dead quiet in the outstanding scene in which Falstaff, in the middle of play-acting with Hal, begs his young friend not to banish him from his company. His reactions are well-timed, his expressions are arch, his earthy delivery is enjoyable, but I just didn’t laugh as much as I often do with this character. I wonder if this will still be true further into the run, since at this early performance, I noticed him slightly misspeaking a few lines. (I doubt most people in the audience would notice, but after directing this show last year, I know most of Falstaff’s lines pretty well.)

Another local favorite, Naomi Jacobson, is a standout as the scheming Worcester, here represented as a female character. With sharp red shoes and severe silver hair, she reminds me of the ‘strutting Teresa May’ meme come to life. Although she’s obviously manipulative and self-serving, I’ve never felt so sympathetically inclined toward Worcester before. She often seemed to vibrate with the injustice of the King’s treatment of her.

In general, I thought the play was most powerful in its dramatic moments and could have leaned just a little more into the comedy. It seemed slightly afraid to get too silly (except for one or two uproarious moments—my personal favorite bit being when one of Falstaff’s minions stuck his arm inside his shirt and pretended it had been cut off after the ‘robbery scene’). But for all that, it gave a warmth and urgency to the play that I’ve seen missing from bigger productions. It also incorporated choreographed stomping, clapping, and hip-hop/step movement into battle scenes in a way that actually worked to convey the noise of battle without becoming distracting, unlike some plays I’ve seen. And the ending? Well, let's just say Bri and I both went 'Oooooooh' just before the final blackout.

Henry IV is truly a play with something for everyone, and this production was directed with a clear love for the material. I recommend catching this show before it closes on October 13! Discounted tickets are available on TodayTix.com, and you can call the Folger box office for discounted tickets for young theatregoers!

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