The Organization Hispanic of Latin Actors (HELLOacronym in English) celebrated its 23rd this Monday gala annual event in which he awarded the most outstanding Latinos on the American scene, and among the most recognized works were ‘The Red Rose’ and ‘Bullfighting‘.
‘The Red Rose‘, which tells the eventful life of the Puerto Rican activist Jesus Colon (1901-1974) received the prize for the best musical production and the best collective performance after its representation at the Pregones Rooma Bronx theater specializing in works in bilingual format.
As for ‘Bullfighting‘, the story of three ‘millennials‘ who live carefree in pre-covid Madrid, Spanish creator Danny Tejera received the award for best script, and the trans actress known as B was awarded for best supporting role.
She also won two “The Hours are Femenine” awards, the one for best performance, for Maribel Martinezand best production for the Intar Theater.
- He prize to the best adaptation theatrical It went to the Ensemble Studio Theater for ‘Las Borinqueñas’, and for best musical performance, to the Argentine-American Florencia Iriondo for ‘South’.
The organization HELLO It was created in 1975 by a group of latin actors from New York who tried to defend themselves against inequality in the entertainment industry and the ‘condemnation’ of these actors to negative stereotypes, but since that date the conditions of these actors have improved considerably. Now its function is less demanding and more festive.
- Even so, the organization Remember that Latinos, despite representing 19.1% of the US population, only represent 7% of film roles and 5.7% of those seen on television.
Other recognitions
In this year’s edition, the organization awarded several honorary awards for the careers of some of the most recognized Latinos, as was the case of the dog trainer Cease Millan -a Mexican with twenty years in a row hosting a television program- or Liza Colon-Zayas, Puerto Rican who has become famous for her role in the series ‘The Bear’.
The races of the Mexican-American were also rewarded Eden Thornystar of several Broadway musicals, the Peruvian Carlos Arana, musical producer, or the Spanish Anthony Najarrochoreographer of the MET’s upcoming opera ‘Aynadamar’, about the life and death of Federico García Lorca.
- Najarrowho performed a dance with castanets at the beginning of the ceremony that was greatly celebrated by the attendees, recalled that Spanish dance is one of the most demanding disciplines, because it requires each dancer to master both flamenco dance and contemporary dance and even Spanish regional dances.
Although the ceremony HELLO It is conceived as a vindication of the inheritance latin In the performing arts – something that all the winners emphasized – there were hardly any political allusions at a time of great electoral effervescence in the United States, and only a couple of the winners remembered the importance of going to vote on November 5, without speaking out. for no candidate.
