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Review: The Balletic Rise and Fall of Eva Perón
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Ballet Hispánico, based in 1970, has been honoring its fiftieth anniversary for a stable two years. On Friday on the inaugural Metropolis Middle Dance Pageant, the corporate introduced the ultimate program on this prolonged celebration, which bought off to a rocky begin with canceled performances in April 2020. Anniversary occasions typically really feel like empty fanfare, however this turned out to be a milestone, a breakthrough: the corporate’s first evening-length manufacturing, and a putting one at that.
The 75-minute “Doña Perón,” choreographed by the prolific Belgian-Colombian dance maker Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, is a vivid 10-episode portrait of the lifetime of Eva Perón — Evita — the mythic and polarizing Argentine actress who ascended from poverty to populist first girl, all earlier than the age of 33, when she died of cervical most cancers.
In an interview in regards to the work, Lopez Ochoa stated, “We actually needed to make a portrait of a lady with out having a judgment,” an method she reiterated on Friday in a post-show speak with Ballet Hispánico’s creative director, Eduardo Vilaro. Nonetheless, it’s arduous to return away from “Doña Perón” not admiring its protagonist, partly due to storytelling selections — which emphasize the private over the political — and partly due to the brilliance of the lead dancer within the opening-night solid, the charming Dandara Veiga.
One of many manufacturing’s best strengths is its considerate integration of motion — Lopez Ochoa’s high-varnish, athletic fashion of latest ballet, gorgeously danced by the entire solid — with good-looking design components. This concord stands out from the primary, saintly picture: Veiga alone within the heart of the stage, elevated on a pedestal in a voluminous white gown, as if mid-ascension. (Mark Eric designed the plot-propelling costumes, lots of which come and undergo seamless onstage modifications; the spare, practical set and projections are by Christopher Ash.)
Veiga is quickly joined by a refrain of dancers representing Evita’s working-class followers, the descamisados (or the shirtless ones), waving white cloths within the air. Their grounded unison phrases offset the stillness of her authoritative posture: arms raised at proper angles, framing her face, a recurring gesture that at instances shudders into frantic movement, echoed by the group. Sounds of a recorded speech and cheering thread by means of Peter Salem’s dramatic unique rating (performed dwell) for bandoneón, piano, percussion, cello and violin.
Lopez Ochoa, who collaborated with the director Nancy Meckler, establishes early on that one thing is amiss: Veiga convulses and sways off-balance; her followers catch her. Within the second episode, we meet Evita the kid (the valiant Nina Basu) and witness her rejection by her father, who had a second, wealthier household. Younger Evita reappears all through the ballet, typically banished by her older self and typically embraced.
The motion progresses by means of Evita’s transfer to town, depicting her flirtations with males — a show of deft, tango-inflected partnering — and her continued rise to fame and energy. (Whereas a lot totally different from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical, this telling of Evita’s story appears to take a couple of cues from its narrative arc.) Chris Bloom, as Juan Perón, is a reliable technician however overshadowed by Veiga’s step by step intensifying gentle. Their chemistry, as spouses and political companions, by no means fairly clicks.
Theatrically, “Doña Perón” suffers from some overwrought and undercooked moments. The specter of sickness asserts itself melodramatically: Once in a while, Veiga falters and clasps her stomach, as projections of what seem like roots or nerves flash throughout the backdrop, a suggestion of the physique’s inside decline. When her character dies, and Bloom tries to revive her, the interplay is nearly cartoonish.
However different passages are as affecting as these are flat. Towards the tip, Veiga (onstage for nearly the complete work) finds herself alone, having been shunned by the waltzing higher lessons. In silence (the music has dropped out), she flings her excessive heels and diamond necklace to the wings and begins to stamp and shout with enthralling rawness: “Che! Che!” The ensemble joins her, multiplying her rhythms with their very own a cappella calls and physique percussion. On this banding collectively, you see not only a riveting story however an organization having reached a brand new horizon.
Ballet Hispánico
By way of Sunday at Metropolis Middle, Manhattan; nycitycenter.org.
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Trump Tries to Move Hush-Money Case to Federal Court Before Sentencing
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Former President Donald J. Trump sought to move his Manhattan criminal case into federal court on Thursday, filing the unusual request three months after he was convicted in state court.
The long-shot bid marks Mr. Trump’s latest effort to stave off his sentencing in state court in his hush-money trial, in which he was convicted of falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal.
He is scheduled to receive his punishment on Sept. 18, just seven weeks before Election Day, when he will square off against Vice President Kamala Harris for the presidency.
“The ongoing proceedings will continue to cause direct and irreparable harm to President Trump — the leading candidate in the 2024 presidential election — and voters located far beyond Manhattan,” Mr. Trump’s lawyers, Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, wrote in the filing.
Their filing came even as the Trump legal team is awaiting the result of a separate effort to postpone the sentencing; it opened a second front that could complicate the first.
On Aug. 15, Mr. Trump asked the state court judge who presided over the trial, Juan M. Merchan, to delay the sentencing until after Election Day. Mr. Trump’s lawyers argued that they needed more time to challenge his conviction on the basis of a recent Supreme Court ruling granting presidents broad immunity for official acts.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office, which won the conviction of Mr. Trump on May 30, has argued that the Supreme Court’s ruling has “no bearing” on their case, which centers on Mr. Trump’s cover- up of a sex scandal involving a porn star. But the Manhattan prosecutors deferred to the judge on whether to delay the sentencing, leaving the door open for Justice Merchan to punt until after the election.
Justice Merchan was expected to rule on the delay request next week, and it is unclear whether Mr. Trump’s federal petition would disrupt that. In the federal filing, the former president’s lawyers asked a judge to find that Justice Merchan was barred by law from sentencing Mr. Trump while their attempt to move the case was underway.
It seemed possible that effort might backfire. If the federal judge does not grant the lawyers’ request, they will have further alienated Justice Merchan as he prepares to sentence their client. Mr. Trump faces up to four years in prison, though he could receive a shorter sentence, or merely probation.
There are signs the federal judge might be skeptical. Mr. Trump already tried — and failed — to move the case to federal court. Last year, soon after the former president was indicted, he asked the same federal judge to remove the case from Justice Merchan, arguing that it concerned official acts as president.
The judge, Alvin K. Hellerstein, rejected that argument.
“The evidence overwhelmingly suggests that the matter was a purely personal item of the president — a cover-up of an embarrassing event,” Judge Hellerstein wrote in an opinion last year. “Hush money paid to an adult film star is not related to a president’s official acts. It does not reflect in any way the color of the president’s official duties.”
It is unclear how soon Judge Hellerstein might take up Thursday’s request, or whether he will hold a hearing to entertain it. In their filing, Mr. Trump’s lawyers cast aspersions on the New York State court system, saying its procedures had “proven inadequate” to protect federal interests and, if allowed to continue, would “result in further irreparable harm to President Trump.”
The unorthodox filing suggested that Mr. Trump’s lawyers are likely to make any and every attempt they can to delay the sentencing, even if Judge Hellerstein balks.
A spokeswoman for the district attorney’s office declined to comment.
The filing on Thursday captured two of Mr. Trump’s favorite legal strategies: delay, and attacks on Justice Merchan.
The former president has on three occasions sought to oust Justice Merchan from the case, claiming he is biased, and lobbing personal attacks at the judge’s daughter, who is a Democratic political consultant. The judge has rejected each request and assailed the claims as “rife with inaccuracies and unsubstantiated claims.”
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Video: Heavy Downpour Floods New York City Streets
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Senator Menendez’s Resignation Letter
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ROBERT MENENDEZ
NEW JERSEY
COMMITTEES:
BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN
AFFAIRS
FINANCE
FOREIGN RELATIONS
The Honorable Phil Murphy
Governor of New Jersey
Office of the Governor
Trenton, N.J. 08625
Dear Governor Murphy,
United States Senate
WASHINGTON, DC 20510-3005
July 23, 2024
528 SENATE HART OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, DC 20510
(202) 224-4744
210 HUDSON STREET
HARBORSIDE 3, SUITE #1000
JERSEY CITY, NJ 07311
(973) 645-3030
208 WHITE HORSE PIKE
SUITE 18-19
BARRINGTON, NJ 08007
(856) 757-5353
This is to advise you that I will be resigning from my office as the United States Senator from
New Jersey, effective on the close of business on August 20, 2024.
This will give time for my staff to transition to other possibilities, transfer constituent files that
are pending, allow for an orderly process to choose an interim replacement, and for me to close
out my Senate affairs.
While I fully intend to appeal the jury’s verdict, all the way and including to the Supreme Court,
I do not want the Senate to be involved in a lengthy process that will detract from its important
work. Furthermore, I cannot preserve my rights upon a successful appeal, because factual matters
before the ethics committee are not privileged. This is evidenced by the Committee’s Staff
Director and Chief Counsel being called to testify at my trial.
I am proud of the many accomplishments I’ve had on behalf of New Jersey, such as leading the
federal effort for Superstorm Sandy recovery, preserving and funding Gateway and leading the
federal efforts to help save our hospitals, State and municipalities, as well as New Jersey families
through a once in a century COVID pandemic. These successes led you, Governor, to call me the
“Indispensable Senator.”
I thank the citizens of New Jersey for the extraordinary privilege of representing them in the
United States Senate.
Sincerely,
Pabet Menang.
Robert Menendez
United States Senator
New Jersey
cc: The Honorable Kamala Harris, President of the Senate
The Honorable Ann Berry, Secretary of the Senate
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