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Watch: same-sex dance duo impress ‘World of Dance’ judges
Jonathan y Jorge salsa to Jennifer Lopez’ ‘El Anillo’
Same-sex dancing duo Jonathan y Jorge made a memorable debut on “World of Dance” with their audition performance on Tuesday.
Professional dancers Jonathan and Jorge performed to “El Anillo” by Jennifer Lopez with a mix of salsa, spins and lifts.
The performance was heavily praised by judges Derek Hough, Lopez and Ne-Yo. Lopez called the dance “outstanding” and Hough noted a significant change in the dance community.
“What’s so fantastic – I don’t know if people know this – in the dance world we no longer say the ‘male part’ and the ‘female part'”, Hough explained. “We say the ‘follower’ and the ‘leader’ – for exact reasons like this. Because it doesn’t matter,” Hough says.
Hough also gets on stage and experiments with salsa dancing with Jorge.
After the judges submitted their scores, Jonathan Y Jorge received a combined total of 88.7. In order to move forward to the next round dancers must receive a score of 85 or higher.
Jonathan Y Jorge will advance to the Duels round.
Catch “World of Dance” on Sundays at 9 p.m. on NBC.
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More than 1 million people attend Madonna concert in Rio
Free event took place on Copacabana Beach on Saturday
An estimated 1.6 million people on Saturday attended Madonna’s free concert on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach.
The concert, which was the last one as part of Madonna’s Celebration Tour, included a tribute to people lost to AIDS.
Bob the Drag Queen introduced Madonna before the concert began. Pabllo Vittar, a Brazilian drag queen and singer, and Anitta, a bisexual pop star who was born in Rio’s Honório Gurgel neighborhood, also joined Madonna on stage.
Congresswoman Erika Hilton, a Black travesti and former sex worker, and Rio Municipal Councilwoman Mônica Benício, the widow of Marielle Franco, a bisexual Rio Municipal Councilwoman who was assassinated in 2018, are among those who attended the concert.
“Madonna showed that we fight important fights for the human rights of Black (people), young (people), women and LGBTQIA+ people, and against all injustice, discrimination, and violence,” said Associaçao Nacional de Travestis e Transexuais (National Association of Travestis and Transsexuals), a Brazilian trans rights group known by the acronym ANTRA, on its X account. “What they call identitarianism’ is our subversion to the retrograde and conservative tackiness that plagues the country.”
The Associated Press reported the concert was Madonna’s biggest ever.
The DC Center for the LGBTQ Community, SMYAL and Rainbow Families sponsored Gay Day at the Zoo on Sunday at the Smithsonian National Zoo. The Smithsonian observed International Family Equality Day with special exhibits and an event space.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
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— Michael Patrick Key (@MichaelKeyWB) May 5, 2024
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