#lili iglesias

[miracles-and-butterflies]

Isabela: Can I bite your hand?

Lili:

Isabela:

Lili:

Isabela:

Dolores: Isabela, I have heard many attempts at flirting in my life, but what the actual fuck was that?

#encanto #incorrect encanto quotes #isabela madrigal #dolores madrigal #lili iglesias #isabela x lili

[d4rkpluto]

𝔰𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔭𝔦𝔬 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔰𝔱 𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔰𝔢

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♇ scorpio ascendants are seen as polarising people, people who are magnetic and mesmerising, majority of the times they can catch an audience's attention, or they can be the type of person who's energy everyone is aware of but is left alone. due to this mysterious nature majority of them carry, there's this instinctive curiosity people have for them, wanting to find out any information about them and even breaking their boundaries. people see individuals with scorpio in their first house as people who are ever-changing and willing to become a better [or even worse] version of themselves.

♇ when it comes to self-identity, many of them do like to see themselves as the stereotypical mysterious and dark person, and some of them like to identify themselves as people who are students of life whose have their own fate in their hands. scorpio ascendants see themselves as people who are wise, and majority of the times they have the right to, many of them have gone through a lot of traumatic experiences that caused them to become people who are astute enough to guide themselves and other people.

♇ moving onto the impression they make on others; is that they are people who are charismatic, determined and powerful. giving the impression that they are individuals who are strong and magnetic, sometimes people with scorpio in the ascendant carry themselves to be more than who they are, so there are moments where people think of them as deceptive.

♇ the first house is part of the content that conveys about someone's personality, and to have scorpio in the first house means that their persona consists of being ever-changing, powerful, charismatic and observant, though they could also be people who are mean, grim, cold and could like to use their power to manipulate those around them.

♇ pluto being the planetary ruler of scorpio, [and yes i do know mars is as well, but im just focusing on pluto], this being the ruler of their first house means they have a lot of life lessons to get through, and sometimes this can make the individual depressed and tired with life. majority of the times having pluto in or the planetary ruler of your first house can make it seem like the kin is being punished for choices they have done in their past life. besides the negative, these people having pluto being the planetary ruler of their first house makes them someone of many faces, [not in a bad way], they can restart and give themselves a new identity to help them shift throughout life in a more stronger way than before.

♇ moving onto appearances, stereotypically scorpio ascendants do have piercing eyes, and a lot of them tend to have blue piercing eyes, like i have spoken about in my scorpio blue eyes post, scorpio ascendants vary in height but majority of the times they have this slender appearance that sometimes make them look like an owl. when it comes to the hair, there could be a lot of scorpio risings who have blond hair but still have an ominous or powerful appearance that makes them come off as striking. many of them do look good in black.

♇ when it comes to their personal ambition, scorpio ascendants are like their co-planet sharer, aries. they're adamant and have a strong desire for success. they're definitely people who strive to have influence in whatever they take action on, they don't like feeling that whatever they do or get is going to make them feel small or overlooked. due to this, this can make them someone who likes power and control, it can manifest into an obsession for it.

♇ the strengths and weaknesses that a scorpio ascendant would most likely have would include them being charismatic, reforming, high-reaching and transformative, but they can also be people who are controlling, obsessive, resentful and destructive, including, self-destructive.

♇ they project their personalities to be individuals who are the first to do a specific thing, they like to be on their own lane, they'd rather lead a crowd than follow it. thus their competitive nature, due to them normally being in situations where someone might've tried to dominate them too much; they can become people who feel ill at ease when authority is around them. because of them being people who don't like to follow rules, they can be considered as too rebellious and come off as controversial.

♇ kins with scorpio in the ascendant view the world as their own trials and tribulations, they are likely to view the world as a race they're the only competitor in but the race bringing much hurdles and obstacles, one of the obstacles having spikes and chainsaws. they perceive the world to be something to either be on top of never below, seeing the world as a ladder and having no intentions of staying on the ground.

♇ moving onto their self-image, scorpio ascendants think of themselves to be people reforming and as people who want to become a better version of themselves. they are forever changing, they view themselves as people who need to survive and adapt to every situation they run upon. [sometimes this can bring a victimising-mindset, if not, then just one that is always paranoid]. they have the self-image of thinking that they're people who are protective over themselves and the possessions they have in their lives.

♇ scorpio ascendants usually do leave an impact on people's lives, majority of the time they enter quietly and leave with a bang. sometimes the impact they leave on people can be compared to the tower card in tarot, majority of the times people with scorpio energy in their first house are here to give people a lesson, especially within the themes the ascendant would land in the other party's house, for example if a scorpio's ascendant were to land in someone's third house they would teach them a lesson about sibling-hood, friendship hood, being comfortable with their verbal skills and abilities to be secure of expressing ideas.

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#d4rkpluto #scorpio in the first house #1h scorpio #scorpio 1h #lana del rey #frank ocean #lily rose depp #scorpio #pluto #1h pluto #scorpio ascendant #justin bieber #taylor swift #chris evans #janet jackson #prince #natalie portman #enrique iglesias #grimes #chester bennington

[ultrone]

what music do you think Jackie would listen to…?

very random playlist i know lmaooo i hope it’s at least a bit accurate. i tried to stick to before the 2000s as much as i could 🫡

Gwen Stefani/No Doubt for sure. I feel like she’d specifically love “Cool” by Gwen

I Touch Myself by Divinyls

Crush by Jennifer Paige

Fastlove, Pt. 1 by George Michael

The Cranberries (influenced by Shauna 🤔)

The King of Wishful Thinking by Go West (she got obsessed with it after watching Pretty Woman)

Kiss Me by Sixpence None The Richer

Back For Good by Take That

Some songs by Fleetwood Mac & Stevie Nicks, like Sable on Blond, I Don't Want to Know, Edge of Seventeen, Only over You…

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) by Kate Bush

Last Goodbye by Jeff Buckley

Madonna

Waterfalls by TLC

Right Here - Human Nature Radio Mix by SWV

Living On My Own - No More Brothers Radio Mix by Freddie Mercury

I feel like she’d also be lowkey into Country 😭

Shania Twain

Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus

Jolene by Dolly Parton

Amber by 311

Baby, I Love Your Way by Big Mountain

Angel by Shaggy, Rayvon

The Sign by Ace of Base (medicated Lottie got her into it)

Had a hanson phase lmaoooo 🧐

Torn by Natalie Imbruglia

Bitch by Meredith Brooks (she’d sing/yell this one in Shauna’s car)

I Try by Macy Gray

Girlfriend in a Coma by The Smiths

Alanis Morissette

There She Goes by The La’s

Two Princes by Spin Doctors

You Get What You Give by New Radicals

Fast Car by Tracy Chapman (I feel like Shauna would overplay it while driving)

Be My Baby by The Ronettes

Duran Duran

Bon Jovi

Fantasy by Mariah Carey

Genie in a Bottle by Christina Aguilera

Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus

Livin' la Vida Loca by Ricky Martin

Savage Garden

Uptown Girl by Westlife

Come On Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners

Summer Of ‘69 by Bryan Adams

The Power Of Love by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Hero by Enrique Iglesias

Whitney Houston’s top hits

Let’s Hear It for the Boy by Deniece Williams

Some Aerosmith songs, like Crazy & I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing

The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss) & One by One by Cher

I Love You Always Forever by Donna Lewis

Black or White by Michael Jackson

Accidentally in Love by Counting Crows (from the Shrek 2 soundtrack 😭)

Alone & These Dreams by Heart

I Think We’re Alone Now by Tiffany

More Than a Feeling by Boston

What’s Love Got to Do with It by Tina Turner

Close to Me by The Cure

Blue (Da Ba Dee) by Eiffel 65 ☠️

Endless Love by Luther Vandross, Mariah Carey

Be My Baby & Divine idylle by Vanessa Paradis

Smile by Lily Allen

I’m Gonna Miss You by Milli Vanilli

Conga by Gloria Estefan 🤣

New Kids On The Block

Don’t You (Forget About Me) by Simple Minds

Queen

Hey Ya! by Outkast

Dreaming Of You by Selena

extra… songs she’d listen to if she spoke spanish or was latina cuz i’m mexican and i’ve been thinkin abt this 🙂‍↕️

Tu Dama De Hierro by Marisela

Belanova, especially Rosa Pastel, Me Pregunto, and Cada que…

Formas de Amor by Calo

Mi Media Naranja by Fey

Bazar & No Controles by Flans

Gracias A Dios by Thalia

La Ventanita by Garibaldi

Ahora Te Puedes Marchar by Luis Miguel

Cuando Calienta El Sol by Luis Miguel

Mírala, Míralo by Alejandra Guzman

Virgen de las Vírgenes by Gloria Trevi

Ni Una Sola Palabra by Paulina Rubio

No Puedo Olvidarme Ti by MDO

La Calle de las Sirenas by Kabah

Enamoradísimo by Mercurio

Veneno by Ragazzi

Dile Que la Amo by Kairo

Hombres G

Oye Mi Amor by Maná

Rica y Apretadita (feat. Anayka) by El General

Moriré by La Factoria

Enloquéceme & Shabadabada by OV7

Timbiriche

Amante Bandido by Miguel Bosé

Alejandro Sanz

#jackie taylor thoughts #yjs thoughts #yellowjackets thoughts #jackie taylor #yellowjackets #jackie taylor headcanons

[rendezvouz-fling]

Celebrities you share placements with Pisces Placements Edition

Pisces rising:

• Whitney Houston

• Michael Jackson

• Gwyneth Paltrow

• Ryan Gosling

• Richard Pryor

• Billie Eilish

• Andrew Garfield

• Ringo Starr

• Tony Hawk

• Kourtney Kardashian

• Ellen DeGeneres

• Zayn Malik

• John Stamos

• Demi Moore

• Antonio Banderas

• Jay-Z

• Brandy Norwood

• Nancy Spungen

• Amanda Bynes

• Phylicia Rashad

Pisces sun:

• Elizabeth Taylor

• Eva Longoria

• Victoria Justice

• Kurt Cobain

• Trever Noah

• Steve Jobs

• Adam Levine

• George Harrison

• Camila Cabello

• Stephen Curry

• Olivia Rodrigo

• Shaq

• Queen Latifah

• Cindy Crawford

• Floyd Mayweather Jr.

• Terrence Howard

• Rebel Wilson

• Dakota Fanning

• Becky G

• Kat Von D

Pisces moon:

• Prince

• Axl Rose

• Lacey Chabert

• Jhene Aiko

• Bad Bunny

• Erykah Badu

• Freddie Prince Sr.

• Shailene Woodley

• Jason Statham

• Dylan O'Brien

• Felicity Jones

• Robert De Niro

• Kidada Jones

• Sarah Michelle Gellar

• Luke Mitchell

• Vanessa Hudgens

• Macaulay Culkin

• Joey King

• Kevin James

• Matt LeBlanc

Pisces mercury:

• Heath Ledger

• Lady Gaga

• Lily Collins

• Reese Witherspoon

• Shay Mitchell

• Ashley Greene

• Jennifer Grey

• Joan Crawford

• Daniel Gillies

• Michael B. Jordan

• Vida Guerra

• Pharrell Williams

• Jenny Slate

• Matthew Lawrence

• Luke Evans

• Vince Neil

• Eddie Murphy

• Jackie Chan

• Jennifer Love Hewitt

• Christina Ricci

Pisces venus:

• Selena Quintanilla

• Brandi Quiñones

• Drew Barrymore

• Orlando Bloom

• Michelle Pfeiffer

• Kristen Stewart

• Barbra Streisand

• John Travolta

• Emma Watson

• Jon Bon Jovi

• Diana Ross

• Iggy Pop

• Alice Cooper

• Victoria Beckham

• Celine Dion

• Justin Bieber

• Michelle Obama

• Samantha Fox

• Dave Grohl

• Dove Cameron

Pisces mars:

• Denzel Washington

• Rowan Atkinson

• Tom Hanks

• Marilyn Monroe

• Shirley Temple

• Tina Turner

• Bob Dylan

• Phil Collins

• Heidi Klum

• Paris Hilton

• Elton John

• Enrique Iglesias

• Eric Clapton

• Ellie Goulding

• Ricky Martin

• Lisa Marie Presley

• Paco Rabanne

• LL Cool J

• Kelly Rowland

• Big Pun

#astro community #astroblr #astro posts #astrology #astro blog #rendezvous-fling #pisces placements #pisces venus #pisces mercury #pisces sun #pisces rising #pisces moon #pisces mars #pisces

[alldancersaretalented]

Jump Wins By Dancer

17 Wins: Cami Vorhees

11 Wins: Kayla Mak

8 Wins: Brady Farrar, Brooklyn Simpson, Kya Massimino, Madison Taylor, Vivian Ruiz

7 Wins: Ella Horan, Kamryn Funk, Nicholas Bustos, Ying Lei Pham

6 Wins: Crystal Huang, Hailey Meyers, Katie McCleary, Kayla LaVine, Lily Gentile, Lola Iglesias, Rachel Quiner

5 Wins: Ava Brooks, Brooklyn Cooley, Christina Ricucci, Elizabeth Scott Lanier, Ellary Day Szyndlar, Giselle Gandarilla, Gracyn French, Isabella Jarvis, Jonathan Wade, Kaylin Maggard, Kylee Casares, Lucy Vallely, Mariana Rodriguez, Olivia Alboher, Sarah Moore, Sophia Lucia

4 Wins: Aimee Brotton, Ali Ogle, Ana Maria Zertuche, Ava Wagner, Avery Gay, Cambry Bethke, Camille Cabrera, Campbell Clark, Carly Thinfen, Christian Burse, David Keingatti, Destanye Diaz, Eliana Hayward, Emma Sutherland, Hailey Bills, Halle Lum, Izzy Howard, Jackson Roloff-Hafenbreadl, Jaycee Wilkins, Jayci Kalb, Kelsie Jacobson, Kensington Dressing, Lauren Yakima, Logan Epstein, Madalin Autry, Makaia Roux, Makayla Ryan, Mary Jordan Clodfelter, Mila Simunic, Patricio Lopez, Rosie Elliott, Sabine Nehls, Scott Autry, Sophia Frilot, Sophie Garcia, Stella Brinkerhoff, Sylvia Borash, Talia Gabriel, Taylor Worden, Tim Blankenship, Valadie Cammack

3 Wins: Addison Moffett, Aimee Smyke, Ali Deucher, Allie Andrew, Alyssa Robert, Amy Benedetto, Avery Lau, Bostyn Brown, Braylynn Grizzaffi, Britton Johnson, Brooke Cheek, Brooke Cox, Brooke Toro, Caden Hunter, Caitlyn Polis, Camila Cordero, Candace Vincent, Casey Tran, Chau, Chloe Madding, D'Angelo Castro, Dasha Waldemer, Dyllan Blackburn, Ella Dobler, Ella Jones, Ellen Grace Olansen, Emma York, Erin Bailey, Esme Chou, Findlay McConnel, Fiona Sartain, Fiona Wu, Grace Lethbridge, Harper Anderson, Hayden Hopkins, Hudson Pletcher, Isabel Ulloa, Isabella Lynch, Isabella Vorhees, Isabella Weidmann, Jazmine Raine Werner, Jessica Ferretti, Josie Lutz, JT Church, Justin Pham, Keagan Capps, Keely Meyers, Keira Redpath, Kennedy Anderson, Lauren Shaw, Libby Borash, Lindsey Weaver, Logan Hernandez, Lucia Piedrahita, Mackenzie Meldrum, Maddie Ziegler, Maria Jose Gonzalez, Mariandrea Villegas, Marion Norris, Michelle Quiner, Mini Preston, Miyah LaGrant, Morgan Higgins, Neala Murphy, Nicole Ishimaru, Payton Schultz, Preslie Rosamond, Rachel Louiselle, Reegan Francis, Regina Lozano, Ricky Ubeda, Ruby Castro, Samantha Falk, Savannah Folding, Savannah Manning, Savannah Manzel, Scarlett Ferrell, Selena Hamilton, Sidney Ramsey, Sienna Morris, Sylvie Win Szyndlar, Tessa Marr, Vera Escamilla

#cami is unstoppable #i don't think anyone will ever beat that #dance #dancers #jump

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Best dancer predictions (Orlando)

Hi

Here are my predictions. Please keep in mind that i don't know all of the dancers which are competing and just because I am not including a dancer doesn't mean I don't think they are good. I made these just for fun.

I struggled a lot with these because I don't really know many candian and east coast dancers

Mini female best dancer:

Winner: Ellary Day (Club)

1st runner up: Anita Rodriguez (Stars)

2nd runner up: Camila Giraldo (Stars)

3rd runner up: Sylvie Win (Club)

Top 10:

Ashley Otano (Stars)

Lily Hackney (New Level)

Bella Marie Arauz (Dancetown)

Morgan Stahl (Evolve)

Cydnee Abbott (Canadian Dance Company)

Rylie Borden (Dance Unlimited)

Nyla McCarthy (Project 21)

Dakota Casteel (SpotLite)

Calleigh Eaton (SpotLite)

Sienna DiPietro (the nine)

Top 20:

Macey Strickland (New Level)

Reese Braga (New Level)

Mikaela Florez (Dancetown)

Madelyn Nasu (Project 21)

Mila Simunic (Legacy dance studio)

Leah Disla (Studio 61)

Mini male best dancer:

Winner: ?

Junior female best dancer:

Winner: Isabella Kouznetsova (Project 21)

1st runner up: Esme Chou (Project 21)

2nd runner up: Zoe Flores (Stars)

3rd runner up: Allie Plott (The Dance Centre)

Top 10:

Berkely Scifres (Project 21)

Diana Kouznetsova (Project 21)

Sara von Rotz (Project 21)

Regan Gerena (Project 21)

Kennedy Anderson (The vision dance alliance)

Braylynn Grizzaffi (The Pointe Performing Arts Center)

Elizabeth Scott Lanier (Southern Strutt)

Bella Rey D'Armas (Stars)

Lexus Natalie (Evolve)

Madeleine Shen (Northpointe)

Top 20:

Bristyn Scifres (Project 21)

Cali Cassidy (Project 21)

Makeila Bartlett (Project 21)

Airi Dela Cruz (Project 21)

Savy Luechtefeld (Carolina Collective Dance)

Ruby Arnold (True Dance and Company)

Ella Dobler (New Level)

Zoe Holladay (Performance Edge Dance Complex)

Kaylee Schwamb (Kane & Company Dance Productions)

Junior male best dancer:

Winner: Santiago Sosa (Stars)

1st runner up: Ethan Ferrante (The NINE Dance Academy)

2nd runner up: Neo Del Corral (Stars)

3rd runner up: Josh Lundy (Studio 413)

Blake Metcalf (Xtreme Dance Studio)

Penn Alderman (Ryhtym dance)

Teen female best dancer

Winner: Sophie Garcia (Stars)

1st runner up: Cami Voorhees (Evolve)

2nd runner up: Gracyn French (Project 21)

3rd runner up: Giselle Gandarilla (Stars)

Top 10:

Bella Rose Penrose (Evolve)

Mariandrea Villegas (Epic Motion Dance Studio)

Kynadi Crain (Jean Leigh Academy of Dance)

Caroline Quiner (Hunterdon Hills Ballet)

Brooklyn Simpson (Williams Center Rhythm Factory )

Kate Roman (Canadian Dance Company)

Maya Loureiro (Project 21)

Kendyl Fay (Project 21)

Avery Reyes (Project 21)

Kameron Couch (Project 21)

Top 20:

Elyse Wingertsahn (Evolve)

Hayley Marshall (True Dance and Company)

Rylee Young (Project 21)

Anya Inger (Project 21)

Katie Couch (Project 21)

Ava D'Ambrosio (Westchester dance)

Sofia Rosella (Performing dance arts)

Daniela SanGiacomo (Stars)

Teen male best dancer:

Winner: Nicholas Bustos (Stars)

1st runner up: Ian Stegeman (Woodbury dance center)

2nd runner up: Tim Zvifel (Vlad's)

Hugo Silva (Stars)

Alejandro Ruiz (Stars)

Darius Goodson (The Southern Strutt)

Richie Granese (Project 21)

Tristan Gerzon (Elite danceworx)

Senior female best dancer:

Winner: Bella Tagle (Stars)

1st runner up: Destanye Diaz (Stars)

2nd runner up: Kaitlyn Santos (Dancetown)

3rd runner up: Rachel Quiner (Hunterdon Hills Ballet)

Top 10:

Ying Lei Pham (Movement Emporium)

Sammi Chung (Project 21)

Arianna Quant (Stars)

Iliana Victor (Stars)

Lola Iglesias (Michelle Latimer Dance Academy)

Alyssa Carpeneto (Performing Dance arts)

Savannah Manning (CCJ Conservatory)

Tatiana Hagee (Northpointe)

Sierra Drayton (Elite Danceworx)

Bella Mills (Rythym Dance Center)

Sophie Tosh (Artistic Edge Dance Centre )

Top 20:

Carmen Beiner (Dancetown)

Preslie Rosamond (Studio 413)

Ava Burgham (PULSE Dance Centre)

Toryn Hester (Denise Wall)

Loila Rhee (Project 21)

Zuzu Duchon (Project 21)

Elle O'Donnell (Project 21)

Addy Beckham (Southern Strutt)

Isabella Weidmann (Westchester)

Senior male best dancer:

Winner: Sam Fine (Stars)

1st runner up: Jackson Roloff-Hafenbreadl (Stars)

2nd runner up: Edon Hartzy (Stars)

3rd runner up: Andres Jimenez (Artistic Edge Dance Centre)

Davyd Williams (Project 21)

Trent Grappe (Dancezone)

Mekhi Johnson (Denise Wall)

Damian Caraballo (Stars)

Chance Phelps (Powerdance Company)

[kendalluchoarts]

†Lilith Petra Stone†

†Nombre: Lilith Petra Stone†

†Alias: Petra/Pixie/Lili/chica piedra.†

†Edad: 10/15 (dependiendo la temporada/actualmente tiene 15 un año mayor que Pete Thelman)†

†Gustos: Terror(subgéneros variados de este), Música, mangos, chilenitos(dulce Chileno),poemas.†

†Cumpleaños: 14 Febrero†

†Subcultura: Gothic Lolita.†

†Personalidad: Extrovertida, amigable, bipolar.†

†Datos†:

Lilith prefiere que la llamen por su segundo nombre.

Es vegetariana

Su padre es gótico mientras que su madre no.

Tiene una fobia al mar.

Cualquier cosa que deba dar asco/repulsión o dolor no le causa nada.

Su padre asiste a una secta satánica

A su Hermano le pusieron el nombre de la Banda; Def Leppard.

Le gusta tomar la iniciativa en cualquier tipo de situaciones

Tiene un Golden retriever llamado Eldritch cómo su padre.

El interés amoroso es Pete Thelman

Desde pequeña su padre le tenía normalizado el mostrarle películas de terror, además de contarle historias de terror para dormir.

Su hermano mayor Def es guitarrista en una banda, a pesar de eso trabaja de barista de medio tiempo.

La casa de los Stone está basada en arquitectura gótica.

Su padre le enseño a insultar en español.

Debido a que su padre es adorador a satanás fue conocido así, en un incidente se habría incendiado una Iglesia católica a lo cual lo culparon a el(si fue el) y se fueron de Chile para ir a South Park Colorado a hacer una nueva vida.

Tiene todos esos estilos con esa misma ropa, realmente ame hacerla, ame todo su diseño, ame rediseñarla <3. Aquí está Petra @the-strange-girl-x

#lilith petra stone #Lilith Petra Stone sp #sp petra stone #sp pete thelman #pete thelman #oc south park #south park #artists on tumblr #petra stone #def leppard #Eldritch stone #Helena Stone #gothic kids #gothic girl #gothic lolita #draw #digital art #trey parker #matt stone #art #kendalluchoarts

[bitacoradeunadialover]

♡ 20 Datos de Diabolik Lovers que quizás no conozcas ♡

1. El nombre Cordelia tiene la raíz latina cor-, cordi-, cordis-, que significa corazón.

2. Algunas de las novias sacrificadas anteriores a Yui se volvieron familiares de los Sakamaki (murciélagos), según lo explica Laito durante su ruta en Haunted Dark Bridal. 

3. Según se ha dado a entender a lo largo de la franquicia, Karlheinz es el único que puede convertir a otros en vampiros con sólo una mordida (como lo hizo con Carnelian y probablemente con los Mukami). Esto puede deberse al gran poder demoníaco que posee.

4. La otra manera de ser convertido es que un vampiro se alimente reiteradas veces de un humano en un período de tiempo largo, tal vez de meses, lo que se conoce como "despertar". No obstante, esto puede acelerarse si el humano ya es amante del vampiro (si ya mantienen una relación física estrecha). En este caso, si el humano bebe la sangre de dicho vampiro, puede convertirse sin la necesidad de llegar al "despertar". Esto ocurre en Haunted Dark Bridal, más específicamente en el Ending 2 de Shu, y también es mencionado por Subaru en su Ending 1.

5. En el prólogo general de More Blood, Karlheinz elimina el espíritu de Cordelia del corazón que Yui posee, ya que estaba ligado a éste. También da a entender que todo lo ocurrido en Haunted Dark Bridal falló por culpa de este lazo entre Cordelia y Yui, y que al quitarla se estará asegurado de que "la nueva Eva" se encargue de todo.

6. Según los datos históricos proporcionados durante las rutas de los Mukami en varios de los juegos, se puede afirmar con certeza que vivieron durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, y que "la revolución" a la que se refieren es la mismísima guerra. Por ejemplo, en un flashback de More Blood, Yuma describe a un tanque de guerra, tanques que fueron creados durante el transcurso de la Gran Guerra y que, en un inicio, eran utilizados para aterrar a la población y distribuir propaganda debido a que no eran eficientes en el campo de batalla.

7. Laito en "La noche antes de la boda" afirma tener más de cien años.

8. En el Versus de Shu y Reiji, Reiji se disculpa (a su manera) con Shu por lo ocurrido en la aldea y pide que lo perdone, pero Shu dice que no principalmente porque no puede perdonarse a sí mismo. Sin embargo, en el Vampire End de Shu en Dark Fate, Shu y Reiji arreglan sus problemas, siendo esta vez Shu quien dice que lo quiere a su lado cuando ascienda al trono. Esto significa que Shu pudo finalmente cerrar el capítulo más doloroso de su vida (la pérdida de Edgar y el miedo a perder a otro ser querido) para enfocarse y aceptar su futuro y destino como rey y Adán.

9. En el Vampire End de Yuma en More Blood, es el mismísimo Karlheinz quien casa a Yui con Yuma, utilizando a su alter ego Reinhardt para camuflarse.

10. Según lo que Laito da a entender en el Cd drama versus con Ayato, Cordelia abusó de él desde que era un niño.

11. Es muy probable que la apariencia de Kino sea en realidad parecida o idéntica a la apariencia original de Karlheinz, ya que éste posee únicamente el ADN de él. Eso podría explicar por qué se dice que tiene cierto parecido con Reiji, ya que Cordelia (durante la ruta de Reiji en Haunted Dark Bridal), afirma que Reiji es físicamente parecido a la apariencia real de Karlheinz.

12. Según lo dicho por Richter en Dark Fate, Burai (Bry, el Señor de los Demonios y padre de Cordelia) está vivo pero recluido en algún lugar desconocido.

13. En Haunted Dark Bridal, Shu dice que Transilvania fue una vez "el paraíso de los vampiros", pero que actualmente está asediada por cazadores de la iglesia.

14. Ririe es en realidad Lilie, sólo que se ha escrito literal a la fonética japonesa. No se entiende muy bien cuál era la intención de este nombre, pero lo más probable es que pretendieran darle otros nombres a los Sakamaki (como si fueran sus nombres originales o "de nacimiento"), como ocurre con Yuma (habiendo sido su nombre humano Edgar). Aunque esto carece de sentido ya que, hasta entonces en los flashbacks, los niños Sakamaki eran llamados de la misma manera por la que se los conoce actualmente.

15. Siendo Tougo Sakamaki un nombre falso de una identidad falsa que utiliza Karlheinz para moverse en Kaminashi y en el mundo humano en general, el apellido Sakamaki es, por ende, falso. 

16. Los directivos de la academia a la que asisten los diaboys, la Academia Ryoutei, saben que son vampiros. En Dark Fate, cuando aparecen por primera vez Carla y Shin, el director de la escuela está aterrado porque es plenamente consciente de lo que son y hace todo lo que éstos le ordenan.

17. En Lunatic Parade un conde coleccionista de objetos extraños y valiosos del Mundo de los Demonios roba el corazón de Yui y lo reemplaza con un artefacto mágico.

18. En Lost Eden, más precisamente en el Manservant End de Kino, Seiji y la Iglesia sentencian de muerte a Yui. La condenan como a una bruja y terminan quemándola viva.

19. En el Vampire End de Shu en Lost Eden, Reiji recibe un ataque mortal de Kino que iba dirigido hacia Yuma. Reiji le dice que, con esa acción, espera reparar algo de lo que le ha hecho en el pasado; a lo que Yuma responde que no hacía falta ya que lo había perdonado hace tiempo por el incidente de la aldea. 

20. Sí se presta atención a los poderes de Karlheinz y Sócrates, podemos notar que Karlheinz tiene el poder de manipular el tiempo mientras que Sócrates, el de manipular el espacio. Esto queda en evidencia en Chaos Lineage en donde Sócrates, en un intento por verificar la elección de Eva, crea un mundo falso del cual, si se intenta huir de una manera que no es la correcta, genera una brecha en el espacio-tiempo que da lugar a una realidad alterna hecha de recuerdos, pero carente de toda vida.

Bueno chicos, dejaré esto hasta aquí porque lo considero demasiado extenso. En cualquier caso, haré una segunda parte con más datos relevantes que merezcan la pena saberse.

Muchísimas gracias por leer y espero que haya sido útil ( ꈍᴗꈍ)

¡Hasta pronto ꒰⑅ᵕ༚ᵕ꒱˖♡!

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Industry Babies: They’re not who you think they are

Published Saturday, April 8th, 2023 — When it comes to almost any industry, nepotism is something that the general public tends to look down upon. Whether it’s real estate, politics, or entertainment, there are the types of families in which children follow in their parents’ footsteps; and while that should in no way demean an individual person’s efforts, there is no denying that people who have a little help in the form of generational wealth and connections usually can go a little further than the average person.

Introduction: What is an industry baby?

Nepotism is defined by the Oxford dictionary as “the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives, friends, or associates, especially by giving them jobs”. It is still a common practice today but while the term “nepotism baby” exists, it’s not nearly as prevalent as the term “industry baby”.

So what is an industry baby?

An industry baby is, quite literally, a product of the industry, particularly the music industry. Any artist today who has parents with successful careers is considered an industry baby—and you would probably recognize most or all of them. Miley Cyrus. Blue Ivy Carter. Enrique Iglesias. Nancy Sinatra. Ziggy Marley. Lily Allen.

The list goes on and on for miles—but these are all relevant to the Western music industry. The question that this particular essay will strive to answer is whether or not the KPOP industry, which is different from the Western music industry in various ways, has these so-called industry babies.

KPOP, “The Big 3″, & Reputation: Pros vs. Cons

Candidly speaking, you’d be hard-pressed to find an industry baby in KPOP today but as is the case with nepotism, being a group debuting under a successful company has its advantages. Otherwise known as “The Big 3″, JYP Entertainment, SM Entertainment, and YG Entertainment are three of the biggest Korean music entertainment companies in the business.* Any group debuting under these three companies has a leg up when it comes to promotions thanks to industry connections, financial power, and general status and influence—let alone the public knowledge that certain companies have a history of paying for positive press, chart manipulation, and award rigging.

However, new groups debuting into the industry under those companies also have something else to contend with—and I use the term “contend” because what I’m about to discuss can be either a good thing or a bad thing—and that is the success of an older, more established group.

On the one hand, as mentioned previously, coming from a large company with a roster of already-successful artists has its perks. New groups that debut have the benefit of name recognition and the general public’s willingness to give them a chance based on the company and artists’ reputations alone—and this is not the case for only The Big 3. Other smaller yet still well-known companies also capitalize on this advantage. However, the downside is that people can and have discredited groups’ achievements as being due to the company or other artists’ popularity rather than their own talents; and downplayed the role that the groups themselves have played in their own success.

Korean culture revolves around a social hierarchy based on age and experience, which is where the terms sunbae/seonbae (선배) and hoobae/hubae (후배) come from. the former meaning “senior” and the latter meaning “junior”. Juniors go through their trainee days and every day of their careers thereafter looking up to and respecting their seniors and often cover their songs as a sign of their admiration. Companies sometimes also assign covers as challenges for trainees, who more likely than not go into their training periods already big fans of many well-established KPOP artists and should therefore be familiar with the lyrics and choreography. Why bring this up at all? The reason is that the current ongoing narrative is usually in favor of the seniors and the emerging trend of slandering juniors for who their seniors are has created a discourse that unfairly affects their abilities to build a genuine fanbase.

This, of course, disproportionately affects certain groups from certain companies more than others; and those being incorrectly labeled as “industry babies” are really anything but, which brings us to our next topic: Big Hit Music (formerly known as Big Hit Entertainment) and KQ Entertainment.

BTS & ATEEZ: A Tale of Two Companies

One cannot really discuss the misnamed industry babies without discussing their predecessors—so let’s talk about BTS and ATEEZ.

By now, everyone knows the story of how HYBE Corporation came to be. When now chairman Bang Si-hyuk founded Big Hit Entertainment in 2005, the small company had one three-member group called 8Eight; and when Kim Namjoon/RM was signed in 2010, a contract had just been signed with JYP Entertainment to jointly manage the boy group 2AM. BTS then debuted in 2013; and following a string of projects that didn’t quite pan out and financial struggle, Big Hit Entertainment began to experience immense success thanks to the septet. Together with CJ E&M (now known as CJ ENM Entertainment), they later founded the agency known as BELIFT LAB and debuted ENHYPEN in 2020 as a result of the survival show I-LAND. From there, Big Hit Entertainment began a series of acquisitions, including Source Music in 2019 and Pledis Entertainment and KOZ Entertainment in 2020; as well as a partnership with Universal Music Group’s flagship label Geffen Records in 2021. On March 31st, 2021, Big Hit Entertainment became HYBE Corporation, with Big Hit Music becoming its own label that functions independently and—most importantly—privately. All seven members of BTS were given significantly large shares in the company—millions of U.S. dollars’ worth, in fact; and HYBE itself has a long list of subsidiaries and joint projects running under its umbrella, including the label ADOR, which manages the girl group NEWJEANS.

Rags to riches story aside, BTS is widely credited for making all of this possible. It’s no secret that Big Hit Entertainment was previously on the brink of bankruptcy and while 8Eight enjoyed some success, BTS’s long and difficult road to fame is what propelled the company to such great heights. Without the influence of a Big 3 company to back them, the group was cut from broadcasts, insulted by variety show hosts, played free concerts, and shared one dorm room. These types of hardships have made ARMYs fiercely protective of the group; and to this day, the fanbase is still wary of anyone who may try to take advantage of their impact for their own gain.

In the meantime, while BTS was gaining traction, a new company emerged. KQ Entertainment, founded in 2016 by Kim Kyu Wook, was initially best known for the boy group Block B under their subsidiary Seven Seasons. The small company also has its own team of in-house producers, some of whom are also solo artists under its other subsidiary KQ Produce.

KQ Entertainment quickly proved to be extremely unique, starting with its training program. Trainees begin their time at the company in a pre-debut group called KQ Fellaz and then graduate from the program when they debut under a new name. The first group of trainees started in 2016 and debuted as ATEEZ in 2018. In what proved to be an extremely smart move on the company’s part, KQ Fellaz released a series of performance videos (I, II, and III) showcasing the group’s dance abilities as well as a solo performance video for Yunho, who has been well-established as ATEEZ’s main dancer, and a cover of EXO’s “으르렁(Growl)”. The group also had a reality show chronicling their time spent training in the United States, during which they had a ninth member who ended up not debuting with the rest of them; and they also released a music video for their song “From”, which they made for the show.

While most KPOP groups move from concept to concept throughout their career, ATEEZ debuted with an original ongoing concept that was introduced in their debut singles “Pirate King” and “Treasure”; and a complex storyline that, according to the members themselves, still has much left to be revealed, and involves multiple timelines.

ATEEZ have admitted that they are aware that they are more popular outside of Korea than they are within their home country. This, coupled with the fact that KQ Entertainment is still a relatively small player in the game, means that the group has been snubbed by the rest of the KPOP industry in many ways, especially at award shows, despite the quality of their performances and content and their high album sales. In fact, their EP TREASURE EPILOGUE : Action To Answer (2020) was the number one album on Gaon Chart until IZ*ONE’s Bloom*Iz and then BTS’s MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 were released not long after.

Despite their popularity overseas, KQ Entertainment still is not anywhere near The Big 3 or HYBE in terms of its financial resources. ATEEZ fans, called ATINYs, have complained about the number of fan sign/fan call events hosted by various stores and online distributors—and, by extension, the number of pre-order benefits—making it more difficult and more expensive for those who collect the group’s merchandise, particularly photocards. It’s not difficult to assume that the reasoning behind this is that the company needs the money from the sales. Prior to March 30th of this year, ATEEZ was KQ Entertainment’s only group, as Block B is no longer active. (Interestingly enough, though, member ZICO is currently enjoying his solo career under KOZ Entertainment, which was, as revealed earlier, acquired by HYBE.) However, there has been a noticeable increase in the production quality of ATEEZ’s most recent content. From having people visible in the background of their debut music videos to practically making movies with “Guerrilla” and “HALAZIA”, it’s clear that the money is being put to good use rather than being spent frivolously.

Perhaps the most interesting thing about all of this is that BTS and ATEEZ have traveled similar paths throughout their careers—born from small companies, dismissed by the rest of the industry, unique music and concepts, hugely responsible for putting their companies on the map—and yet ARMYs and ATINYs find themselves engaged in fan wars constantly. People who are fans of both groups are also shunned by both fanbases, which has led to many unwilling to publicly claim their love for one group or the other for fear of being ostracized. ATEEZ themselves are big fans of BTS and have great respect for them, especially Wooyoung, who was once upset about being unable to attend one of BTS’s concerts in Seoul because of his own group’s obligations; and BTS in turn have responded favorably to ATEEZ, particularly during their cover of “피 땀 눈물(Blood Sweat & Tears)” at the 2019 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA). Additionally, Wooyoung and Yeosang were trainees at Big Hit Music with the members of TXT before moving to KQ Entertainment and Wooyoung still maintains a close friendship with fellow 99 liner Yeonjun.

The Tale of TOMORROW X TOGETHER

On March 4th, 2019, Big Hit Music debuted their second [boy] group, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, also known by the acronym TXT. Their debut track, “어느 날 머리에서 뿔이 자랐다 (CROWN)”, was generally well-received and the five boys were praised as “monster rookies”. However, there was—and still is—a significant portion of the overarching KPOP fandom that sees TXT as a group who rose to fame on the coattails of their world-famous sunbaes, BTS.

It’s difficult to escape the shadow of someone as big as BTS; and while TXT has great love and respect for their seniors, it’s hard to not feel the pressure of such an enormous reputation. In fact, it wasn’t even known that the two groups shared such a close relationship until earlier this year when TXT started sharing that they had visited some of the BTS members’ homes. RM has even worked on TXT’s “0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You)" and the members revealed that he was very influential while working on the title track.

As the five young men enter their fifth year as a group, looking back at “어느 날 머리에서 뿔이 자랐다 (CROWN)”, it’s easy to see that it was extremely well-polished and high-quality for a debut, not just in terms of the music video’s production but the complexity of the choreography and the refreshing nature of the concept. “어느 날 머리에서 뿔이 자랐다 (CROWN)” is, truthfully, less of a debut song and more of a second or third comeback song but people just easily accepted it as the group’s starting point—because they were expected to be that good from the beginning.

In an interview with Variety in 2019, Bang Si-hyuk said, “People may think that TXT got really lucky and have an easy path, but they have the burden of meeting expectations that have been set. Rookies have a chance to grow and shine when they are still rookies, but TXT started on a higher level so it’s harder to showcase growth.”

TXT have put out a dynamic and versatile discography over the past four years, experimenting with a wide variety of genres and styles to push the boundaries of music and showcase new sides of themselves and their abilities as artists. At Bang Si-hyuk’s encouragement, they also started participating more in songwriting; and objectively speaking, the quality of their performances have always and continue to set them apart from other groups who debuted around the same time, something that fans of other fourth generation groups are loathe to admit. In spite of the way that others have downplayed their achievements, TXT is currently enjoying their second world tour, ACT : SWEET MIRAGE following a short showcase tour in the U.S. in 2019 and their first world tour, ACT : LOVE SICK in 2022.

It’s clear to anyone with a discerning eye and ear that BTS and TXT are two distinct groups; and while TXT has paid homage to their seniors in the past with perfectly executed covers—including this epic rendition of “불타오르네 (Burning Up (Fire))” at the 2021 KBS Song Festival with ENHYPEN—the type of music that they make is unique to them.

So why slander TXT at all?

There are a few possible reasons. One, a lot of people—other entertainment agencies, fans of other groups—resent BTS and HYBE’s success and are counting down the days until BTS is no longer active. Everyone is desperately looking for “the next BTS” in order to replicate their global impact; and while the purpose of TXT is definitely not to fill that spot once their fellow artists eventually depart the scene, no one wants to believe that Big Hit Music is capable of producing more than one successful group, especially one with the same kind of universal appeal.

Two, the market for KPOP groups is severely over capacity. There was a time when no one wanted to schedule a comeback during the same time as BTS for fear of failing to grasp the public’s attention; and now with TXT really coming into their own, it is likely that other companies will take their comebacks into consideration when planning their own. New groups are debuting on a regular basis throughout the year, which means that too many artists are fighting for the public’s attention at any given time. Timing a debut or comeback incorrectly can cause major setbacks for groups trying to get their names out there; and many older groups are still recovering from years of BTS sweeping charts and award shows, let alone preparing for the possibility of a repeat with TXT.

Three, although BTS have taken a step back from making music together due to upcoming military enlistments and their own individual projects, TXT is starting to hit numbers that are making other companies nervous. Their most recent album, The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION, landed atop seven different Billboard Charts, becoming their first album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It also took the No. 1 spot on the Top Album Sales, Top Current Album Sales, and the World Albums charts; entered the Tastemaker Albums chart at No. 3; and had all its songs place in the top 15 of both the World Digital Song Sales and Hot Trending Songs charts. It also sent them back onto the Artist 100 at No. 1, making them the sixth KPOP act to ever top the chart.

Four, it is a goal for most, if not all, KPOP groups to break into the U.S. market. While PSY gained popularity abroad for “강남스타일 (Gangnam Style)” in 2012, BTS is largely credited with opening the doors for KPOP in the states, with more groups touring all over the country—and some returning to larger and larger venues every time. Now, on their second world tour in less than a year, TXT are making big moves that some older, more established groups can only dream of. Aside from racking up achievements at Korean award shows, the quintet has spent quite some time in the U.S., having performed “0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You)” and “Good Boy Gone Bad” at Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve earlier this year. They were also invited back to The Late Late Show with James Corden to perform “Sugar Rush Ride” at the end of February after performing “Magic” in 2021; and now, after playing at Lollapalooza last summer along with labelmate j-hope, they are the first KPOP group ever to headline the festival.

At this point, I think it’s safe to say that TXT are not relying on BTS’s image for anything, having fully taken ownership of their own artistry and their own identities as leaders of fourth generation KPOP. Many of the same people who complained about the favoritism shown towards Big 3 artists are now complaining about the favoritism shown towards HYBE artists—which, in its own way, is completely unfounded. HYBE Corporation may be the biggest KPOP company in the industry but the fact of the matter is that they don’t sit at the same table as The Big 3 and never will, not because they don’t deserve to but because in spite of all they have achieved, The Big 3 will always see them as outsiders. BTS have never been able to shed that image either, so what advantages do TXT really even have that others don’t? Sure, money helps but in this case, it’s not being used to put TXT at a dishonest advantage. As Jin said at MAMA 2019, “There are methods of cheating but wouldn’t it be better to make music with more honest ways? I hope the time will come when everyone makes good music and listens to good music.”

Prior to heading off on their first world tour, TXT released their EP minisode 2: Thursday’s Child consisting of five songs, including “Trust Fund Baby”. The overall soundscape of the song is on the melancholy side and while the lyrics open themselves to be interpreted in more than one way, “Trust Fund Baby” smooths over pointed remarks directed at those who would accuse them of having been born with silver spoons in their mouths and hides them in plain sight under the disguise of a song about heartbreak. Moreover, trust fund babies are usually seen as children born to rich parents who have never had to work for anything they have but we already know that TXT has worked harder than anyone else to prove themselves. Truthfully, it’s hard to hear lyrics such as “The shining spoon to me is someone else's story” and “Yeah, I know, I know I'm not like them/It doesn't work even if you add and multiply” and not understand them as plainly as they are said: TXT will never be trust fund—or industry—babies.

xikers: A New Generation of KQ Fellaz

On March 30th, 2023, KQ Entertainment debuted their second [boy] group called xikers. Formerly known as KQ Fellaz 2, the ten trainees went through much of the same process as their sunbaes ATEEZ did before them. They released one performance video prior to debut, called “Iffy”, as well as a music video for “Geek”, which the group made for their reality show documenting their time training in the U.S. The video begins with the words “RESPECT TO ‘ATEEZ - FROM’” right underneath the title of the song as a sign of their admiration for their seniors and the acknowledgement of their having walked the same path before them.

KQ Entertainment, having learned from ATEEZ’s debut journey, did make some changes this time around; and took the opportunity of having an older, more experienced group to try something new. During their time as KQ Fellaz 2, the ten members also went out busking and accompanied ATEEZ on their most recent world tour, The Fellowship Tour: Break the Wall, where they opened for their sunbaes and gained some live concert performance experience. They also were invited as performers for KCON Japan and Thailand; and starred on The Player: KPOP Quest, a show on SBS Entertainment’s KPOP platform Inkigayo, where they competed against each other on missions as well as together in front of a panel of judges who provided feedback on their performances. Songs covered during the show included The Wonder Girls’ “Like this”, Kara’s “루팡 (Lupin)”, NCT DREAM’s “맛 (Hot Sauce)”, THE BOYZ’s “THRILL RIDE”, and ATEEZ’s “멋 (The Real)”, as well as their pre-debut single “도깨비집 (TRICKY HOUSE)” and a dance cover of Lil Nas X’s song with Jack Harlow, “Industry Baby”.

Now, the dance cover of “Industry Baby” is quite possibly the most interesting little tidbit about xikers’ pre-debut and debut. The song makes plenty of pointed references aimed at the Western music industry with lyrics like “You was never really rootin' for me anyway”, “Funny how you said it was the end, yeah”, and “They couldn't wait to just bash me”. Featured on Lil Nas X’s album, MONTERO (2021), “Industry Baby” was nominated for a large collection of awards, of which it won several. It is likely that xikers chose this particular song to cover not only for its popularity but as a way to indicate that they are aware of what people are saying about them and to respond by using irony—because they are maybe the furthest from being industry babies as one could possibly get. However, they’ve decided that if that’s what people are going to think of them, they might as well lean into it because there’s little they can do to change people’s minds. All they can do is continue to show their best efforts.

What this also goes to show is that people have been prepared to hate xikers before they’d even debuted, if for no other reason than the fact that they are their own unique kind of group, just like ATEEZ. They don’t follow the traditional models for KPOP, they don’t keep up with the trends, they’re making the music that they want to make and blurring the lines between genres along the way—and that kind of artistic freedom is something that makes others envious.

xikers debuted with their EP HOUSE OF TRICKY : Doorbell Ringing, which consists of seven tracks. KQ’s usual producing team worked their magic but it was a very pleasant surprise to see that after having a hand in his own group’s music, ATEEZ’s Hongjoong also participated in writing and producing all seven tracks. Their debut showcase was hosted and initially distributed by SBS Entertainment’s channel, THE K-POP, which also streams the show for which ATEEZ’s Yeosang has been an MC these past two years, THE SHOW and THE SHOW CHOICE! KQ Entertainment uploaded the showcase themselves two days later. Some people might misinterpret this possible use of industry connections as a way to further argue that xikers are taking advantage of a way in that others don’t have but if you look at well-established groups from larger companies, you’ll see that they don’t stream their showcases via Korean mainstream broadcasting channels. TXT and SEVENTEEN, for example, streamed their most recent comeback showcases via their own official YouTube channels and the HYBE LABELS YouTube channel; and SM Entertainment is known for hosting their annual SMTOWN events such as KWANGYA on their own channel. With the UNIVERSE platform having officially closed in February, which is where ATEEZ previously held their showcases prior to streaming them via Mnet’s digital studio channel, M2, xikers needed the viewership of SBS Entertainment’s channel to increase their chances of building a fanbase among the general public who may have no previous knowledge of them in connection to ATEEZ or KQ Entertainment.

xikers have officially been a group for just over a week. It’s a little early to really gauge how they are being received within the industry and amongst fans but they have been promoting pretty heavily, focusing on “도깨비집 (TRICKY HOUSE)” and “XIKEY” during their circuit of the various music shows as well as giving cute performances via 1theK’s GAP CRUSH, M2′s RELAY DANCE, and blip’s Harry Potter version of “도깨비집 (TRICKY HOUSE)”. They have also released a couple of videos via hello82′s channel, which has produced and continues to produce content with ATEEZ, including one where they interact with children and one where they try to make tortillas. Promotional period aside, the group is also making the rounds of the same distribution channels as ATEEZ for fan sign and fan call events, which means that KQ Entertainment is still counting on dedicated fans and collectors to participate for the pre-order benefits and for the chance to speak to their favorite idols.

Conclusion

In the history of KPOP as an industry, there is much to cover. From the first generation to the current generation, trends have evolved, concepts have changed, and companies are learning and trying new things with their groups all the time. However, in my opinion, the biggest takeaway from all of this information that I have compiled for the purposes of this essay is that big companies have a way of manipulating public perception and a tendency to abuse that ability. Redirecting attention towards a potential distraction is one way to keep fans invested in the things they want you to focus on; and if they can make their enemy your enemy, then that leaves very little work for them in terms of filtering out competition. Those companies are counting on fans to continue to ostracize TXT and xikers—and, by extension, BTS and ATEEZ—because the foundation for it is already in place. And while I said at the beginning of this essay that there really are no industry babies in KPOP, there is indeed a thing called privilege; and the ones who have it want you to not notice that they do.

The truth is that no one likes outsiders—not really—and regardless of how far HYBE Corporation and KQ Entertainment and their artists go with their achievements and their ability to break boundaries and set records, they will always be treated as though they don’t belong. Nevertheless, these four groups have so much to be proud of and it is expected that they will continue to live outside the limitations of the industry for years to come. Whether their fan bases can learn to get along is another thing entirely but that is a story for a different time.

Notes:

*Personally, I don’t believe in “The Big 4″ (HYBE/JYP/SM/YG). HYBE is in a category of their own.

#GeniusLabThinks #KPOP #TOMORROW X TOGETHER #TXT #xikers #BTS #ATEEZ #Big Hit Music #KQ Entertainment #Because I am tired of all the slander and ignorance from people who don't know what they're talking about

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The Dance Awards, Orlando 2022: RESULTS

Mini Female

Top 22:

Delilah Hewitt Kylie Lawrence Ruby Arnold Anita Rodriguez Kennedy Anderson Brooklyn Ward Ella Dobler Peyton Nowacki Stella Brinkerhoff

Top 13:

Mya Lanigan Zoe Holladay Denise Torres Kensington Dressing Regan Gerena Camila Giraldo Kate Baldwin Lily Hackney Diana Kouznetsova Madelyn Murphy

Top 3:

2nd runner-up ($100)

Zoe Flores (Stars Dance Studio)

1st runner-up ($200)

Isabella Kouznetsova (Project 21)

Winner ($300)

Skylar Wong (Woodbury Dance Center)

Mini Male:

Top 7:

Grayson Niemczyk Niles Linson Nathan Laska Rory Ross

Top 3:

2nd runner-up ($100)

Josh Lundy (Studio 413)

1st runner-up ($200)

Neo Del Corral (Stars Dance Studio)

Winner ($300)

Dylan Custodio (Stars Dance Studio)

Junior Female

Top 21:

Bella Rey D’Armas Anya Inger Leila Winker Georgia Beth Peters Elliana Quiner Alyssa Phillips Alexcia Roloff-Hafenbreadl Esme Chou Elie Rabin

Top 12:

Vivienne Mitchell Aaliyah Dixon Bella Rose Penrose Kynadi Crain Braylynn Grizzaffi Caroline McGowan Elizabeth Scott Lanier Allie Plott

Top 4:

3rd runner-up

Stella Condie (Center Stage Performing Arts Studio)

2nd runner-up ($125)

Kiera Sun (WESTSIDE Dance Project)

1st runner-up ($250)

Angelina Elliott (Summit Dance Shoppe)

Winner ($500)

Kylee Casares (Stars Dance Studio)

Junior Male

Top 9:

Bosco Wong Blake Metcalf Christopher Feinstein Lucas Pignotti Quentin Santos Sasha Chernous

Top 3:

2nd runner-up ($125)

Ethan Ferrante (The NINE Dance Academy)

1st runner-up ($250)

Santiago Sosa (Stars Dance Studio)

Winner ($500)

Zachary Roy (Dance Town)

Teen Female

Top 23:

Giselle Gandarilla Hayley Marshall Sofia Andrus Miyah Lagrant Ava Burgham Toryn Hester Alexis Adair Sammi Chung Preslie Rosamond Gillian Gordon Ceilidh McSeveney

Top 12:

Ayla Rodriguez Rachel Loiselle Arianna Quant Lola Iglesias Caroline Quiner Alyssa Carpeneto Savannah Manning Ava Raucci

Top 4:

3rd runner-up

Gracyn French (Project 21)

2nd runner-up ($250)

Keagan Capps (The Pointe Performing Arts Center)

1st runner-up ($350)

Sophie Garcia (Stars Dance Studio)

Winner ($750)

Hailey Bills (Center Stage Performing Arts Studio)

Teen Male

Top 21:

Travi Santos Austin Aguilar Gavin Miele Seth Hendley Daniel Howard Alonzo Dock Patricio Hoyo David McCool Lane Wiese

Top 12:

Hugo Silva Cameron Kennedy Trent Grappe Timothy Zvifel Oliver Keane Andres Jimenez Darius Goodson Mekhi Johnson Alejandro Ruiz

Top 3:

2nd runner-up ($250)

Nicholas Bustos (Stars Dance Studio)

1st runner-up ($350)

Colin Bendziewicz (Stars Dance Studio)

Winner ($750)

Nicholas Moreno (Upstate Caroline Dance Center)

Senior Female

Top 24:

Rylee Arnold Chantal Le Camila Cordero Sophia Cobo Sophie Tosh Amy Shuster Gabriella Garavelo Bortoleto Angel DiMartino Palladino Reagan Himmelwright Samantha Schmaling

Top 14:

Clara Gough Kiara Fina Sarah Moore Ying Lei Pham Madi Autry Zoe Ridge Rachel Quiner Paloma Santos Ally Tyrna Avery Lau

Top 4:

3rd runner-up

Destanye Diaz (Stars Dance Studio)

2nd runner-up ($300)

Selena Hamilton (Project 21)

1st runner-up ($500)

Bella Tagle (Stars Dance Studio)

Winner ($1000)

Ruby Castro (Dance Town)

Senior Male:

Top 21:

Tristan Plieth Jalen Scriven Remy Feldbruegge Christian Bottger Sebastian Leroux Joshuah Rivera Eliazar Jimenez Christopher Pismarov Javon Hunter

Top 12:

John Chappell Thomas Perkey Garris Munoz Chance Phelps Jackson Roloff-Hafenbreadl Joey Vice Jesse Flaherty Charlie Macdonald

Top 4:

3rd runner-up

Caden Hunter (Denise Wall’s Dance Energy)

2nd runner-up ($300)

Sam Fine (Stars Dance Studio)

1st runner-up ($500)

Artem Tikhonenko (Vlad’s Dance Company)

Winner ($1000)

Seth Gibson (Studio 413)

Finals:

High Score by Age:

Cash Prizes:

1st: $200

2nd: $100

3rd: $50

Peewee Solo

1st: Stella Brinkerhoff- ‘When You Believe’

2nd: Mikaela Florez- ‘Lullaby’

3rd: AnnaCameron McGlohorn- ‘Dance Like Yo Daddy’

3rd: Amaya Rodriguez- ‘Holding On’

4th: Mila Simunic- ‘Arctic’

5th: Penelope Pranger- ‘One More Light’

6th: Alyssa Horta- ‘Ave Maria’

6th: Alex Schumann- ‘Watch Me Do’

7th: Ava Piedrahita- ‘Por Amor’

7th: Brinley Evans- ‘Stars’

8th: Victoria Remon- ‘Cha-cha Heels’

8th: Brooklyn Morgan- ‘Itty Bitty Pretty One’

9th: Sloane Hall- ‘Evil Like Me’

10th: Kennedy Thuillier- ‘Loom’

Mini Solo

1st: Kensington Dressing- ‘Tuesday’

2nd: Zoe Flores- ‘Changes’

2nd: Rylie Borden- ‘I Made You A Promise’

3rd: Dylan Custodio- ‘Derive’

3rd: Lainey Hess- ‘In Darkness We Find Light’

3rd: Denise Torres- ‘Without You’

4th: Tabitha Nan- ‘Fly My Soul’

4th: Anita Rodriguez- ‘Meet You In The Maze’

5th: Ella Dobler- ‘Ultralight Beam’

6th: Neo Del Corral- ‘Aaah’

6th: Layla Alvarez- ‘Out of My Head’

6th: Sophia Novo- ‘Red Hope’

6th: Brooklyn Ward- ‘That’s Life’

7th: Zoey Claxton- ‘Swing Break’

7th: Reagan Hess- ‘Solitary Places’

7th: Kendall Brown- ‘Simply Irresistable’

7th: Peyton Robinson- ‘Queen of the Night’

7th: Khloe Douros- ‘Preface’

7th: Anna Holley- ‘Mink Schmink’

7th: Samantha Geller- ‘Elsewhere’

7th: Vivie Strickland- ‘Do It Like This’

7th: Ruby Wilkes Petty- ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’

7th: Ellerie Cox- ‘Accentuate The Positive’

8th: Blake Wilson- ‘Tiny Dancer’

8th: Ava Alvarez- ‘The Crumbling’

8th: Bianca Rebellato- ‘Silence Of the Room’

8th: Estelle Newsom- ‘OUII’

8th: Amanda Carpenter- ‘Get Free’

8th: Victoria Oliveri- ‘Everything Must Change’

8th: Zurie Griffiths- ‘Business of Love’

8th: Ella Venerio- ‘Alert’

9th: Sofie Wright- ‘I Was Born For This’

9th: Taylor Rivers- ‘Listen’

9th: Collins Glenn- ‘Memory Of a Rainfall’

9th: Emma Bassel- ‘Visnaga’

10th: Baker Barboza- ‘Wanna Be A Rockette’

10th: Emilie Lavoie- ‘The Red Coat Girl’

10th: Brooklyn Bridges- ‘Strut’

10th: Charlotte Brayman- ‘My Way’

10th: Milly Berry- ‘Like a Boss’

10th: Sloan Donahue- ‘For Real’

10th: Allyn Green- ‘Faràndula’

10th: Daisy Castleman- ‘Coming Out’

10th: Reese Braga- ‘A Blessing’

Junior Solo

1st: Kylee Casares- ‘Home With You’

2nd: Braylynn Grizzaffi- ‘Erosion’

3rd: Bella Rose Penrose- ‘De Los Muertos’

3rd: Stella Condie- ‘Heart to You’

3rd: Elizabeth Scott Lanier- ‘Mother Earth’

4th: Desa Jankes- ‘Hollows’

4th: Lexus Natalie- ‘Valis’

5th: Zachary Roy- ‘Giving Up’

5th: Ella Way- ‘Shadows’

6th: Emily Joy Core- ‘Alpha’

6th: Santiago Sosa- ‘Final Ending’

6th: Elie Rabin- ‘Finer Things’

7th: Abbie Metsker- ‘How To Disappear Completely’

7th: Adina Rooney- ‘Poker Face’

7th: Vivienne Mitchell- ‘Shredding Threads’

8th: Rebeka Leon- ‘IF’

9th: Bella Rey D’Armas- ‘Dimensions’

10th: Allie Plott- ‘Bulletproof’

10th: Abigail Carlton- ‘Skate’ 

10th: Ella Barnes- ‘The Story’

Teen Solo

1st: Keagan Capps- ‘Heaven Is Here’

2nd: Colin Bendziewicz- ‘Don’t Worry’

3rd: Giselle Gandarilla- ‘La Vie’

4th: Timothy Zvifel- ‘Give It Back’

4th: Oliver Keane- ‘Human Sounds’

5th: Alyssa Carpento- ‘Bad Romance’

5th: Emma Breaux- ‘Comme Un Fou’

5th: Sophie Garcia- ‘Evermore’

6th: Andres Jimenez- ‘Eye of Jupiter’

6th: Elyse Wingertsahn- ‘The Rabid Dog’

6th: Makhi Johnson- ‘You Know They’re Out There’

7th: Nicholas Bustos- ‘Callomania’

8th: Ellen Grace Olansen- ‘Amor’

8th: Jazmine Raine Werner- ‘Axe’

8th: Hope Grainger- ‘Rango’

8th: Ava Raucci- ‘When Things Fall Apart’

9th: Gillian Gordon- ‘Even Now After Everything’

9th: Calico Reyes- ‘Fly’

9th: Maddyn Miller- ‘Rescue My Heart’

10th: Lola Iglesias- ‘Atmospheric Perspective’

10th: Ava D’Ambrosio- ‘Mind Without Ground’

10th: Savannah Manning- ‘Over’

10th: Kaitlyn Santos- ‘Written In the Sky’

Senior Solo

1st: Avery Lau- ‘Metallic Sonata’

2nd: Artem Tikhonenko- ‘Do You See Me Drowning?’

2nd: Caden Hunter- ‘Our World’

3rd: Melina Dalton- ‘Lift Off’

4th: Destanye Diaz- ‘Unhurt’

5th: Kiara Fina- ‘A Conjured Love’

5th: Jackson Roloff-Hafenbreadl- ‘Prelude’

5th: Isabella Weidmann- ‘We Stand In Silence’

6th: Bella Tagle- ‘Delicate’

6th: Sam Fine- ‘Maria’

6th: Seth Gibson- ‘Mind Bugs’

6th: John Chappell- ‘The Unknown’

7th: Zoe Ridge- ‘He’s A Dream’

7th: Chantal Le- ‘Storm Engine’

8th: Clara Gough- ‘An Hour Lengthwise’

8th: Garris Munoz- ‘Exist Between’

8th: Jalen Scriven- ‘Poinciana’

8th: Edon Hartzy- ‘Solitude’

9th: Sophia Cobo- ‘The Gate’

9th: Makaylee Rogers- ‘Through The Darkness’

9th: Paloma Santos- ‘Whatever Lola Wants’

10th: Sofia Gander- ‘Destruction’

10th: Rachel Leon- ‘End of Love’

10th: Madi Autry- ‘Jasper’

10th: Angel DiMartino Palladino- ‘Poison’

10th: Reagan Himmelwright- ‘The Other Woman’

10th: Sydney Jones- ‘Vacancy’

Peewee Duet/Trio

1st: Dance Unlimited- ‘Minnie the Moocher’

2nd: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Elephants’

2nd: Dance Town- ‘The Beat’

3rd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Grow As You Go’

4th: Orlando International School of Dance- ‘Move It’

5th: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Leader of the Pack’

Mini Duet/Trio

1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Steam Heat’

2nd: Canadian Dance Company- ‘Danke Scheon’

3rd: South Tulsa Dance Co- “Ms Otis Regrets’

4th: Dance Town- ‘A Blessing’

5th: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Escapade’

5th: Dance Town- ‘Nothing But a Memory’

5th: Dance Spectrum- ‘The Love You Save’

5th: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘The Little Things’

5th: New Level Dance Company- ‘When The Party’s Over’

Junior Duet/Trio

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Flying’

1st: Woodbury Dance Center- ‘Only the Bravest’

2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Gotcha’

2nd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘New World Coming’

3rd: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Sarajevo’

4th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Adam and Eve’

5th: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Comfort and Fear’

5th: Carolina Collective Dance- ‘What the World Needs Now’

Teen Duet/Trio

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Roxanne’

1st: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘Song to the Siren’

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Trouble’

2nd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘I Am Ready’

2nd: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘Undone’

3rd: Legacy Center for the Arts- ‘On The One’

3rd: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Stolen Identity’

4th: Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Cottontail’

4th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Then The Quiet Explosion’

4th: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Turning Tables’

5th: L.A. Dance Arizona- ‘I Got You’

5th: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Mine’

5th: Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Roll To Me’

Senior Duet/Trio

1st: Dance Town- ‘Rumba’

2nd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘The Distance Between Us’

3rd: Dance Town- ‘No Weapon Used Against Me Will Prosper’

4th: Dance Town- ‘Katchi’

4th: Studio 413- ‘The Pines’

5th: Artistic Dance Project- ‘Europe After The Rain’

5th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Illuminated’

5th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Nothing In Common’

5th: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Warm Shadow’

Peewee Group

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Build It Up’

2nd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Tiny Voice’

3rd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Whole Lotta Lovin’

4th: West Florida Dance Company- ‘Welcome to Havana’

5th: West Florida Dance Company- ‘Fly’

5th: West Florida Dance Company- ‘Shake Ya Tail Feather’

Mini Group

1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘One’

2nd: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Love Is A Battlefield’

2nd: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Lullaby’

3rd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Before the End’

4th: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Colors’

4th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Pump Up the Jam’

5th: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door’

Junior Group

1st: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Colour Me In’

2nd: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘The Others’

3rd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘A Sharp Tide’

4th: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Beauty’

4th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Puttin’ on the Ritz’

5th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Access Denied’

5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Stormy Weather’

Teen Group

1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘The Anatomy of Grief’

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Through the Trench’

2nd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘The Letting Go’

3rd: Artistic Fusion- ‘Going Through the Veil’

4th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘This Woman’s Work’

5th: Dance Spectrum- ‘Change the World’

5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Doomed’

5th: Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Pick Up the Pieces’

5th: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘We Are All Going to Die’

Senior Group

1st:

2nd:

3rd:

4th:

5th:

Open Group

1st:

2nd:

Peewee Line

1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Golden Butterfly’

2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Do I Have Your Attention?’

2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Miss You Much’

3rd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Mr Piano Man’

4th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Music, Music, Music’

5th: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Somewhere Only We Know’

Mini Line

1st: Dance Town- ‘Ballroom Babies’

2nd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Light’

3rd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Dreamer’

4th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Don’t Worry Be Happy’

4th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Drip’

5th: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Move It, Move It’

Junior Line

1st: Performing Dance Arts- ‘The World Witnessing Itself’

1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Where Are You Now’

2nd: Artistic Fusion- ‘In the Beginning’

3rd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Applause’

3rd: Artistic Dance Project- ‘The Weight Of It All’

4th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘She Owns the Eyes’

4th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Throwback’

5th: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Fergalicious’

5th: Artistic Fusion- ‘How Will I Know’

5th: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Rage Against the Dying of the Light’

5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Slow Boat to China’

Teen Line

1st: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Escape Migration’

1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Takeoff’

2nd: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘C U Work’

3rd: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Risky Business’

4th: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Heaven Is Here’

5th: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Against Me’

5th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’

5th: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Embrace the World’

5th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘On Broadway’

5th: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Wasteland’

5th: Artistic Fusion- ‘With One Voice’

Senior Line

1st:

2nd:

3rd:

4th:

5th:

Open Line

1st:

2nd:

Peewee Extended Line

1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Bananas’

2nd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Turtle Power’

3rd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Mozartina’

Mini Extended Line

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Once Upon Another Time’

2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Pom Poms’

3rd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Spice Up Your Life’

3rd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Thankful’

4th: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Bachelor’

4th: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Weird Science’

5th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Hollywood’

5th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Raining Men’

Junior Extended Line

1st: Dance Town- ‘Do You Wanna Dance With Me’

2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Jenny From the Block’

3rd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Skin and Bones’

4th: Stars Dance Studio- ‘The Dance’

5th: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Innocence’

Teen Extended Line

1st: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Hernando’s Hideaway’

2nd: Dance Town- ‘Strictly Ballroom’

2nd: CCJ Conservatory- ‘You’re Invited’

3rd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Cupid’

3rd: Studio 413- ‘Extraterrestrial’

4th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Addicted’

5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Is That All There Is’

Senior Extended Line

1st:

2nd:

3rd:

4th:

5th:

Mini Production

1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Block Party’

2nd: Studio 413- ‘Three Wishes’

3rd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’

Junior Production

1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Take Flight’

2nd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Shake and Pop’

3rd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘We Will Rock You’

4th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Little Mermaid’

5th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Sparkling Diamonds’

Teen Production

1st: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘I Can’t Do It Alone’

2nd: Studio 413- ‘Dreams’

3rd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Shake That’

4th: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Satisfaction’

5th: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Por Mi Alma’

Senior Production

1st:

2nd:

3rd:

4th:

5th:

High Score by Performance Division:

Cash Prizes:

1st: $200

2nd: $100

3rd: $50

Peewee Jazz

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Miss You Much’

2nd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Bananas’

3rd: West Florida Dance Company- ‘Welcome to Havana’

4th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Rainbow Brite’

5th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Can I Take Your Order?’

Peewee Ballet

1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Mozartina’

2nd: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Clocks’

3rd: Studio 413- ‘Surfin’ Safari’

Peewee Hip Hop

1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Turtle Power’

2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Ghostbusters’

3rd: West Florida Dance Company- ‘Attention’

4th: Dance Spectrum- ‘Rugrats’

Peewee Tap

1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Mr Piano Man’

2nd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Whole Lotta Lovin’

3rd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Music, Music, Music’

4th: West Florida Dance Company- ‘Shake Ya Tail Feather’

5th: Dance Spectrum- ‘Ding Ding Dong’

Peewee Lyrical

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Build It Up’

2nd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Tiny Voice’

3rd: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Somewhere Only We Know’

3rd: West Florida Dance Company- ‘Fly’

4th: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘Zombie’

5th: South Texas Fuzion- ‘A Moment Like This’

Peewee Musical Theatre

1st: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Come Ona My House’

Peewee Contemporary

1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Golden Butterfly’

2nd: South Texas Fuzion- ‘Over The Rainbow’

Peewee Ballroom

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Do I Have Your Attention?’

Peewee Acro

1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Come Little Children’

Mini Jazz

1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘One’

2nd: Studio 413- ‘Three Wishes’

3rd: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Weird Science’

4th: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘The Beat’

4th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Raining Men’

5th: Studio 61 Dance Company- ‘Love Revolution’

5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’

Mini Ballet

1st: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Waltz of the Dolls’

2nd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Wedding March’

3rd: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Gopack’

4th: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Concerto In C Minor’

5th: Orlando International School of Dance- ‘7 Dwarfs’

Mini Hip Hop

1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Block Party’

2nd: Artistic Fusion- ‘Drip’

2nd: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Pump Up the Jam’

3rd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Bachelor’

4th: Studio 61 Dance Company- ‘Lemonade’

4th: Artistic Dance Project- ‘Oh Yes!’

5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Alien’

Mini Tap

1st: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Don’t Worry Be Happy’

2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Move It, Move It’

3rd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Dance, Dream, Have Fun’

4th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘In The Mood’

4th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Make It Look Easy’

5th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Here Comes Trouble’

Mini Lyrical

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Once Upon Another Time’

2nd: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Lullaby’

3rd: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door’

4th: Westchester Dance Academy- ‘At The Edge of All Things’

5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘The Chain’

Mini Musical Theatre

1st: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Thankful’

2nd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Hollywood’

3rd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Never Fully Dressed’

4th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Mama I’m A Big Girl Now’

5th: Artistic Dance Project- ‘We Are Going To Be Friends’

Mini Contemporary

1st: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Love Is A Battlefield’

2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Dreamer’

2nd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Before the End’

3rd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Colors’

4th: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Heaven I Know’

5th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Look Out’

Mini Ballroom

1st: Dance Town- ‘Ballroom Babies’

2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Pom Poms’

3rd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Dancing For the World’

Mini Specialty

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Spice Up Your Life’

2nd: New Level Dance Company- ‘Shape Shifting’

3rd: Dance Unlimited- ‘Gold’

4th: New Level Dance Company- ‘Black Ice’

5th: Artistic Edge Dance Centre- ‘La Foule’

Mini Acro

1st: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Light’

2nd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Trolls’

3rd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Somewhere Only We Know’

4th: Dance Spectrum- ‘Baby I’m A Star’

Junior Jazz

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Jenny From the Block’

2nd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Applause’

2nd: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Puttin’ on the Ritz’

3rd: Artistic Fusion- ‘How Will I Know’

3rd: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Fergalicious’

3rd: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘House of Keta’

3rd: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘How It Ends’

4th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Heaven’

5th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Fergalicious’

Junior Ballet

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Les Sygnets’

2nd: Westchester Dance Academy- ‘Melodic Dissonance’

3rd: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Paquita’

4th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Les Sylphides’

Junior Hip Hop

1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Take Flight’

2nd: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Throwback’

3rd: CCJ Conservatory- ‘The Assignment’

4th: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘We Will Rock You’

5th: Studio 61 Dance Company- ‘Money’

Junior Tap

1st: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Stormy Weather’

2nd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Slow Boat to China’

3rd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘So Close’

4th: Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘The Real Thing’

4th: Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Happy Feet’

5th: Touch of Class Dance Studio- ‘Rather Be’

Junior Lyrical

1st: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Colour Me In’

2nd: Artistic Dance Project- ‘The Weight Of It All’

3rd: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘The Awakening’

4th: CCJ Conservatory- ‘In Your Likeness’

5th: Westchester Dance Academy- ‘All We Can See’

Junior Musical Theatre

1st: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Neighbours’

2nd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Little Mermaid’

3rd: Studio 61 Dance Company- ‘A Night to Remember’

4th: Carolina Collective Dance- ‘They’re Haunting You’

5th: Touch of Class Dance Studio- ‘Duloc’

Junior Contemporary

1st: Performing Dance Arts- ‘The World Witnessing Itself’

1st: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘The Others’

2nd: Artistic Fusion- ‘In the Beginning’

2nd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘A Sharp Tide’

3rd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Beauty’

3rd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Shake and Pop’

3rd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘The Dance’

4th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Access Denied’

5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘She Owns the Eyes’

Junior Ballroom

1st: Dance Town- ‘Do You Wanna Dance With Me’

2nd: Artistic Dance Project- ‘Fuerza’

Junior Specialty

1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Where Are You Now’

2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Innocence’

3rd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Tomorrow’

4th: Artistic Edge Dance Centre- ‘Grains of Sand’

5th: Artistic Dance Project- ‘Marathon for Roses’

Junior Acro

1st: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Skin and Bones’

Teen Groups:

Teen Jazz

1st: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘Woah’

2nd: Artistic Edge Dance Centre- ‘Do It To It’

3rd: Touch of Class Dance Studio- ‘Lovefool’

3rd: Artistic Fusion- ‘Get Into It’

4th: Dance Spectrum- ‘Whip’

5th: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Sexy Back’

Teen Ballet

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Epuree’

2nd: Westchester Dance Academy- ‘Beyond the Barre’

3rd: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Carmen’

Teen Hip Hop

1st: Milele Academy- ‘Party’

2nd: Toronto Dance Company- ‘Dear Miss Nikki’

3rd: Orlando International School of Dance- ‘Mr Lamar’

Teen Tap

1st: Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Pick Up the Pieces’

1st: Dance Spectrum- ‘Change the World’

2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Saturday Night’s Alright’

3rd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Crazy Little Thing’

4th: Legacy Center for the Arts- ‘Sunny’

5th: Thomas Dance Studio- ‘Eye of the Storm’

Teen Lyrical

1st: Stars Dance Studio- ‘The Letting Go’

2nd: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘This Woman’s Work’

3rd: Artistic Fusion- ‘They Cannot Be Replaced’

4th: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘Answer’

5th: Westchester Dance Academy- ‘Spirit In Decline’

Teen Contemporary

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Through the Trench’

1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘The Anatomy of Grief’

2nd: Artistic Fusion- ‘Going Through the Veil’

3rd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Doomed’

3rd: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘We Are All Going to Die’

4th: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘Veil’

4th: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Too Fly’

5th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Breathing Trouble’

5th: Thomas Dance Studio- ‘Redemption’

Teen Specialty

1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Bruised, Not Broken’

2nd: Westchester Dance Academy- ‘Strings On Loan’

3rd: Artistic Fusion- ‘Campus’

4th: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Yea, Alright’

5th: Artflux Dance Lab- ‘Duuuuude’

Teen Acro

1st: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Unravelled’

Teen Lines, Extended Lines, Productions:

Teen Jazz

1st: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘C U Work’

2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Satisfaction’

3rd: Studio 413- ‘Extraterrestrial’

4th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘On Broadway’

4th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Sing, Sing, Sing’

5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Not About You’

Teen Ballet

1st: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Serenade for Strings’

2nd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Tea for Two’

3rd: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Degas Dream’

4th: Dance Spectrum- ‘Raveneous’

Teen Hip Hop

1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘TAKEOFF’

2nd: CCJ Conservatory- ‘You’re Invited’

3rd: Milele Academy- ‘Show Off’

3rd: Studio 61 Dance Company- ‘Work Hard, Play Hard’

4th: Studio 413- ‘Savage’

4th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Carnivale’

5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Like Sugar’

Teen Tap

1st: Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Are You Gonna Be My Girl’

2nd: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Pink and White’

3rd: Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Feels Alright’

3rd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Can’t We Be Friends’

4th: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Another One Bites The Dust’

4th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Another Day’

5th: Dance Spectrum- ‘Ob-La-Di’

Teen Lyrical

1st: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘To Be Loved’

2nd: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘She Talks To Angels’

3rd: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Yellow’

4th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Within Obstructed Reach’

5th: Westchester Dance Academy- ‘With This Love’

5th: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Easy On Me’

5th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Flying Without Wings’

Teen Musical Theatre

1st: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Hernando’s Hideaway’

2nd: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘I Can’t Do It Alone’

3rd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Cupid’

4th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Is That All There Is’

5th: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘Rich Man’s World’

5th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Cabaret’

Teen Contemporary

1st: Studio 413- ‘Dreams’

1st: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Escape Migration’

2nd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Por Mi Alma’

3rd: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Heaven Is Here’

4th: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Wasteland’

4th: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Against Me’

4th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Addicted’

4th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’

4th: Artistic Fusion- ‘With One Voice’

4th: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Embrace the World’

5th: Artistic Dance Project- ‘Verge’

Teen Ballroom

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Shake That’

1st: Dance Town- ‘Strictly Ballroom’

2nd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Salome’

3rd: Artistic Fusion- ‘So Yo’

Teen Specialty

1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Risky Business’

2nd: CCJ Conservatory- ‘The Reception’

3rd: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Memento Mori’

3rd: Artistic Dance Project- ‘Okkirville River Song’

3rd: Artistic Fusion- ‘Doing It Right’

4th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Kyoto’

5th: ?

Teen Acro

1st: Dance Spectrum- ‘Unisil’

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Open Ballet

1st: EDAK & Art of Dance- ‘Blue Danube’

Open Specialty

1st: Artistic Edge Dance Centre- ‘Cadence’

Best Performance:

Age:

Peewee

Winners:

The Southern Strutt- ‘Golden Butterfly’ Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Build It Up’

Mini

Winner: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Once Upon Another Time’

1st runner-up: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Light’

2nd runner-up: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘One’

3rd runner-up: Dance Town- ‘Ballroom Babies’

4th runner-up: The Southern Strutt- ‘Block Party’

Junior

Winner: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘The Others’

1st runner-up: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Colour Me In’

2nd runner-up: Performing Dance Arts- ‘The World Witnessing Itself’

3rd runner-up: Dance Town- ‘Do You Wanna Dance With Me’

4th runner-up: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Where Are You Now’ 

5th runner-up: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Jenny From the Block’

6th runner-up: The Southern Strutt- ‘Take Flight’

Teen

Group:

Winner: Stars Dance Studio- ‘The Letting Go’

1st runner-up: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘The Anatomy of Grief’

2nd runner-up: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Through the Trench’

3rd runner-up: Artistic Fusion- ‘Going Through the Veil’

4th runner-up: Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Pick Up the Pieces’

5th runner-up: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Doomed’

6th runner-up: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘We Are All Going to Die’

7th runner-up: Dance Spectrum- ‘Change the World’

Line, Extended Line, Production:

Winner: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Hernando’s Hideaway’

1st runner-up: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Shake That’

2nd runner-up: Studio 413- ‘Dreams’

3rd runner-up: Dance Town- ‘Strictly Ballroom’

4th runner-up: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘TAKEOFF’

5th runner-up: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘I Can’t Do It Alone’

6th runner-up: CCJ Conservatory- ‘You’re Invited’

Senior

Winner: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘State of Evermore’

1st runner-up: Dance Town- ‘I Like It’

2nd runner-up: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘There Are No Strings’

3rd runner-up: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Out for Blood’

4th runner-up: Artistic Fusion- ‘The Moon Felt Far Away’

5th runner-up: Studio 413- ‘Entertainment’

6th runner-up: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Only From Now On’

Open

Winner:

Artistic Edge Dance Centre- ‘Cadence’

Style:

Contemporary

Nominees:

South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Love Is A Battlefield’

Evolve Dance Complex- ‘The Others’

Performing Dance Arts- ‘The World Witnessing Itself’

Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘The Anatomy of Grief’

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Through the Trench’

South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Escape Migration’

Studio 413- ‘Dreams’

Winner:

Artistic Fusion- ‘The Moon Felt Far Away’

Lyrical

Nominees:

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Once Upon Another Time’

Stars Dance Studio- ‘Color Me In’

Evolve Dance Complex- ‘To Be Loved’

Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Evermore’

Winner:

Stars Dance Studio- ‘The Letting Go’

Acro

Nominees:

Performing Dance Arts- ‘Skin and Bones’

Performing Dance Arts- ‘Unravelled’

Dance Spectrum- ‘Unisil’

Winner:

Performing Dance Arts- ‘Light’

Hip Hop

Nominees:

The Southern Strutt- ‘Block Party’

Milele Academy- ‘Party’

Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘TAKEOFF’

Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Wild Side’

Winner:

The Southern Strutt- ‘Take Flight’

Specialty

Nominees:

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Spice Up Your Life’

Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Where Are You Now’

Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Bruised, Not Broken’

South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Crowds’

Winner:

Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Risky Business’

Ballet

Nominees:

Performing Dance Arts- ‘Waltz of the Dolls’

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Les Cygnets’

Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Serenade for Strings’

Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Les Sylphides’

Westchester Dance Academy- ‘Transmutation’

Winner:

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Epuree’

Tap

Nominees:

Performing Dance Arts- ‘Don’t Worry Be Happy’

Performing Dance Arts- ‘Stormy Weather’

Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Are You Gonna Be My Girl’

Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘The Nearness of You’

Winners (tie):

Dance Spectrum- ‘Change the World’ Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Pick Up the Pieces’

Jazz

Nominees:

Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘One’

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Jenny From the Block’

The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘The Woah’

South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘C U Work’

Winner:

Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Me and My Shadow’

Ballroom

Nominees:

Dance Town- ‘Ballroom Babies’

Dance Town- ‘Do You Wanna Dance With Me’

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Shake That’

Dance Town- ‘Strictly Ballroom’

Winner:

Dance Town- ‘I Like It’

Musical Theatre

Nominees:

Stars Dance Studio- ‘Thankful’

Stars Dance Studio- ‘Neighbours’

West Florida Dance Company- ‘Cell Block Tango’

Winner:

Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Hernando’s Hideaway’

Special Awards:

Professionalism

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio

Best Production

Nominees:

The Southern Strutt- ‘Block Party’

The Southern Strutt- ‘Take Flight’

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Armed and Dangerous’

Winner:

South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘I Can’t Do It Alone’

Outstanding Achievement:

Mini/Junior Choreography

Nominees:

Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘One’ (Megan Caines)

Studio 413- ‘Three Wishes’ (Maggie Rosamond & Katrina Colvin)

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Spice Up Your Life’ (Alicia Murillo)

Stars Dance Studio- ‘Shake & Pop’ (Victor Smalley and Angel Armas)

Winner:

Performing Dance Arts- ‘The World Witnessing Itself’ (Eryn Walktom)

Teen/Senior Choreography

Nominees:

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Shake That’ (Maggie Rosamond)

Dance Town- ‘Strictly Ballroom’ (Manny & Lory Castro)

Performing Dance Arts- ‘Is That All There Is’ (Stephenie Rutherford)

Stars Dance Studio- ‘Ode to a Lost Love’ (Victor Smalley & Angel Armas)

Winner:

Studio 413- ‘Dreams’ (Maggie Rosamond)

Costume Design

The Southern Strutt- ‘Little Mermaid’

Mini Technical

Nominees:

Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘One’

Performing Dance Arts- ‘Light’

Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Lullaby’

Studio 413- ‘Three Wishes’

Winner:

Stars Dance Studio- ‘Colors’

Junior Technical

Nominees:

Dance Town- ‘Do You Wanna Dance With Me’

Performing Dance Arts- ‘Skin and Bones’

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Beauty’

Stars Dance Studio- ‘Applause’

Winner:

Artistic Dance Project- ‘The Weight Of It All’

Teen Technical

Nominees:

Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Hernando’s Hideaway’

Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘The Anatomy of Grief’

Artistic Fusion- ‘Going Through the Veil’

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Shake That’

Winner:

Studio 413- ‘Dreams’

Senior Technical

Nominees:

Dance Town- ‘I Like It’

Studio 413- ‘Prey’

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Run From Me’

South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘I Love Movies, The Sequel’

Winner:

Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘There Are No Strings’

Best in Studio ($5000 per style):

Hip-Hop

The Southern Strutt

Jazz

Vlad’s Dance Company

Ballet

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio

Ballroom

Dance Town

Contemporary

Artistic Fusion

Tap

Performing Dance Arts

Musical Theatre

West Florida Dance Company

Lyrical

Stars Dance Studio

People’s Choice ($250):

The Southern Strutt- ‘Carnivale’

[miracles-and-butterflies]

Random Headcanon Dump #2

For the future of the kids.

Isabela:

Changes her hairstyle literally every other week

Nobody knows how her hair survives being cut, dyed and whatever else so regularly

Her plants, especially the weirder/wilder ones, are her pride and joy. She will kill you if you touch them

They are all named too

If she talks to them, she’ll give them voices

Audrey II has got nothing on these guys

She left Encanto at some point for a good couple of months

Her and Lili’s wedding was the most chaotic and non-traditional ceremony in the entire world

Dolores:

Her and Mariano took things slow

They both decided not to do the proposal at dinner in Casita, it felt awkward

It was a private moment just between the two of them

Though Isabela, Luisa and Camilo were all watching in a nearby tree

This is because Isabela was obviously in on Mariano’s plans being his best friend, so she knew all about it

They do not have five children

Dolores actually shares her mother’s struggles to have children and finds it to be a sensitive topic

She and Mariano later adopt

Luisa:

She owns seven donkeys currently, they are all named after figures in Greek mythology

They are her pride and joy. She will kill you if you touch them

Wait, have I said this before?

When they were foals, she made them a large cart-like stroller to show them off to the other parents in town

Marta wants them to get more animals together when they move in

She works in construction and architecture

Also runs a class teaching construction to kids (obviously when they’re old enough) as it is a basic skill that would be taught in a rural town

Camilo:

Much to his disappointment, he didn’t get much taller. He has the tiniest inch over Dolores

Grew his hair out

He usually wears it tied up though, anything ranging from a bun to a braid

He isn’t copying his mother, the headband is just practical

Was actually the first of the grandkids to get married and have children

He is sad about not being able to babysit like he use to do, but he absolutely adores being a father to his own children

And is always the first to offer to babysit any of his nephews and nieces

Oh, he and Marco also have capybaras

Mirabel:

Claims she has gotten much taller since the miracle died. She hasn’t. She hasn’t grown an inch

She’s tiny

Frequently wears heeled boots to be taller

Works as an embellisher for the local tailor and wouldn’t want to be doing anything else

She was offered to be the leader, years into the future, and said no

It’s not something she is interested in

Has probably worn the same outfit as her mother on occasion

She has two cats

One of them is her emotional support because of her PTSD

She regards them as her and Sera’s children

Antonio:

Ends up the second tallest of the group (first being Luisa)

There was a few days after passing each of them where his siblings and Isabela just straight up refused to talk to him

He teases them about it

Ultimately, he would become the town/family leader after Alma passed

Was also one of the few people Alma could still recognise at the end of her life, having developed Alzheimer’s Disease

He had taken an interest in his late teenage years and was took under the wing of various members in the council to train/prepare for it

He enjoys hosting the future gift ceremonies and personally walks each of the children to their door, like Mirabel did for him/he did for her

#encanto #encanto headcanons #isabela madrigal #mirabel madrigal #luisa madrigal #dolores madrigal #camilo madrigal #antonio madrigal #lili iglesias #mariano guzmán #marta carrillo #marco osma #sera velasquez

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The Batman OC Masterlist

Arrowverse || DC

Name: Carlotta Falcone

Story: Salt The Earth

Faceclaim: Ana De Armas

Love interest: Bruce Wayne

Summary: Carlotta Falcone knew exactly who her father was, thank you.  She knew what he’d done, she knew how much of Gotham he controlled, and she knew that she would only have one chance to take him down.  But stopping her father wouldn’t be enough for her, someone else would just rise up and take his place.  No, Carlotta Falcone was going to bide her time, make a plan, and take out not only his operation but as much of Gotham’s underworld as she possibly could in one fell swoop.

Teaming up with the Bat had never been a part of her plan, but when the Riddler’s games threaten not only her years of careful preparations but also her childhood best friend’s life, she knows that the time for waiting is done.Whether she likes it or not, Carlotta is a Falcone through and through.  And Falcones always play to win, no matter what it takes.

Name: Felicity Nashton

Story: Untitled

Faceclaim: Jodie Comer

Love interest: TBD

Name: Florence Pennyworth

Story: Untitled

Faceclaim: Lily Collins

Love interest: Bruce Wayne

Name: Gianna Iglesias

Story: Untitled

Faceclaim: Eiza Gonzales

Love interest: Bruce Wayne & Selina Kyle

Name: Ginevra Maroni

Story: World Burn

Faceclaim: Emily VanCamp

Love Interest: Bruce Wayne

Name: Josette Cobblepot

Story: Untitled

Faceclaim: Samara Weaving

Love interest: Bruce Wayne

Name: Katherine Wayne

Story: City Of Ruins

Faceclaim: Florence Pugh

Love interest: TBD

Summary: At only seventeen years old, Katherine Wayne had seen more death than any teenager should have. She’d watched her parents murdered while walking home, had seen friends fatally shot in robberies across the city, and had just seen her first love brutally beaten to death.  Death may have been inevitable, but Gotham was a cursed city, and she knew that she had to leave.

After a blowout argument with her older brother, words spoken that neither could ever take back, Katherine left Gotham.  She travelled the world, picking up all sorts of skills and a vigilante identity to go with it, before settling down in Blüdhaven, where The Raven tried her best to keep the hellhole from turning into a second Gotham.  She continued to travel, going all the way to Nanda Parbat to train under Ra’s al Ghul, and refused to ever think of the home, the family, she’d left behind.

Until her plane sets down in London, a layover on her way back to Blud, and breaking news comes onto every TV screen.  A terrorist calling himself The Riddler had bombed Wayne Tower, and Alfred Pennyworth was left in critical condition.

Katherine Wayne had sworn never to return to Gotham, but she’d also sworn that she was done losing the people she loved.  Whether Bruce wanted her there or not, no force in heaven or hell would be enough to stop her from protecting what was left of her family.  But Gotham might not be big enough for a Raven and a Bat, and not everyone is happy to see another Wayne in their city.

Name: Sarina Strange

Story: Untitled

Faceclaim: Elizabeth Olsen

Love interest: Bruce Wayne

Name: Verity Atwood

Story: Untitled

Faceclaim: Olivia Taylor-Dudley

Love interest: TBD

#masterlist #ocappreciation #dc oc #batman oc #the batman oc

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Albums in Stores – Mar 29th, 2024

If you hit read more you can see all the releases we have in our calendar for the week. Hit the comments to access our forums and talk about what came out today, what albums you picked up, and to make mention of anything we may have missed. A Perfect Circle / Primus / Puscifer – Sessanta E.P.P.P.A Titan, A Deity – EulogyAaron Lewis – The HillAbscissor – MetanoiaArchetypes Collide – Archetypes Collide (Deluxe Edition)Beyoncé – Act II: Cowboy CarterdiscussBeyond Extinction – Nothing More Wretched (Deluxe Edition)Black Bomb A – Unbuild The WorldBoundaries – Death Is Little MoreCNTS – Thoughts & PrayersCakes Da Killa – Black SheepCantique Lépreux – Le BannissementCarrion Vael – Cannibals AnonymousChastity Belt – Live Laugh LoveCheem – Fast FashionChild – ShitegeistCoffin Storm – Arcana RisingCoffins – Sinister OathDent May – What’s For Breakfast?Divided – Light Will ShineDivine Destruction – Products Of AbominationDon’t Be Afraid – EternaEd Harcourt – El MagnificoEnrique Iglesias – Final Vol. 2Fluxing – >iron desolationFortune Teller – PremonitionsFrail Body – Artificial BouquetGivre – Le CloîtreGrayscale – Not Afraid To DieHate Force – Systems Of TerrorHierophant – Gateway To The AbyssHigh Llamas – Hey PandaIAMONE – Following The Rabbit HoleIf Not For Me – Everything You WantedIllusionary – BloodletterIvory Tower – Heavy RainJ-Hope – Hope On The Street Vol. 1Kelly Moran – Moves In The FieldKólga – Black TidesLamniformes – The Lonely AtomLifebreather – Hope // DespairLust For Lily – RelinquishMalphas – PortalMeadows – Familiar With PainMoonbound – And Besides…Mordran – The Midnight WoodsMumbles – In The Pocket Of Big SadMutilation Barbecue – Amalgamations Of GoreNeversaid – Bond Over BloodNØ MAN – Glitter And SpitPreacher Stone – VRATSALAD. – Bent Trees & Swanny DeezRage – AfterlifelinesRenesans – Born From The EndRide – InterplaySaint Saviour – SunseekerSeptage – Septic WorshipShadow Limb – ReclaimSheryl Crow – EvolutionSlowchamber – The Delay Of SufferingSons Of Alpha Centauri – PullSuffer – Grand Canvas Of The AestheteSum 41 – Heaven :x: HelldiscussThe Absence – The AbsenceThe Fever Haze – MoonbowThe Staves – All NowTurnover – Myself In The Way RemixesVENUES – TransienceVORGA – Beyond The Palest StarVerberis – The Apophatic WildernessVial – BurnoutWaxahatchee – Tigers BloodWhere Memories May Rot – Elevated MiseryWhile She Sleeps – Self HellWhiteweek – When Everything BreaksWords Of Farewell – Stories To ForgetWristmeetrazor – Degeneration --- Thanks to helloiamzach for providing additional contributions to this week’s list. You can check out and support his weekly music podcast It’s Not A Phase or follow him on his socials. --- Please consider becoming a member so we can keep bringing you stories like this one. ◎ https://chorus.fm/albums-in-stores-today/albums-in-stores-mar-29th-2024/

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Mes 1 - Parte 2

Practiqué mucho para que salieran mecánicamente y así no llorar. Solo al final, al despedirme, se me salió el llanto un poco. La misa transcurrió normalmente, tu sabes que eso ni me va ni me viene, y al final, afuera de la iglesia al momento de subir el féretro al carro, empezó a sonar "Optimista". Para ese momento, le había pedido a Juan el esposo de Lili que preparara la canción junto con unos músicos recomendados por María la epsosa de Sebas. Mi prima y Juju se ofrecieron a pagar la música; querían estar presentes.

No pude parar muchas bolas porque todo el mundo vino a abrazrme y darme el pésame, e inmediatamente se acabó la canción, empezó a llover. Tal vez para sacudir la tristeza, para que cada quien se fuera a continuar con la vida, no sé.

De ahí, salimos ne mi carro con tu mamá, tu hermano y su familia para jardines del recuerdo a la cremación. Hubo unas palabras de un cura, como siempre, no me interesaron. Al final, tu mamá se fue con la tía Paty y los demás y yo me fui ocn mis tíos a almorzar. Fui a un restaurante italiano que estuvo como rico. Me sentía triste, apaleado, pero tranquilo, con el calor que da la familia. No te he contado, Tomás estuvo todo el tiempo al lado, fue un gran apoyo.

Seguro al llegar a la casa me vi con tu mamá y algún tío que estaba ocn ella esperando que yo llegara. Hablamos un poco y tu mamaç de nuevo me baño los pies con agua con sal, lo hizo varias noches durante los días que estuvo en nuestra casa, mi vida.

Luego, no recuerdo bien día por día que pasó, pero aproveché que tenía una semana libre en el trabajo para hacer vueltas de bancos y demás. Algunos bancos más queridos que otros, pero en general, todo fluyó bien. Fui a Colmédica también y en general, a todos los sitios en los que tenía que hacer papeleos. Por supuesto, todas esas salidas me sirvieron. A todo lo que me invitaron dije que sí, ya fuera un almuerzo, una comida, una visita en nuestra casa. Mi tío Alejandor hizo un almuerzo a los ochos días, con una gran paella. A él se le quebró la voz recordándote en el brindis, y yo estaba muy triste. Para est emomento, ya habíamso recogido a Don Ramón de la guardería. Estaba normal, aunque cuando llegamos a la casa, te buscó mucho; cuando era la hora de jugar oiba a buscarte con un juguete en la boca. Estuvo un poco confundido por unos 3 días. Luego, se le aumentó el apego hacia mi, coas que no ha disminuido aún.

Ese primer mes está un poco borroso, pero puedo decir que estuve tranquilo, triste, con un dolor en el pecho y el estómago permanente, y me dediqué a estar con gente tanto como pudiera, pensando en que si desde el principio les cogía la caña a los demás, en un futuro me iban a tener en cuenta para futuros eventos sociales; me preometí que para honrarte lo que quiero hacer es llegar a quererme tanto como tu me querías a mi, disfrutando la vida y siendo verdaderamente yo, por eso mi insistencia en conectar con la gente.

A las dos semanas de tu meurte, más o menos, le pedí a mi papá el contacto de una terapeuta de duelo que me había mensionado y comencé a trabajar con ella. Me sirvió para entender algo que hasta hoy me mantiene n pie y es que por un lado, tu estás en algún lugar, tu ser y por otro lado, tu y yo hicimos un pacto antes de nacer, para vivir esto; tu el irte temprano, por las razones que tuvieras para hacerlo, y yo, vivir tu muerte, el desapego tan grande que esto implica. Esas dos cosas me han permitido estar cuerdo; respetar que tu muerte, en últimas fue algo que decidiste. La idea de que hemos vivido otras vidas y que hemos sido cercanos muchas veces, me llena de alegría y de esperanza de que volvamos a encontrarnos cuando yo muera. Te puedo asegurar que pase lo que pase con el resto de mi vida, lo más importante siempre será volver a encontrarnos, mi vida preciosa!

[ivanreydereyes]

Por cierto..hoy se cumplen 26 años del SUICIDIO o ACCIDENTE MASTURBANDOSE con AUTO_AXFISIA con un CINTURON de MICHAEL HUTCHENCE de INXS [que me dio si cerveza MEXICANA CORONA en sala DIVINO AQUALUNG a orillas del MANZANA+eRES y tim FARRISS su pua =14_6_93 coinciendo con Juan Pablo II en ESPAÑA para consagrar Catedral de la ALMUDENA....tras haber grabado 40 días antes el video TIME del cd FULL MOON DIRTY HEARTS en el HANGAR DE SANTA MONICA con camiseta de HUSTLER=ESTAFADOR/A=Revista de DESNUDOS Y POLITICA..grabando todo el concierto por lo q tras NEW SENSATION nombra a la banda y dice YOU ARE JESUS] como IVAN HEYN subsecretario de Comercio de Cristina FERNANDEZ de KITCHNNER en una CUMBRE DEL MERCO SUR..pues estaba en una relación muy complicada como era con PAULA YATES una presentadora drogata [murió 3 años despues] madre de su hija recién nacida y de las 3 de BOB GELDOF [como era PEACHES q murió también x DROGAS] q no dejaba ir a sus hijas a AUSTRALIA donde INXS iba a empezar una gran GIRA X sus 20 años para resarcirse de las q hacia en teatros desde 1991 o cuando grabó LIVE BABY LIVE en WEMBLEY..pues incluso tuvo en 1988 en el TEXAS STADIUM a GUNS N ROSES e IGGY POP de TELONEROS cuando les AZOTO el HURACAN GILBERT q HUTCHENCE salió a GRABAR por los alrededores dentro de su gira CALLING ALL NATIONS canción del cd KICK y como han llamado a una caja de 450$ que solo contiene MERCHANDAISING

También recuerdo q cuando llegue a MELBOURNE [sep 2010] murió la madre de Michael HUTCHENCE [separada de su RICO PADRE] q lucho hasta el final para q la Justicia de INGLATERRA le diera a su NIETA TIGER LILY q se quedó BOB GELDOF y también en sep 2010 estando durmiendo la SIESTA a orillas del Río YARRA me despertó q sonaba SUICIDE BLONDE [cuya harmonica puso Charly MUSSELWHITE q toco justo antes q VIRGINIA MAESTRO en la plaza de SANTA MARIA junto a las ruinas de su IGLESIA ROMANICA en el CAZORLA BLUES día q murió su idolo la BORRACHA, FUMATA, DROGATA Y CHULEADA Amy WINEHOUSE] del cd X de INXS q dedico a KYLIE MINOGUE y al principio creía q era un TRIBUTO en una CARPA q había al lado pero luego vi salir a INXS con J.D. FORTUNE para subirse a una furgoneta q fotografie y aporree cuando dio la vuelta pues estaban ensayando para la final de fútbol australiano o el más bestia.. que se tuvo q repetir por 1era vez en 33 años al empatar en último minuto los SAINTS y en cuyo estadio oLIMPIcO vi acabar la 33 edición de su maratón [10_10_10] con camiseta de MARTIN L. KING y lema I HAVE A DREAM

[baladaenmediodelacaceria]

Elegía de píxeles & semen

Danez Smith

para Javier “Kid Chocolate” Bravo

no te dejarán descansar en paz, kid.

última actualización: dieron un par de puntadas digitales a tu carne muerta, kid.

esta tumba: sin lirios, la foto de un pene, no prueba que fueras de nadie, kid.

un fantasma se zambulle en un joven aún vivo, lo hace gritar como un niño que sangra kid.

¿te vistieron o desvistieron al enterrarte, kid?

tu madre ve cómo ahorcas a un hombre de placer, no puede evitarlo, extraña a su niño.

los hombres se reúnen frente a las pantallas para jalársela y llorar, kid. no saben tu verdadero nombre, kid.

coges como un animal, mueres como un animal, kid.

corre por nuestras venas la misma sombra roja, kid.

hay un poco de tu sangre en la mía, somos casi hermanos, hijos de un mal padre.

¿sabes cuántas formas hay de describir a un fantasma, kid?

alguien extraña tu risa, no sólo tu forma de eyacular culos & pantallas, kid.

apuesto que su pastor ignora que hiciste tu alabanza, kid.

convierten nuestros funerales en lecciones, kid.

dicen sangre & el mundo se estremece, kid.

dicen sangre & observan cómo nos volvemos polvo, kid.

nos quieren callados, redimidos, o muertos, kid.

nos quieren erectos, con ojos de túnel & encabritados, kid.

tienen más ganas de cogernos que de que existamos, kid.

nos quieren para conocer a dios o para ser dios, kid.

¿qué tan cerca del orgasmo está la muerte, kid?

¿qué se siente sentir todo y luego ser una cosa que no puede sentir, kid?

¿algún joven besó lo que quedaba de ti, kid?

¿inundó la iglesia con sus lágrimas, kid?

¿él fue la lluvia y tú el arca, kid?

¿creó un nuevo mar para extrañarte, kid?

¿fuiste un pez nadando en su dolor, kid? ¿flotaste?

versión al español: Brianda Pineda Melgarejo

         

elegy with pixels & cum Danez Smith

 for Javier “Kid Chocolate” Bravo

they won’t let you stay dead, kid. today’s update: your dead flesh stitched digital, kid. this gravestone: no lilies, a dick pic, no proof you were someone’s, kid. ghost plunge into a still alive boy, make him scream like a bleeding kid. did they dress or undress you for burial, kid? your mother watches you choke a man into pleasure, can’t look away, just misses her kid. men gather in front of screens to jerk & mourn, kid. don’t know your real name, kid. you fuck like an animal, you die like an animal, kid. i have the same red shadow running through my veins, kid. in my blood, a little bit of your blood, almost siblings, some bad father’s kids. did you know how many ways you can relate to a ghost, kid? someone misses your laugh, not just the way you filled asses & screens, kid. i bet they had a pastor who didn’t know you do your eulogy, kid. they turn our funerals into lessons, kid. they say blood & watch us turn to dust, kid. they want us quiet, redeemed, or dead already, kid. they want us hard, tunnel-eyed, & bucking, kid. they want us to fuck more than they want us to exist, kid. they want us to know god or be god, kid. how close was death to orgasm, kid? how did it feel everything, then become a thing that can’t feel, kid? did a boy kiss what was left of you, kid? did he flood the church with his mourning, kid? was he the rain & you the ark, kid? did he make a new sea to miss you, kid? were you a fish swimming in his grief, kid? did you float?

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