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Dominicans under spotlights
Jose De Camps
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Jose DeCamps (born in Quisqueya La Bella, Dominican Republic) is a professional ballroom dancer based in New York City. He is perhaps best known as the 2007 U.S. National Dancesport Champions (Professional Rhythm) with his partner, Joanna Zacharewicz.
DeCamps began his competition dance career in 1996 as a both a Latin and salsa dancer, competing with Jami Josephson. The two won numerous titles, including 2nd place in the U.S. Professional Open Rhythm Championship in 1997, the Heritage Classic Championships in 1996, and 1st in the Sabado Gigante Contest in 1998. The pair also produced their own series of salsa instructional videos for the company Dancevision.
DeCamps was featured as the principal dancer in the video for Debelah Morgan's 2000 single "Dance with Me".
DeCamps briefly paired with Viktoriya Drubetskaya in 1999, competing in the International Latin division, before partnering with Cheryl Burke in 2002. The two won the Professional Rising Star category in International Latin at the Ohio Star Ball in 2005.
DeCamps and Zacharewicz forged their partnership in March 2007
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Jose DeCamps (born in Quisqueya La Bella, Dominican Republic) is a professional ballroom dancer based in New York City. He is perhaps best known as the 2007 U.S. National Dancesport Champions (Professional Rhythm) with his partner, Joanna Zacharewicz.
DeCamps began his competition dance career in 1996 as a both a Latin and salsa dancer, competing with Jami Josephson. The two won numerous titles, including 2nd place in the U.S. Professional Open Rhythm Championship in 1997, the Heritage Classic Championships in 1996, and 1st in the Sabado Gigante Contest in 1998. The pair also produced their own series of salsa instructional videos for the company Dancevision.
DeCamps was featured as the principal dancer in the video for Debelah Morgan's 2000 single "Dance with Me".
DeCamps briefly paired with Viktoriya Drubetskaya in 1999, competing in the International Latin division, before partnering with Cheryl Burke in 2002. The two won the Professional Rising Star category in International Latin at the Ohio Star Ball in 2005.
DeCamps and Zacharewicz forged their partnership in March 2007
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Michelle Vargas
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Michele Vargas was born in San Francisco de Macor?s, Dominican Republic in 1985. She completed her studies in New York. Her fame soared when she won the Telemundo reality show Protagonistas de Novela 2 in Miami, Florida. From there she went to Mexico to study performing arts, acting, cinema and other courses. She also studied singing and music. She lived three years in Mexico, where she honed her acting skills and even worked in the TV series Los Plateados, after which she moved to Miami, which is the city where she feels most comfortable.
Telemundo hired her as an exclusive artist of the chain and so it was that appeared in the TV series Decisiones, La Viuda de Blanco, Mas Sabe el Diablo, Aurora.
Her model experience includes commercial for companies such as Nike, MTV, Cyber Computers, Dominos Pizza, Colgate, Aqua Fina, Dove and Unefon.
She faced one of the most difficult events in her life when she was kidnaped in Mexico City. She travelled there to receive the money she had earned from telenovelas she had worked in. After collecting her pay, she went to the bank to trade her Mexican pesos for U.S. dollars. It was there when she was held at gun point by two heavily armed men, who kidnapped her for several hours.
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Michele Vargas was born in San Francisco de Macor?s, Dominican Republic in 1985. She completed her studies in New York. Her fame soared when she won the Telemundo reality show Protagonistas de Novela 2 in Miami, Florida. From there she went to Mexico to study performing arts, acting, cinema and other courses. She also studied singing and music. She lived three years in Mexico, where she honed her acting skills and even worked in the TV series Los Plateados, after which she moved to Miami, which is the city where she feels most comfortable.
Telemundo hired her as an exclusive artist of the chain and so it was that appeared in the TV series Decisiones, La Viuda de Blanco, Mas Sabe el Diablo, Aurora.
Her model experience includes commercial for companies such as Nike, MTV, Cyber Computers, Dominos Pizza, Colgate, Aqua Fina, Dove and Unefon.
She faced one of the most difficult events in her life when she was kidnaped in Mexico City. She travelled there to receive the money she had earned from telenovelas she had worked in. After collecting her pay, she went to the bank to trade her Mexican pesos for U.S. dollars. It was there when she was held at gun point by two heavily armed men, who kidnapped her for several hours.
Mila J
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Mila J, born in Los Angeles, California and comes from a multicultural family. Her mother, Christina Yamamoto, is Japanese, Spanish, Afro-Dominican and her father, Dr. Karamo Chilombo, is African American, Jewish, Native American
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Mila J, born in Los Angeles, California and comes from a multicultural family. Her mother, Christina Yamamoto, is Japanese, Spanish, Afro-Dominican and her father, Dr. Karamo Chilombo, is African American, Jewish, Native American
Victor De la Cruz
De la Cruz was born to tobacco farmers in Tamboril, Dominican Republic. De la Cruz started helping his father and mother grow, roll and blend cigars at the age of 9 years old.
While at the world famous Davidoff cigar manufacturer, Master Blender Victor de la Cruz travelled the world representing the famous cigar house at events in the USA, Europe, China, the Middle East, Argentina and Canada.
Master Blender de la Cruz has personally blended and created cigars for President Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela, Princess Diana, Sean Connery and many others.
In 2004, De la Cruz teamed up with his childhood friend, Leandro Compres, and began Tabacalera L&V (the "L" stands for Leandro and the "V" satands for Victor).
Master Blender Victor de la Cruz is best known for his award-winning La Princesa de Cuba and Cocinero Liga Especial cigars. Both cigar brands feature Victor?s extraordinary and secret technique of triple-blending Cuban seed tobaccos.
De la Cruz was born to tobacco farmers in Tamboril, Dominican Republic. De la Cruz started helping his father and mother grow, roll and blend cigars at the age of 9 years old.
While at the world famous Davidoff cigar manufacturer, Master Blender Victor de la Cruz travelled the world representing the famous cigar house at events in the USA, Europe, China, the Middle East, Argentina and Canada.
Master Blender de la Cruz has personally blended and created cigars for President Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela, Princess Diana, Sean Connery and many others.
In 2004, De la Cruz teamed up with his childhood friend, Leandro Compres, and began Tabacalera L&V (the "L" stands for Leandro and the "V" satands for Victor).
Master Blender Victor de la Cruz is best known for his award-winning La Princesa de Cuba and Cocinero Liga Especial cigars. Both cigar brands feature Victor?s extraordinary and secret technique of triple-blending Cuban seed tobaccos.
Raul Aguayo
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There is a good chance that Raul could represent us in the 2012 olympics.
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There is a good chance that Raul could represent us in the 2012 olympics.
Impeccable timing.....
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Michele Jimenez
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Michele Jimenez is a Classical/Modern dancer from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic currently a Principal Dancer with Het National Ballet in the Netherlands and formerly of The Washington Ballet.
Jimenez, an only child, lived with her mother who ran a party decorating business, and her stepfather who leads a heavy-metal band. Her upbringing was filled with music and dancing. "Music is on every corner of the island, so you're listening to a merengue or a salsa all day long," she says. "In the cars, in the shops, there's always a radio on, and people are dancing in the streets. It's very lively, the island. You have to dance even if you don't want to. So you learn at a very young age."
She trained at the Academy de Ballet Magda Corbett (Dominican Republic) as a child moving on to the national company, Ballet Clasico Nacional de Santo Domingo, where she was discovered by a talent scout for Washington School of Ballet, Lorraine Spiegler.
Michele Jimenez auditioned for and joined the Dutch National Ballet in 2006 after dancing for approximately 9 years with the Washington Ballet as a principal dancer. She joined Dutch National as a Grand Sujet and later promoted to second soloist in April 2008.
She was recently awarded the Alexadra Radius Award for 2008, an award established by the Friends of The National Ballet and former first soloist of The National Ballet. The honor goes to the most outstanding dancer(s) from it tableau The National Ballet.
She danced main roles in many ballets like:Romeo and Juliet, Giselle, Coppelia, Cinderella, Carmen, Don Giovanni, The Nutcracker and in many contemorary pieces from choreographers such as George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Hans van Manen, Krzysztof Pastor, Septime Webre, Wayne Eagling, Ted Brandsen, Alexei Ratmansky, Mark Morris and Christopher Wheeldon.
Awards
Best Classical/Modern Dancer of the Dominican Republic (1997 and 1998)
Award Dance Fellowship from the Princess Grace Foundation (2003)
Intertalento Award for artists living abroad, Dominican Republic (2003)
Swan for best achievement on dance by the Association of Directors of Theatres in The Netherlands (2007). Award Dansersfonds '79 (2007)
Alexandra Radius Prize 2008
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Michele Jimenez is a Classical/Modern dancer from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic currently a Principal Dancer with Het National Ballet in the Netherlands and formerly of The Washington Ballet.
Jimenez, an only child, lived with her mother who ran a party decorating business, and her stepfather who leads a heavy-metal band. Her upbringing was filled with music and dancing. "Music is on every corner of the island, so you're listening to a merengue or a salsa all day long," she says. "In the cars, in the shops, there's always a radio on, and people are dancing in the streets. It's very lively, the island. You have to dance even if you don't want to. So you learn at a very young age."
She trained at the Academy de Ballet Magda Corbett (Dominican Republic) as a child moving on to the national company, Ballet Clasico Nacional de Santo Domingo, where she was discovered by a talent scout for Washington School of Ballet, Lorraine Spiegler.
Michele Jimenez auditioned for and joined the Dutch National Ballet in 2006 after dancing for approximately 9 years with the Washington Ballet as a principal dancer. She joined Dutch National as a Grand Sujet and later promoted to second soloist in April 2008.
She was recently awarded the Alexadra Radius Award for 2008, an award established by the Friends of The National Ballet and former first soloist of The National Ballet. The honor goes to the most outstanding dancer(s) from it tableau The National Ballet.
She danced main roles in many ballets like:Romeo and Juliet, Giselle, Coppelia, Cinderella, Carmen, Don Giovanni, The Nutcracker and in many contemorary pieces from choreographers such as George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Hans van Manen, Krzysztof Pastor, Septime Webre, Wayne Eagling, Ted Brandsen, Alexei Ratmansky, Mark Morris and Christopher Wheeldon.
Awards
Best Classical/Modern Dancer of the Dominican Republic (1997 and 1998)
Award Dance Fellowship from the Princess Grace Foundation (2003)
Intertalento Award for artists living abroad, Dominican Republic (2003)
Swan for best achievement on dance by the Association of Directors of Theatres in The Netherlands (2007). Award Dansersfonds '79 (2007)
Alexandra Radius Prize 2008
Arelis Gabot - reaches high and wins.
Taipei.? Arelis Gabot, a Dominican Republic native, who immigrated to Taiwan seventeen years-ago is now the proud title holder of the first non-ethnic Taiwanese to hold public office, The China Post reported.
After receiving her Taiwanese citizenship in February this year, Gabot was qualified to hold the position of Neighborhood Chief of East Gate's sixteenth neighborhood.
In March she was formally inducted to her new position under the supervision of East Gate Ward Chief, Liu Chao-ling. ?As neighborhood chief all I want to do is service those around me and be able to make others happy,? she told The China Post.
Coming to Taiwan after being married to her husband for five years, Gabot was immediately put at a disadvantage because of her lack of Chinese language abilities. However, she quickly took up the challenge and is now virtually fluent in the language.
Taipei.? Arelis Gabot, a Dominican Republic native, who immigrated to Taiwan seventeen years-ago is now the proud title holder of the first non-ethnic Taiwanese to hold public office, The China Post reported.
After receiving her Taiwanese citizenship in February this year, Gabot was qualified to hold the position of Neighborhood Chief of East Gate's sixteenth neighborhood.
In March she was formally inducted to her new position under the supervision of East Gate Ward Chief, Liu Chao-ling. ?As neighborhood chief all I want to do is service those around me and be able to make others happy,? she told The China Post.
Coming to Taiwan after being married to her husband for five years, Gabot was immediately put at a disadvantage because of her lack of Chinese language abilities. However, she quickly took up the challenge and is now virtually fluent in the language.
Rosanna Tavarez
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Rosanna Tavarez
Background information
Birth name Rosanna Tavarez
Born February 10, 1977 (1977-02-10) (age 34)
Origin New York, New York, U.S.
Occupations Television Personality, Singer, Actress
Associated acts Eden's Crush
Rosanna Tavarez (born February 10, 1977 in New York, NY) is a Dominican American entertainment reporter and presenter on television. Tavarez stars on TV Guide Channel alongside former American Idol contestants Kimberly Caldwell and Justin Guarini. She started off on Mun2, a Telemundo cable channel, hosting a show. She co-hosted On Air with Ryan Seacrest and was a member of the pop group Eden's Crush. She was in a Spanish language program titled Fuzion. Tavarez attended Miami's New World School of Arts, graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in dance, and studied for her Master's degree in dance at Ohio State University. Tavarez also performs Latin music under her childhood nickname of "Chana."
Eden's Crush
In 2001, Tavarez competed in the premiere season of the television show Popstars, on which she earned a spot in the pop group Eden's Crush. The group's 2001 single "Get Over Yourself (Goodbye)" peaked at #1 in sales and hit the top ten on Billboard Hot 100. Their record company, London-Sire Records, folded and the group eventually disbanded.
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Rosanna Tavarez
Background information
Birth name Rosanna Tavarez
Born February 10, 1977 (1977-02-10) (age 34)
Origin New York, New York, U.S.
Occupations Television Personality, Singer, Actress
Associated acts Eden's Crush
Rosanna Tavarez (born February 10, 1977 in New York, NY) is a Dominican American entertainment reporter and presenter on television. Tavarez stars on TV Guide Channel alongside former American Idol contestants Kimberly Caldwell and Justin Guarini. She started off on Mun2, a Telemundo cable channel, hosting a show. She co-hosted On Air with Ryan Seacrest and was a member of the pop group Eden's Crush. She was in a Spanish language program titled Fuzion. Tavarez attended Miami's New World School of Arts, graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in dance, and studied for her Master's degree in dance at Ohio State University. Tavarez also performs Latin music under her childhood nickname of "Chana."
Eden's Crush
In 2001, Tavarez competed in the premiere season of the television show Popstars, on which she earned a spot in the pop group Eden's Crush. The group's 2001 single "Get Over Yourself (Goodbye)" peaked at #1 in sales and hit the top ten on Billboard Hot 100. Their record company, London-Sire Records, folded and the group eventually disbanded.