The Dominican Association of Show Business Chroniclers (Acroarte) has announced its list of nominees to the Casandra Awards. The awards ceremony will take place 7 February. The nominations are as follows: Revelation of the year: Kathyan, Swing Divino, Raymond and Carlos Silver. Most outstanding performing group abroad: Sergio Vargas, Toros Band, Ilegales, Hermanos Rosario, Best grassroots music group of the year: José el Calvo Fefita la Grande Best folklore ballet: Ballet Folkórico Nacional, Areito, Sangre Mulata, Angeles de Santiago, Ballet Folklórico Cultural de Santiago, Ballet Folklórico de la UASD. Best lyrics composer: José Antonio Rodríguez, Alicia Baroni, Carlos Silver, Pedro Ramírez, Juan Luís Guerra. Best male vocalist of the year: Héctor Acosta, Sergio Vargas, Anthony Ríos, Eddy Herrera, Frank Ceara. Best female vocalist: Marcel, Edilí, Milly Quezada. Best concert of the year: "La vida," Manuel Jiménez; "Voz," Katherine Ross; "Yo fui por todas partes," Sonia Silvestre; "Reencuentro," Fernando Echavarría. Best popular show choreographer: Carlos Veitía ("A cuatro tiempos"); Miguel Fuertes, Salimé Pineda ("Grease"); Guillermo Cordero ("Piel con piel" y "Yo fuí por todas partes"). Best show of the year: "Grease, the musical," Nuryn Sanlley; "Piel con piel", Kathyan; "Los Toros Band, pa Chavón, los Toros Band; "El Niágara en bicicleta," Juan Luís Guerra; "Donde manda el amor," Frank Ceara. Best music group: Toros Band, Toño Rosario, Raffy Matías, Rubby Pérez and Eddy Herrera. Best orchestration and musical arranger: Armando Olivero, José Antonio Molina, Manuel Tejada, Amaury Sánchez and Jorge Taveras Best merengue of the year: "Había una vez un merengue," Sergio Vargas; "El Niágara en bicicleta," Juan Luis Guerra; "Menos que nada," Toros Band; "Demasiado niña," Eddy Herrera; "Ando buscando un amor," Henry Jiménez. Best rock group: Tribu del Sol, Aljadaqui and JLS. Most outstanding group resident abroad: Jossie Esteban. Most outstanding foreign group in DR: Elvis Crespo, Jarabe de Palo, Grupo Niche, Maná. Best bachata performer: Raulín Rodríguez, Luis Vargas, Anthony Santos, Zacarías Ferreiras. Best music CD: "Piel con piel," Kathyan; "No hay problemas" Toros Band’; "Vuelve el merengue," Rubby Pérez; "No me dejes morir," Carlos Silver. Best master of ceremony: Jatnna Tavarez, Miguel de Jesús and Nestor Estévez. Best radio commentator: Bueno Torres, Eduardo Santana, Pablo Ross, Rubén Camilo. Best news anchor: Nestor Estevez, Pedro Julio Santana, Félix Victorino, Manuel Segura, Eduardo Guerra. Best music presenter: Fracis Molina, Ross Peña, Hector José Torres, D.J. Franchy Best daily variety TV program: "Punto Final", "Show del Mediodía", "Ustedes y Nosotros", "Super Tarde". Best weekly variety TV program: "Sábado de Corporán", "Sabadasso", "Sábado Lindo", "7 x 7 Roberto", "El Gordo de la Semana." Best children’s TV program: "Club de Isha", "Vivan los Niños", "Topi Topi", "Sábado Chiquito", "Aldea Mágica". Best investigative journalismshow: "Nuria en el 9" (Nuria Piera), "Somos Así, Así Somos" (Cornelia Margarita) and "A Tiempo" (Aridia Taveras). Best specialized program: "Jornada Extra", "Hola Gente", "Portafolio Extra", "Esta Noche Mariasela". Best TV special: "El Milagro de la Danza" (Julio Suárez), "El Futuro en Surco Ajeno" (Adalberto Grullón and Altagracia Salazar), and "Manolo" (Henriette Weise). Best presenter: Frederick Martínez, Jochy Santos, Domingo Bautista, Michael Miguel, Jose Fabián. Best comedy show: "La Opción de las 12" (Channel 5), "De Remate" (Telecentro, Channel 13). Best videoclip: "El Niágara en bicicleta," Juan Luis Guerra; "Sola," Mariela Mercado; "La hormiguita," Juan Luis Guerra, production Juan Basanta; "Palomita blanca," Juan Luis Guerra, production of Pegy Guzman; "Bomba 2000," Hermanos Rosario, Juan Basanta. Best comedian: Raymond Pozo, Miguel Cespedes. Best classic ballerina: Zenaida Terrero ("Pelilunio", "La Bella Durmiente", "Don Quixote"); Mary Loise Ventura ("Plenilunio", "Desequilibrio"); Silvia Crespo ("Cascanueces"); Soraya Franco ("Danzas Hindues"); Monika Despradel (Cartas). Best classic\/modern dancer: Armando González (", "La Bella Durmiente", ("Plenilunio", Cartas); Víctor Ramírez (Cartas); Edwin Silva ("Cartas"); Raúl Valdez ("Cartas"). Best classic\/modern choreographer: Imgard Despradel ("Sueños de Volare"); Patricia Ascuasiati ("Plenilunio"); Carlos Veitía ("Aída" and "Carmen"). Best lyrical singer: Ivonne Haza (multiple recitals), Marianela Sánchez (multiple recitals), Frank Lendorf (Opera Aida), Francisco Casanova (Opera Aida). Most outstanding Dominican artist abroad: Carlos Piantini, Francisco Casanova, Michael Camilo and José Antonio Molina. Best classic musician: María de Fátima Geraldes (pianist), Michael Camilo (pianist), Jorge Torres Sosa (clarinetist), Victor Mitrov (trumpetist), Frank Ureña (violinist). Best classic music composer: Michael Camilo ("Latino"), Amaury Sánchez ("Alicia en el país de las maravillas", "Estados de ánimo"), Francois Bahuad (multiple performances). Best Chamber Group: Ars Nova, Quinteto Internacional de Metales, Camerata Santo Domingo, Duo Concertante. Best Classic Performance: "Cartas" (Monika Despradel), "Cascanueces" (Ninoska Velázquez), "Aida" (Opera de las Americas), "Carmen" (Teatro Nacional), "La Bella Durmiente" (Zenaida Terrero). Best Actor of the year: Iván García ("Las alegres comadres de Windsor"), Ovaldo Añez ("La trinitaria blanca"), Pepito Guerra (La Chascona), Richard Douglas ("En casa de Romero, Julieta de palo"). Best Actress of the Year: Lilyana Díaz ("La trinitaria blanca"\/"Grease"), Lidia Ariza ("La Chascona", "Confesiones de mujeres"); Flor de Bethania Abreu ("La Chascona"), Edilí ("Confesiones de mujeres", "Estoy amando a mi suegra"); Yamilé Schecker ("Confesiones de mujeres"). Best Secondary actor or actress: Pepito Guerra ("La trinitaria blanca"), Monina Solá ("La trinitaria blanca"), Niurka Mota ("Las alegres comadres de Windsor"). Best theater director: Enrique Chao ("Alicia en elpaís de las maravillas", "Confesiones de mujeres", "Liquidación total", " En casa de Romeo, Julieta de palo", "La trinitaria blanca"), Danilo Taveras ("Una taza de té para una mujer casada"), Bienvenido Miranda ("Las alegres comadres de Windsor"), Danilo Ginebra ("Gente"). Best drama: "La trinitaria blanca" (Manuel Rueda), "Estoy amando a mi suegra" (Roberto Salcedo), "Gente" (Mario Veloz Maggiolo). Best foreign drama: "Las alegres comadres de Windsor" (Bienvenido Miranda, original of Shakespeare), "La Chascona" (Flor de Bethania Abreu, de Jorge Díaz, Chilean); "Señora, me presta su marido?" (Germana Quintana, de L. Stevens), "Una taza de té para una mujer casada", Danilo Taveras, by Cuban Eugenio Hernández); "Confesiones de mujeres" (Enrique Chao de Antonio de Oliveira). Best children’s play: "Alicia en el pais de las maravillas" (Fidel Lopez\/enrique Chao), La Bella Durmiente (Zenaida Terrero); "La Pinky y los tres mosquiteros" (Nuryn Sanlley).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Dominican Association of Show Business Chroniclers (Acroarte) has announced its list of nominees to the Casandra Awards. The awards ceremony will take place 7 February. The nominations are as follows: Revelation of the year: Kathyan, Swing Divino, Raymond and Carlos Silver. Most outstanding performing group abroad: Sergio Vargas, Toros Band, Ilegales, Hermanos Rosario, Best … <\/p>\n