{"id":483316,"date":"2025-09-17T22:09:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T02:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/waddys-jaquez-and-alberto-zayas-shine-in-times-square-with-dominicana-la-bella\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T22:09:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T02:09:04","slug":"waddys-jaquez-and-alberto-zayas-shine-in-times-square-with-dominicana-la-bella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/waddys-jaquez-and-alberto-zayas-shine-in-times-square-with-dominicana-la-bella\/","title":{"rendered":"Waddys J\u00e1quez and Alberto Zayas shine in Times Square with \u201cDominicana, La Bella\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>New York<\/strong>. \u2013The production \u201cDominicana, La Bella\u201d, conceived and directed by Waddys J\u00e1quez and Alberto Zayas, brought together more than 100 artists on stage, including a cast of 40 dancers, a vibrant battalion of Diablos Cojuelos and Lechones, and the stellar participation of great figures of our music: Milly Quezada, Joe Veras, Vaker\u00f3 and Manny Cruz, who got the audience singing and dancing with a repertoire full of identity and energy, in the heart of Times Square.\n\nWaddys J\u00e1quez and Alberto Zayas proved to be a powerful duo, capable of taking Dominican culture to one of the most emblematic stages in the world, with a staging that fused music, dance and acting in an unprecedented tribute.\n\nThe show was made possible thanks to the tireless work of the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for Dominican Communities Abroad, Celin\u00e9s Toribio, in partnership with the New York City Transportation Commissioner, Ydanis Rodr\u00edguez, and businessman Pedro Zamora.\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>You can also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/entretenimiento\/dominicanas-got-talent-jueces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dominicana\u2019s Got Talent announces judges and presenters<\/a><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\nWith this event, Dominican culture raised its voice in Times Square, marking a historic event for the diaspora. Seeing the tricolor flag waving in the heart of Broadway was a powerful gesture of pride and belonging.\n\nThe staging, with musical arrangements by Antonio Gonz\u00e1lez and Pablo Garc\u00eda, and choreography by Laura Ram\u00edrez and Waddys J\u00e1quez, reaffirmed the cultural richness and talent of our people.\n\n&#8220;Dominicana, La Bella&#8221; not only celebrated our identity, but also paid tribute to the Dominican diaspora, an essential pillar of the nation&#8217;s economy and history, reminding us that we are one of the strongest, most influential, and respected communities in the United States.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"536622\" src=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Alberto-Zayas.jpg-1024x682.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-536622\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York. \u2013The production \u201cDominicana, La Bella\u201d, conceived and directed by Waddys J\u00e1quez and Alberto Zayas, brought together more than 100 artists on stage, including a cast of 40 dancers, a vibrant battalion of Diablos Cojuelos and Lechones, and the stellar participation of great figures of our music: Milly Quezada, Joe Veras, Vaker\u00f3 and Manny [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133543,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-483316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-21Jq","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Carolina \u00c1lvarez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-26-at-5.31.57-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133543"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}