Ricardo Urbina

June 20, 2026, 19.30 h
June 21, 2026, 19.00 h
Duration 45 minutes

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“I am different” is the first evening length creation by Ricardo Urbina. This is an intimate spoken-word performance shaped as a letter - raw, vulnerable, and unapologetic. It weaves together the lived experience of the muxe community, who are considered Mexico’s third gender, with Ricardo’s journey in the ballet world, tracing parallels of tradition, discipline, and otherness. Through voice and body, the piece explores identity and belonging and breaks down traditional gender roles transforming difference from a wound into a declaration. It reclaims what has been questioned or disciplined as a source of power. This is not meant as a request to be understood, but as a statement of presence saying: This is who I am, and I am enough.

Ricardo Urbina was born in Torreón, Mexico, and received their dance training in their hometown as well as at the Idyllwild Arts Academy in California and the Hamburg Ballet School. After graduating, they danced for two years with the Federal Youth Ballet before becoming an ensemble member of the Hamburg Ballet – John Neumeier in 2018. In the 2023/24 season, they performed as a soloist with ballettKIEL and is now a freelance dancer and choreographer. Ricardo Urbina has choreographed, among others, for the Federal Youth Ballet, for the New Year's Eve 2024 at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, and for the choreographers' program of the Hamburg Ballet.

Performers: Xaneri Damián, Pascal Schmidt and Ricardo Urbina
Musik and Media: Pascal Schmidt, GPS Productions  
Costumes: Xaneri Damián, Pavel Chii and Dietrick + Kock