Ricardo Urbina

“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.