Ballet Hispánico’s 56th Season brings together four choreographers whose work approaches dance as a way of thinking about the present.

Cassi Abranches’ Trança offers a contemporary take on Brazilian dance, capturing the restless energy of daily life. (World Premiere)

Marianela Boán’s Reactor Antígona reimagines the Greek myth as a living question on female sacrifice, the passage between worlds, and the self-imposed structures we live under. (World Premiere)

Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Línea Recta explores what happens when individuality begins to move collectively through flamenco dance. (Company Repertory)

Stephanie Martinez’s Otra Vez, Otra Vez, Otra Vez offers a richly textured reflection on the cyclical patterns of life inspired by Picasso’s Old Guitarist. (Company Premiere)

Each work speaks in its own language, yet all share a common thread: a curiosity about how we move through the world and alongside one another.

The season also includes Ballet Hispánico’s En Familia/Family Matinee, hosted by Artistic Director & CEO Eduardo Vilaro, which features excerpts from this season’s new works, a repertory classic, and interactive moments that will have you dancing in your seat.

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Ballet Hispánico

New York City Center

Bizet’s familiar opera Carmen, about a love triangle between a soldier, a bullfighter, and a free-spirited Gypsy, is new again in the hands of Ballet Hispánico New York. The New York-based company engaged three Spaniards for a note of authenticity: choreographer Gustavo Ramírez Sansano, and his designers for sets and costumes. Sansano excerpted music from several Bizet compositions, but of course, the bolero and habanera are lifted straight from the opera, with the choreography adding a distinct Spanish flare. Sansano added “maquia” to the title of his creation to emphasize a battle to the death. In Spanish, bullfighting is called “tauromaquia.”

Ballet Hispánico Carmen maquia

California State University, Northridge

Ballet Hispánico New York is the nation's leading Hispanic/Latine dance company and the largest cultural institution of its kind in the United States, recognized by the Ford Foundation as one of America's Cultural Treasures. Under the artistic direction of Eduardo Vilaro, the company continues to broaden its artistic scope and deepen its repertory.

In this very special evening, the company will perform CARMEN.maquia.

Since her debut in 1875, Carmen, the titular character from Bizet's opera, has become a timeless cultural icon, inspiring generations of composers, choreographers, and writers to attempt to capture her elusive and alluring nature. 

Ballet Hispánico honors the powerful Spanish leading lady with Gustavo Ramirez Sansano's electrifying CARMEN.maquia. One of today’s most sought-after choreographers, Sansano's quintessential ballet invigorates this timeless tale with an unrelenting energy that leaves you breathless.

Ballet Hispánico New York

Gonzaga University

Since her debut in 1875, Carmen, the titular character from Bizet's opera, has become a timeless cultural icon, inspiring generations of composers, choreographers, and writers to attempt to capture her elusive and alluring nature. Ballet Hispánico honors the powerful Spanish leading lady with Gustavo Ramirez Sansano's electrifying CARMEN.maquia. One of today’s most sought-after choreographers, Sansano's quintessential ballet invigorates this timeless tale with an unrelenting energy that leaves you breathless. Highly original and full of explosive movement, CARMEN.maquia is a bold reimagining of this tragic tale.

The Egg

Bizet’s Carmen has seen countless interpretations over the past 150 years, but never one like this! Acclaimed choreographer Gustavo Ramírez Sansano brings this full-length ballet to the stage, inspired by tauromaquia—the art of bullfighting—breathing a modern life into the legendary opera character through Ballet Hispánico’s electrifying CARMEN.maquia. Carmen has become a cultural icon, inspiring generations of composers, choreographers, and writers to attempt to capture her elusive and alluring nature. One of today’s most sought-after choreographers, Sansano’s quintessential ballet invigorates this timeless tale with an unrelenting energy that leaves you breathless. Highly original and full of explosive movement, CARMEN.maquia is a bold reimagining of this classic story. 

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Bizet’s Carmen has seen countless interpretations over the past 150 years, but never one like this! Acclaimed choreographer Gustavo Ramírez Sansano and Ballet Hispánico bring this full-length ballet to the stage, invigorating this timeless tale with an unrelenting energy that leaves you breathless. Highly original and full of explosive movement, CARMEN.maquia is a bold reimagining of this classic story. 

Ballet Hispánico | Student Matinee

### Ballet Hispánico at McCarter Theatre Center

**Date and Time:**  
Saturday, September 28, 2024, at 7:30 PM

**Venue:**  
Matthews Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center

**Event Overview:**  
Join us for an unforgettable evening with Ballet Hispánico, one of America's Cultural Treasures as recognized by the Ford Foundation. This renowned dance company celebrates the joy and diversity of Latinx culture through a mesmerizing fusion of classical ballet, modern dance, and Latin rhythms. Set to the intoxicating beats of conga, rumba, mambo, and more, Ballet Hispánico promises a stirring showcase that is both a cutting-edge crowd pleaser and a tribute to Latinx heritage.

**Program Highlights:**
- **Sombrerísimo** by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
- **Buscando a Juan** by Eduardo Vilaro
- **Club Havana** by Pedro Ruiz

**Tickets:**  
Secure your seats now for the best prices and the best views. Don't miss this opportunity to experience the largest Latinx/e/Hispanic organization in the United States as they bring their vibrant and dynamic performances to the Matthews Theatre stage.

**Additional Information:**  
For more details on tickets, subscriptions, group tickets, and student tickets, please visit our website. 

Celebrate the rich cultural tapestry of Latinx dance with Ballet Hispánico at McCarter Theatre Center!

McCarter Theatre Center

Ballet Hispánico is the largest Latinx/Latine/Hispanic cultural organization in the United States and one of America’s Cultural Treasures. Ballet Hispánico’s three main programs, the Company, School of Dance, and Community Arts Partnerships bring communities together to celebrate the multifaceted Hispanic diasporas. Ballet Hispánico’s New York City headquarters provide the physical home and cultural heart for Latinx dance in the United States. It is a space that initiates new inclusive cultural conversations and explores the intersectionality of Latine cultures. No matter their background or identity – Latine, Latinx, Hispanic – Ballet Hispánico welcomes and serves all, breaking stereotypes and celebrating the beauty and diversity of Hispanic cultures through dance.

Ballet Hispanico

FSU Center for the Performing Arts

An explosive portrait of Eva “Evita” Perón, one of the most recognizable and controversial, women in Argentinian history, DOÑA PERÓN bursts onto the stage with this riveting work. BALLET HISPÁNICO explores her life and legacy, following her journey from dancehall performer to her rise to Argentina’s first lady and her sudden death

Ballet Hispánico: Doña Perón

Alexander W. Dreyfoos Concert Hall

The nation's renowned Latinx dance organization, Ballet Hispánico, brings audiences together to celebrate the joy and diversity of Latinx culture. Equal parts artistic excellence and catalyst for change, Ballet Hispánico is known for stunning dancers, daring routines by Latinx choreographers, and a fusion of Latin dance with classical and contemporary techniques, creating a new style of concert dance where theatricality and passion are at the core. 

Staller Center for the Arts

For over 50 years, Ballet Hispánico has been bringing communities together, using innovative dance performances, transformative dance training, and community engagement experiences to celebrate and explore Latino cultures. By providing access to arts education, the organization inspires creativity and social awareness in our neighborhoods and nationwide.

The Music Center at Strathmore

In its Wallis debut Ballet Hispánico presents an evening of dance that explores the diversity of Latinx cultures and brings innovative ways of experiencing and sharing a cultural dialogue. For fifty years Ballet Hispánico has been the leading voice intersecting artistic excellence and advocacy, and is now the largest Latinx cultural organization in the United States and one of America’s Cultural Treasures.

Ballet Hispánico: Noche de Oro

The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

Ballet Hispánico New York makes its Center debut with a new ballet by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. Set within a feverish dream, like Cervantes, Lopez Ochoa reimagines the iconic ballet Don Quixote through a fantastic lens - where forms shift, logic loosens, and imagination extends beyond the limits of the real.

Ballet Hispánico

May 15, 2027

Ballet Hispánico New York Don Q: In Pursuit of the Impossible

23 - 26 Apr, 2026

Ballet Hispánico

Mar 28, 2026

Ballet Hispánico Carmen maquia

Ballet Hispánico