Ballet Hispánico, the nation’s largest Latine/x/Hispanic dance group, presents Gustavo Ramírez Sansano’s masterwork CARMEN.maquia at New York Metropolis Middle from Might 29-June 1, 2025.
Led by Inventive Director and CEO Eduardo Vilaro, Ballet Hispánico provides “sleekly up to date leisure” (The New York Instances), reimagining dance with vibrant works that defy custom. The 2024/25 Season program celebrates the a hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Bizet’s beloved basic opera Carmen with a reimagining of Gustavo Ramírez Sansano’s Picasso-inspired, up to date model, CARMEN.maquia.
The bodily charged and sensual choreography fuses up to date dance with nods to the Spanish paso doble and flamenco. Ballet Hispánico’s fifty fifth Emerald Anniversary Season additionally options one among New York Metropolis’s favourite Gala Performances, the return of the wildly standard En Familia Matinee (that includes a blended repertory program), the place all seats in the home are $25 (charges included) at 2:00pm on Might thirty first.
“We’re thrilled to have fun 150 years of Bizet with our very personal Carmen. CARMEN.maquia is a vital piece of Ballet Hispánico’s repertory, and Gustavo Ramírez Sansano returns to the rehearsal room to replace the work with our Firm dancers,” mentioned Vilaro. “A suspenseful, highly effective, humorous work, it is a attractive and heartbreaking model of a basic story that may blow audiences away!”
Since her debut in 1875, Carmen has turn into a timeless cultural icon, inspiring generations of composers, choreographers, and writers to aim to seize her elusive and alluring nature. Ballet Hispánico honors the highly effective Spanish main girl this season throughout its fifty fifth Emerald Anniversary with Gustavo Ramírez Sansano’s electrifying CARMEN.maquia. One in all as we speak’s most sought-after choreographers, Sansano invigorates this timeless story with an unrelenting vitality that leaves you breathless. Extremely unique and stuffed with explosive motion, CARMEN.maquia is a daring reimagining of this tragic story.
Be a part of Ballet Hispánico for an exhilarating night of dance, glamour, and tradition in help of Ballet Hispánico’s Firm, Faculty of Dance, and Group Arts Partnerships programming on Might 29th at 6:30 pm for his or her 2025 Gala. Desk and ticket reservations embody entry to the pre-performance reception and efficiency at New York Metropolis Middle, adopted by dinner and dancing on the Ziegfeld Ballroom. To order your desk or ticket, please contact Ellie Craven at ecraven@ballethispanico.org or go to https://www.ballethispanico.org/help/occasions/2025-gala.
Step into the world of Ballet Hispánico’s En Familia Matinee, the place the entire household can take pleasure in an exhilarating mixture of dance, schooling, and interactive enjoyable on Might 31st at 2:00 pm! Guided by the charismatic Eduardo Vilaro, Inventive Director & CEO of Ballet Hispánico, this efficiency of quick works throughout the Firm’s repertory provides way more than a standard present. With partaking historic and cultural insights into every work, Eduardo brings the dances to life, sparking curiosity and surprise in children and adults alike. Plus, he’ll have everybody shimmying of their seats, studying strikes proper together with the performers! All tickets for En Familia Matinee are $25 (charges included) and can be found right here, due to the generosity of the RBC Basis USA, the charitable arm of RBC Capital Markets, and New York Metropolis Middle.
Tickets for all applications are on sale now and might be bought on-line at NYCityCenter.org, by calling 212.581.1212, or in individual on the Metropolis Middle Field Workplace. New York Metropolis Middle is positioned at 131 W fifty fifth St between Sixth and Seventh Avenues.
