Reflection Of Ballet Hispano

Saturday, October 17, 2015 Miramar Cultural Center presented Ballet Hispanico. A ballet that completely left me lost for words… How I’m supposed to write about it now? First of all the Theater was breathtaking, there were three rows that lead to a beautiful stage. I sat in the middle to get the best view. They started right on time introducing the Ballet and explaining some of the importance of the Ballet. Ballet Hispanico was founded by Tina Ramirez in 1970. After the show Artistic Director Eduardo Vilaro explained that the purpose of Ballet Hispanico is to reflect the Latin American Culture. Knowing one of the performers Christopher Hernandez, he told me that all the dances gives a feel of what it is like in the Latin culture. The dance

The costumes were simple, but elegant. It varied between dark navy loose shirts for both the women and men, with dark navy long skirts (knee high) for the women and black tight shorts for the men. None of the performers were wearing shoes, but just crew black socks for the men and stockings for the women. “El Beso” began with just two performers (Two men) as they entered the stage with an Adagio. The two performers appeared to be trying to steal a kiss from each other, Then more dancers came on the stage and they all danced in sync. After every couple of seconds the performers tried to kiss someone. Going back and forth until all the other performers danced themselves off the stage behind the curtains, besides three performers (one woman and two men). They danced as the woman was kissing both men after the other going with the music with a fast beat. The performance ended with one of the men denying her last kiss. There was no lyrics to the music in the “El Beso” performance. Just composed sounds that the performers moved to every single beat and not missing one. Trying to interpret this performance I would say that “El Beso” represents how the Latin Culture always greets and says goodbye with a beso

The dance consisted of five couples of a male and a female. The Female dancers wore beautiful lavishing spanish dresses. The top of the dress was a tight sweetheart and the bottom was short and puffy like a tutu. Each dress was a different color with little design, but just enough to catch attention of the aduence. The male dancers wore suits and ties matching the color of their partners dress, but the dress shirt was a button up which had the same design of the dress of their partners on them. The female dancers wore Footlights and the male dancers wore what seem to be ballroom shoes. The performance started off with a Pas de deux and then ended with a coda. The music used in this performance was a combination of the beautiful rhythms of the Conga, Rumba, Mambo, and Cha Cha. Which if you are not too familar with this genre of music, it is fast upbeat rhythm. The permformers danced with the rhythms of the music so swiftly and smooth. I remembered learning in class that the performer must make it look as if the dancing was easy for them and all the performers extended that expectation. They all stayed smiling and none of them made a mistake from what I could remember. This performance reflects the Latin American Culture with their taste in music and how well of dancers they are. Every Latin festivity I have been to, everyone is always dancing and dancing in a