Ruth Leon recommends… Ballet Hispanico– Met Museum

Ballet Hispanico– Met Museum

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This MetLiveArts commission explores the “sancocho”—literally, mixed soup—of cultures and diasporas. As part of The Met’s celebration of Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month, they have released this video of Buscando a Juan, from Ballet Hispanico.  
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Through the exoticized body and fixation on gesture and sensuality, Buscando a Juan considers the assumptions experienced when witnessing people of colour in traditionally white spaces.

Ballet Hispánico is the largest Latinx/Latine/Hispanic cultural organization in the United States and one of America’s Cultural Treasures. It is the cultural heart for Latinx dance in the United States, exploring the intersectionality of Latine cultures. No matter their background or identity Ballet Hispánico welcomes and serves all, breaking stereotypes and celebrating the beauty and diversity of Hispanic cultures through dance.

Choreographed by Ballet Hispánico Artistic Director and CEO Eduardo Vilaro,  Buscando a Juan (Looking for Juan) reacts to the ideas presented in The Met’s exhibit “Juan de Pareja: Afro-Hispanic Painter.”

Music includes: La Pasión segun San Marcos by Osvaldo Golijov, performed by Orquesta La Pasion, Members of the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela & Maria Guinand.

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