I recently went to Ballet Hispanico, and it was absolutely amazing! For starters, I love dance, I grew up dancing and it is a huge passion of mine, so I knew that I wanted to go to this performance just because it was dance. However, I did not expect what this ballet gave me. It was so different from any other ballet performance I have been to.
Ballet Hispanico was so upbeat and exciting. The Latin music gave the performance something very different than an American or French origin ballet. The mixing of Jazz and Modern choreography with Latin drums and trumpets made me want more. One of my favorite parts about the performance was how much more erotic or sexual it was in a way than say something like Swan Lake. In a way it reminded me a little bit of the movie Chicago. It had so much emotion that was tension filled, and almost sexually driven.
My favorite dance was I think a Tango. It had two men and one woman. She was caught in between these two men who both want her. There was so much tension throughout the whole dance. The woman was an absolutely amazing dancer, and her presence on stage made you keep wanting more and more. She made me really want to learn Tango, and study abroad in Central or South America.
The movements and routines are Latin inspired, so there is much more use of the hips and free flowing movements. It was not as structured in many of the dances. However, at the same time the performance was graceful and beautiful. For me, Ballet Hispanico really found this very happy medium between a ballet and street performance-esque quality. I wish that I could go again!
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