Ballet Hispanico Performance "Noche de Oro"
Venue: Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Organizations: Ballet Hispánico
Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Time: 7:30 - 9:00 PM
Event Types: Arts & Theatre
Cost:

Description:
The Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech presents Ballet Hispanico performing "Noche de Oro" on Wednesday, February 23, 2022.

An international force for 50 years, Ballet Hispánico continues to mold the landscape of contemporary dance. This performance commemorates the company’s work to ignite cultural pride, elevate diverse artists, and share with underserved communities a language accessible to every body: dance. Full of spirit and vibrancy, the program encompasses five decades of lush and virtuosic dance.

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 brings communities together to celebrate and explore Latino cultures through innovative dance productions, transformative dance training, and enduring community engagement experiences.

National Medal of Arts recipient Tina Ramirez founded Ballet Hispánico in 1970, at the height of the post-war civil rights movements. From its inception Ballet Hispánico focused on providing a haven for Black and Brown Latinx youth and families seeking artistic place and cultural sanctuary. By providing the space for Latinx dance and dancers to flourish, Ballet Hispánico uplifted marginalized emerging and working artists, which combined with the training, authenticity of voice, and power of representation, fueled the organization’s roots and trajectory. In 2009, Ballet Hispánico welcomed Eduardo Vilaro as its Artistic Director, ushering in a new era by inserting fresh energy to the company’s founding values and leading Ballet Hispánico into an artistically vibrant future. Today, Ballet Hispánico’s New York City headquarters house a School of Dance and state-of-the-art dance studios for its programs and the arts community. From its grassroots origins as a dance school and community-based performing arts troupe, for fifty years Ballet Hispánico has stood as a catalyst for social change.

Ballet Hispánico provides the physical home and cultural heart for Latinx dance in the United States. Ballet Hispánico has developed a robust public presence across its three main programs: its Company, School of Dance, and Community Arts Partnerships.

Links:

• https://www.ballethispanico.org/
• https://www.facebook.com/ballethispanico
• https://www.twitter.com/BalletHispanico
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeBVCPHnWSLKF4c53fAqDRw
• https://www.instagram.com/ballethispanico/

Adults tickets range from $25.00-$55.00 depending on seat location. Tickets for students with ID and youth ages 18 & under are $10.00.

To register online, visit: https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/Online/mapSelect.asp?doWork::WSmap::loadMap=Load&createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadMap::performance_ids=E17C115A-36D5-4440-B381-9D7A8E0A2C85.

In accordance with guidance from Virginia Tech, our patrons, artists, and staff are required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test result taken within 72 hours of the event before attending public performances and events. This requirement will remain in effect until further notice.

All faculty, staff, students, and visitors at the Moss Arts Center will be required to wear a mask in indoor public spaces.

For more information, visit: https://artscenter.vt.edu/performances/ballet-hispanico.html or https://www.facebook.com/artscenteratvt or call 540-231-5300.