When Ballet Hispánico takes the stage this month, audiences will experience new works from Asian-American choreographers — a first for the 50-year-old company and legendary Latino dance organization.
“There’s a deeper diversity that has to be exposed," says artistic director Eduardo Vilaro, "and we’re just getting started.”
Back in May 2017, Vilaro received an invitation from Royon to a showcase he put together in New York for Filipino choreographers. Royon, whose choreography career was still in its early stage then, said he didn’t expect Vilaro to show up to his “small-time” showing. The dancing takes place around Balikbayan boxes, traditional care packages that migrant workers send home to their families in lieu of visits. The dancers move the boxes around the stage to frame various scenes that depict family interactions and romantic love.Commonality in 'chinelas' and a Cuban-Asian diaspora
He decided to feature the shoes in part because during rehearsals, he discovered that some of the dancers who grew up in Latin countries also wore them. For most choreographers, being assigned such a specific theme for a commission was unusual. Liang was born in Taiwan to Chinese parents. The family moved to Marin County, California, when Liang was 5 and he has no personal connection to Cuba.
He decided to make an abstract work,"El Viaje ," that depicts a woman watching a tightly knit group that moves intricately as a unit. Liang imagines the opening of the piece as her first New Year’s in Cuba, viewing the rituals from the outside.
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