It’s 52 years since Tina Ramirez founded Ballet Hispánico in New York as a haven for marginalised Latinx artists. Now it’s the largest Latinx cultural organisation in the US, run by Cuban American Eduardo Vilaro, but surprisingly making it’s very first appearance on an English stage as part of Leicester’s Let’s Dance International Frontiers festival.
Despite the name, this is actually a versatile troupe of contemporary dancers also drawing on Latin, jazz and ballet. This triple bill can only serve as a taster to their extensive rep, but it suggests a company with a proud sense of heritage, and an accessible approach to dance, questioning identity and society with bite and humour.
