The Ballet Hispánico 2025 En Familia Matinee offers a journey through Latin American culture and traditions for the second year in Ballet Hispánico’s history, with an interactive and fun-filled afternoon featuring excerpts of classic pieces from the Company’s repertory.

 After the show, young audience members have the opportunity to meet the dancers for a photo op, learn dance moves, and enjoy Caribbean beats from musicians throughout the theater!

En Familia Matinee Program

Arabesque (1984)

Arabesque is an elegant suite of dances set to the music of Spanish Composer, Enrique Granados. Traces of Flamenco influence are hinted at in the upper body as the dancers move through lush balletic contemporary phrase work.

CARMEN.maquia – excerpt (2012)

The 2024/25 Season program celebrates the 150th anniversary of the beloved classic ballet Carmen with a restaging of Gustavo Ramírez Sansano’s Picasso-inspired, contemporary take on Bizet’s passionately tragic masterpiece.. The physically charged and sensual choreography fuses contemporary dance with nods to the Spanish paso doble and flamenco.

Club Havana – excerpt (2000)

Cuban (Afro-Latin) dancing at its best. The intoxicating rhythms of the conga, rumba, mambo, and cha cha cha are brought to life by choreographer Pedro Ruiz, himself a native of Cuba, as he imagined his very own “Club Havana.”

Tres Cantos (1975)

Set to three songs (tres cantos) by Latin American composers Carlos Chavez, Lorenzo Fernandez, and Silvestre Revueltas, Talley Beatty's 1975 masterwork reflects the history of Mexico, from its Aztec roots through the Spanish Conquest to the re-emergence of the native peoples' unconquered spirit. This revival celebrates the 200th anniversary of Mexico's independence.