Next at the Kennedy Center S01E04 - Ballet Hispanico's Dona Perón
Summary:
For over 50 years, innovative New York–based Ballet Hispánico has been bringing communities together to celebrate and explore Latinx cultures through dance. Last seen at the Kennedy Center in 2013, Ballet Hispánico returns with internationally-renowned choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's Don?a Pero?n—her first evening-length work for the company.
Fresh from its world premiere to audiences in spring 2022, Don?a Pero?n is an explosive portrait of Eva "Evita" Pero?n, one of the most captivating and controversial women in Argentinian history. Ochoa explores Evita's diverging legacies in her invigorating new work set to live music by Peter Salem. Even as she rose up the ranks from dancehall performer to Argentina's First Lady, Evita concealed a secret past. In her rags-to-riches life that ended suddenly at 33, was she a voice for the people or a deceitful actress?
