Choreographed by Ballet Hispánico Artistic Director and CEO Eduardo Vilaro, “Buscando a Juan” (“Looking for Juan”) reacts to the ideas presented in The Met’s exhibit “Juan de Pareja: Afro-Hispanic Painter.” This MetLiveArts commission explores the “sancocho”—literally, mixed soup—of cultures and diasporas. Through the exoticized body and fixation on gesture and sensuality, “Buscando a Juan” considers the assumptions experienced when witnessing people of color in traditionally white spaces.
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