Ballet Hispánico: Doña Perón

The Latinx dance institution Ballet Hispánico concludes its 50th-anniversary season as part of the inaugural edition of the City Center Dance Festival. Choreographed by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa to a score by Peter Salem, this full-length piece takes a fresh look at the complex and controversial figure of 1940s Argentine first lady Eva Perón—also, famously, the subject of the Broadway musical Evita—who rose from dance halls to the side of a populist strongman before dying young and leaving a legacy that is still being sorted through today.