Choreographed by Eduardo Vilaro

This work explores the mesmerizing music and traditions of the Sephardic Jews (Ladinos) who settled in Latin America. In a series of enchanting tableaux, Vilaro has created hauntingly beautiful images evoking feelings of loss and disappearance.

 

Praise for Deshár Alhát (Leave Sunday)

"Vilaro brilliantly employs Latino songs. Every section is laden with connections mixed or emotionally vexed: dancers slip from one another's grasp, sleepwalk in tandem, alternately attack and caress each other in a breathtaking furious duet." - Laura Molzahn, Chicago Tribune

Eduardo Vilaro

Choreographer

Founder of Luna Negra Dance Theater, Eduardo Vilaro was born in Havana, Cuba, and immigrated to New York City where he grew up in the Bronx. He received his dance training at the Alvin Ailey American Dance School and the...