The elegance of New York’s City Center theater is a good look for Ballet Hispánico. Artistic director Eduardo Vilaro’s vision to champion the work of Latine choreographers is evident in the four featured artists of this program bill. (“Linea Recta” by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa was not performed the night I attended.) But truly, the highlight of the company’s second City Center season is the versatility and joie de vivre of the current company dancers, who look terrific in everything.
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