PHOTOS: Inside Ballet Hispánico’s 2025 Emerald Gala

Eduardo Vilaro, Henry R. Muñoz III and Ana Navarro. Patrick McMullan by way of Getty Picture

Late final month, greater than 450 of New York’s cultural changemakers and balletomanes gathered within the Artwork Deco–impressed Ziegfeld Ballroom of their greatest “Inventive Black Tie” to honor enterprise chief, activist and Tony- and Emmy-winning producer and philanthropist Henry R. Muñoz III. The event was Ballet Hispánico’s fifty fifth anniversary Emerald Gala—which raised over $1.6 million for the group’s inventive and academic packages—and the accolade introduced to Muñoz was the corporate’s Nuestra Inspiración Award.

“This honor represents extra than simply private recognition,” he mentioned in a pre-gala assertion. “It’s a celebration of Latino artists, our wealthy tradition and the transformative energy of the humanities to form our society and create understanding.”

Earlier than Nicaraguan-American political strategist, CNN commentator and The View co-host Ana Navarro introduced the award, gala-goers had been enraptured by picks from Gustavo Ramírez Sansano’s ballet CARMEN.maquia, an explosive dance adaptation of Bizet’s iconic opera Carmen. The dancing continued in the course of the sit-down dinner, which was enlivened by performances by the scholars from The Ballet Hispánico Faculty.

A dramatic pose in a ballet performance. — A second from Gustavo Ramírez Sansano’s *CARMEN.maquia*. Patrick McMullan/PMC

Over the course of the night, philanthropists Kate Lear and Andrew Martin-Weber mingled with New York governor Kathy Hochul, NYC Division of Cultural Affairs commissioner Laurie A. Cumbo and GMA’s Stephanie Ramos, who attended together with her husband, filmmaker Emio Tomeoni. Additionally noticed had been actor Harvey Guillén, dancer Alicia Graf Mack and costume designer Machine Dazzle, who rubbed elbows with artist Grimanesa Amorós, Vogue Mexico and Latin America editor-in-chief Karla Martinez de Salas and Lincoln Middle’s Shanta Thake.

Earlier than the glamorous night time’s finish, friends filed onto the dance ground and acquired their groove on to the sounds of the beloved three-time Grammy Award-winning Spanish Harlem Orchestra.