Ballet Hispánico
Anitra Keegan currently serves as Ballet Mistress at Ballet Hispánico, a position held since December 2023. Prior to this role, Anitra was a Ballet Instructor at Princeton University from January 2019 to January 2024 and held multiple titles at NIMBUS DANCE, including Company Manager, Rehearsal Director, and Associate Artistic Director from 2018 to January 2024. Anitra also worked as a Brand Ambassador and Master Pointe Specialist at CAPEZIO from February 2013 to February 2018 and was a Professional Ballet Dancer with BalletX from May 2007 to August 2012. Anitra holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Dance from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.
Ballet Hispánico
Ballet Hispánico is the nation’s renowned Latinx/e/Hispanic dance organization and one of America’s Cultural Treasures. Ballet Hispánico brings communities together to celebrate and explore Latine/x cultures through innovative dance performances, transformative dance training, and enduring community engagement experiences. Founded in 1970 by National Medal of Arts recipient, Tina Ramírez, the organization emerged during the post-civil rights movement on New York’s Upper West Side, providing a safe haven for primarily Black and Brown Latinx youth seeking artistic sanctuary during New York City’s plight in the 1970s. The need for place, both culturally and artistically, led families to find Ballet Hispánico. The focus on dance as a means to develop working artists, combined with the training, authenticity of voice, and power of representation, fueled the organization’s roots and trajectory. With its strong emphasis on dance, achievement, and public presence, the organization has flourished in its three main programs: its Company, School of Dance, and Community Arts Partnerships. The organization serves as a platform for historically omitted and overlooked artists providing them with increased capacity, voice, and affirmation. Over the past five decades, by leading with Latinx culture at the forefront of performance, education, and advocacy, Ballet Hispánico’s mission is a catalyst of change and possibility for communities throughout our nation.