Overview

• Isaac Hernández returned to his flagship gala by opening with a Giselle pas de deux with Jasmine Jimison, reprising the version from his June Metropolitan Opera House debut.
• The program blended classical, neoclassical, contemporary and urban dance, highlighted by a new commission for Chey Jurado with live piano by Francesco Tristano.
• Roberto Bolle made his first appearance in Mexico, performing Le parc pas de deux with Paris Opera Ballet’s Sae Eun Park after intermission.
• International standouts included Tiler Peck and Roman Mejia, Sae Eun Park and Germain Louvet, Lil Buck, Ivana Bueno with Esteban Hernández and Gabriele Frola, Catherine Hurlin and Aran Bell, and Alina Cojocaru.
• The evening ended with the Hernández brothers’ traditional My Way and a full-cast encore to Impossible, with celebrity attendees reported to include Jessica Chastain and director Michel Franco.