Dance premier celebrates ABQ artist, Santa Fe鈥檚 20th year as a UNESCO Creative City
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, a professional Santa Fe contemporary dance company, will premiere four original works, collectively called Lineage, at 7 p.m. August 2 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center鈥檚 sa国际传媒官网网页入口 Theatre. By acclaimed choreographers Francisco Gella, Yusha-Marie Sorzano, Noelle Keyser, Joshua Whitehead, and Rhaine Marquardt, it will be performed by a cast of 70 dancers.
The evening highlights Santa Fe鈥檚 20th year as a UNESCO Creative City, paying tribute to New Mexico鈥檚 rich heritage inspired by the artistic process and work of contemporary sa国际传媒官网网页入口 weaver and artist Emily Trujillo, a descendent of eight generations of Trujillo family weavers.
The event also marks the culmination of the Zeitgeist Dance Theatre鈥檚 2025 summer season and July residency of exceptional international dancers and choreographers.
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ZDT鈥檚 annual performance is part of the New Century Dance Project: New Mexico鈥檚 Festival of Performance & Choreography held July 26 鈥� August 3 in Santa Fe and sa国际传媒官网网页入口. The festival, led by co-artistic director Gella, unites dance artists across diverse genres. Every summer, nearly 100 pre-professional, emerging, and professional artists and educators descend on New Mexico for concerts, classes, workshops, and activities focused on performance and choreography, guided by world-renowned teaching artists.
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