Dracula, A Love Story

February 17-18, 2023

photos by Pat Berrett

Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW Albuquerque, NM 87102 United States

Tickets from National Hispanic Cultural Center

The Nutcracker in the Land of Enchantment

December 16-18, 2022

photo by Pat Berrett

December 16-18, 2022

7 pm Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
2 pm Saturday and Sunday

Sacred Journeys III

April 22 – April 24, 2022

7:00 p.m. Friday & Saturday, 2:00 p.m. Sunday

Festival Ballet Albuquerque and the NHCC present Sacred Journeys III. Classical and contemporary dance combine with the eclectic music of two-time Grammy award-winning Taos Pueblo musician Robert Mirabal in this reflection of New Mexican cultures through dance, music, and spoken word. Mirabal collaborates with Festival Ballet Albuquerque’s artistic director Patricia Dickinson Wells and with internationally renowned New York City Ballet dancer Jock Soto, of Navajo and Puerto Rican descent. Soto, who is originally from Gallup, NM, and will also make guest appearances onstage, now lives in Eagle Nest, NM. Additional choreographers for the production are native New Mexican Dominic Guerra and internationally known Vladimir Conde-Reche, a native of São Paulo, Brazil. Additional guest artists include the Trujillo Family traditional Native American dancers. Robert Mirabal, dedicated to keeping alive the centuries-old customs of Taos Pueblo, is also a leading proponent of world music, and has merged his Indigenous American sound with the music of Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean, tapping into a planetary pulse with a style that defies characterization. His 2002 breakthrough PBS special, Music from a Painted Cave, is unsurpassed in Native American theatrical expression. A former principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, Jock Soto was one of the last dancers to be personally selected by founder George Balanchine when he was barely 16. He danced featured roles in over 40 ballets, of which more than 35 were created for him. The author of Every Step You Take and the subject of the documentary Water Flowing Together (the name of his Navajo clan), Soto teaches partnering and technique classes at the School of American Ballet, where he has been a permanent member of the faculty since 1996. Sacred Journeys III brings together the rich and diverse culture of our state, while providing extraordinary role models for New Mexico’s youth. SACRED JOURNEYS II: The Live Performance Recording was honored to be screened in 2021 at the Red Nation International Film festival and the American Indian Film Festival. $14, $20, $29, $39, $49 w/ $2 discount for seniors, children under 12

December 17-19, 2021

NUTCRACKER IN THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT

ROBERT MIRABAL – JOCK SOTO – FBA DANCERS

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SACRED JOURNEYS II- Live Performance Recording:

The second full collaboration between

Festival Ballet Albuquerque, Robert Mirabal and Jock Soto

https://nmliving.com/2019/08/22/sacred-journeys-ii-comes-alive-at-national-hispanic-cultural-center

DANCE VISIONS: Festival of New Ballets

FBA’s Spring offering is headlined by a new epic ballet by David Chavez, dance icon in Albuquerque during the 1980’s and early 90’s, known for his masterpiece ballets such as Sleepy Hollow, Carmina Burana, Jungle Book to name a few, has created his most epic ballet in over 20 years.

His new work, The Humiliation of Venus: A Mystical Journey is a multi-media one-act ballet based on mythological characters, complete with Venus/Aphrodite , Are/ Mars, Adonis, Pan with over 40 dancers with special stage combat guest artists Angelo and A.J. Collado. Dominic Guerra has choreographed Las Soldaderas depicting the women who fought in the Mexican Revolution. Other choreographies include neoclassical works by Dr. Mel Tomlinson to music of Ravel, Alex Ossadnik to music of Satie. DANCE VISIONS promises to be an exciting performance of incredible full screen video by Chavez with exciting dance scenes, historical dance perspectives by Guerra, and entertaining, fun-loving, quirky tour de force ballets by Tomlinson and Ossadnik.