Community News:
Samizdat Bookstore and Los Alamos Arts Council invite the community to an afternoon exploring the art of storytelling with Yvonne Montoya, choreographer and Artistic Director of Tucson’s Safos Dance Theatre.
Montoya, along with dancers Delia Ibañez and Esteban Rosales, will guide participants in using storytelling in a highly interactive workshop to explore themes of community, home and the history of Los Alamos.
In groups of 2-3, participants will follow a series of prompts to share a fun or interesting story about themselves and their home. The workshop will conclude with a performance of a monologue from Stories From Home.
This workshop is inspired by Stories From Home, an evening length dance piece that is a series of dances embodying the oral traditions of Nuevomexicano and Chicano communities in the American Southwest.
The people of Los Alamos, White Rock and neighboring communities are invited to participate in this free, all-ages event at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 14 in the south wing of Fuller Lodge Art Center, 2132 Central Ave.
Direct questions to Jill Lang of Samizdat Bookstore at 505.412.0238 or admin@samizdatbookstore.com.
Funding Statement
Stories from Home has been in development for many years. The following funders, organizations, people and artist residencies supported the creation of this work over the years. The presentation was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This project is also supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities visit www.arts.gov.
This project is a National Performance Network (NPN) Documentation & Storytelling Initiative fund and the Creation & Development Fund Project co-commissioned by SU TEATRO, GALA Hispanic Theatre, and NPN. The Creation & Development Fund is supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency). For more information visit www.npnweb.org.
This project is supported in part by the MAP Fund, supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona; Projecting All Voices, a program of Arizona State University Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, and Arizona State University Gammage. This project was developed as a part of the Kennedy Center Office Hours Page to Stage Residency program at the REACH. This project was created with support from SPACE on Ryder Farm https:////www.spaceonryderfarm.org, Keshet Makers Space Experience, Dance/USA Fellowships to Artists, Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellowship 2019/2020, and Safos Dance Theatre.
This project is also supported in part by the Arizona Commission on the Arts which receives support from the State of Arizona and the National Endowment for the Arts. This project is also supported by the Arizona Community Foundation Community Support Grant.
Safos Dance Theatre is supported in part by an American Rescue Plan Act grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support general operating expenses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.