Theatre & Dance

Collaboration lies at the heart of flamenco, an art form comprised of three parts - cante (song), baile (dance), and toque (guitar playing). Since 2012, a unique performance and education collaboration has existed between Yjastros, Albuquerque’s premier...

The University of New Mexico’s Department of Theatre and Dance opens its main stage production season with Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas, a critically acclaimed play that has flourished for more than 60 years. Originally commissioned by the BBC as a...

A 54-ton memorial quilt, a food forest, the colorful revitalization of dilapidated neighborhoods, mural prompts contemplating mortality, an all-out Artolution… these are just a few examples of how art brings people together to enrich lives and strengthen...

Lyrical, earthy and powerful, “The House of Bernarda Alba” is a masterpiece by one of the world’s most influential playwrights, Federico García Lorca, directed by Shepard Sobel in a new translation by Caridad Svich. Presented by The University of New...

The University of New Mexico’s Department of Theatre and Dance announces the world premieres of three plays by third-year students in UNM’s award winning MFA in Dramatic Writing Program, presented as part of the 2018 Linnell Festival of New...

Leading American choreographer Dana Tai Soon Burgess and his husband Jameson Freeman have established an endowment for Dance at The University of New Mexico, Burgess’s alma mater. The Dana Tai Soon Burgess and Jameson Freeman Endowed Fund for Dance will...

The UNM Department of Theatre and Dance begins its spring production season with the faculty dance concert, AMPLIFY, Feb. 23 – Mar. 4, 2018 in Rodey Theatre. Cutting-edge choreography in contemporary dance and flamenco by international guest artists and...

Lookout, Mack the Knife is back in town! UNM’s Department of Theatre and Dance presents The Threepenny Opera, “an opera for beggars,” the groundbreaking musical tale of London’s most notorious criminal, Macheath. Set in a society obsessed with money,...

UNM’s Department of Theatre and Dance presents the 2017 Linnell Festival of New Plays at the Experimental Theatre on UNM’s main campus from April 7 through 15. The Linnell Festival is the Centerpiece of UNM’s Award Winning Dramatic Writing Program. The...

The University of New Mexico’s Department of Theatre and Dance welcomes the Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company for a special benefit concert on March 21 at 7:30 p.m., as they begin their 25th Anniversary Season and Worldwide Tour in New Mexico. On this...