Theatre & Dance

University of New Mexico student Cristina Tadeo is an MFA candidate in the Department of Theatre and Dance. As a dancer who often works with people in close physical contact, the COVID-19 shutdown has presented challenges to practicing her art. Tadeo is...

Dancers and choreographers in the UNM Dance program were rehearsed and ready to go. A student-choreographed spring show was set to be performed when the whole country shut down, effectively shutting down the dance troupe and its audience. Artistic...

The University of New Mexico’s Department of Theatre and Dance will present its faculty dance concert META/PHYSICAL Friday, Feb. 28, through Sunday, March 8, in Rodey Theatre in the Center for Fine Arts on the main campus.  The program features...

Master’s of Fine Arts Dramatic Writing program candidate aniello fontano’s play summertime | an interlude harkens back to a different era. “This play is a love letter to small neighborhoods,” he explained. “Places that still...

There’s no telling where a degree from The University of New Mexico might take you. Estevan Velasco-Romero of Clovis ended up in the Caribbean aboard a Carnival Cruise Line ship as a singer and dancer. A shy child, Velasco-Romero was born in...

The City of Albuquerque’s 2019 Creative Bravos Awards recognize people who bring depth and creativity to their communities, including several from The University of New Mexico.  Trupthi Panickor | School of Architecture and Planning Trupthi Panickor...

A toss of the skirt, a flick of the wrist and the crook of a finger, eyes demurely downcast or locked in smoldering intensity, the strumming and drumming, clapping, tapping, swirling, and stamping. Flamenco, the passionate, dramatic dance and music born...

The University of New Mexico’s Department of Theatre and Dance announces the world premiere, 1n2ian (“Indian”) by Jay B. Muskett, a third-year student in UNM’s award winning MFA in Dramatic Writing Program. 1n2ian, directed by Gleason Bauer, will be...

The UNM’s Opera Theatre will be joining forces with the UNM Symphony Opera to perform Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance for one weekend only. Pirates of Penzance will be performed at the UNM Center of the Arts in Keller Hall at Feb. 28,...

The University of New Mexico Department of Theatre and Dance begins its 2019 spring production season with the faculty dance concert, FOREFRONT, Feb. 22 through March 3 in Rodey Theatre.