Los Alamos Arts Council Presents:SAFOS Dance Theatre Stories From Home

Next date: Friday, October 03, 2025 | 05:30 PM to 09:00 PM

Stories From Home” is a series of dances embodying the oral traditions of Nuevomexicano, Chicano, and Mexican American communities in the American Southwest. Choreographer Yvonne Montoya and an all-Mexican American cast of dancers, draw upon personal histories as well as ancestral knowledge, including stories from Montoya’s great-grandmother, grandmother, great-aunts, and father.

“Stories From Home” is a vessel for personal and specific tales, while also offering a broader look at various cultural traditions throughout the Southwest. The grounded, sometimes incongruous choreography embraces abrupt shapes and connected, fluid shifts, balancing disarticulation with a moody softness. The work addresses themes such as the Bracero Program, the creation of the Atomic Bomb in Northern New Mexico and illness related to U.S. Government projects, loss of language because of 1940’s Americanization programs, the experience of the Sephardim people during and after the Spanish Inquisition, family, love, and querencia.

This engagement kicks off the Month of Arts and Humanities in Los Alamos County.