Safos Dance Theatre Inc

Conducts surveys and one-on-one interviews with dance artists in Arizona and New Mexico to study Southwest dance communities and assess potential expansion.

Conducts surveys and one-on-one interviews with dance artists in Arizona and New Mexico to study Southwest dance communities and assess potential for program expansion.

Creates and performs dance-theater productions, such as the "Stories from Home" series and "Pajarito," which embody oral traditions and ancestral stories of Nuevomexicano, Chicano, and Mexican American communities in the American Southwest, often touring these performances across the Southwest and other regions.

Creates and performs dance-theater productions, such as "Pajarito" and the "Stories from Home" series, which embody oral traditions and ancestral stories of Nuevomexicano, Chicano, and Mexican American communities in the American Southwest. These performances often incorporate choreography and spoken word.

Creates and performs a dance series titled "Stories from Home" that embodies oral traditions and ancestral stories of Nuevomexicano communities in the American Southwest, touring these performances across the Southwest, Texas, and other locations. This includes the production of specific works like "Pajarito."

Creates and performs the "Stories from Home" dance-theater series, which centers oral traditions and ancestral stories of Nuevomexicano, Chicano, and Mexican American communities through choreography, spoken word, and performance. The series premiered in Washington, D.C. in 2023 and has toured across the Southwest and beyond, including performances in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Virginia, and Texas.

Founded Safos Dance Theatre in Tucson, Arizona, and developed the "Stories from Home" series to bring underrepresented Nuevomexicano, Chicano, and Mexican American stories to the stage. Became the umbrella organization for Yvonne Montoya’s touring work in 2018.

Created and produced "Pajarito," a dance-theater performance exploring the multigenerational impact of the Atomic Bomb's creation in Los Alamos, New Mexico, using choreography and spoken word. The work is part of the broader "Stories from Home" series.

Conducts surveys and one-on-one interviews with dance artists in Arizona and New Mexico to study Southwest dance communities and assess potential expansion.

Conducts surveys and one-on-one interviews with dance artists in Arizona and New Mexico to study Southwest dance communities and assess potential expansion.

Tours traditional dance stories and performances, including the "Stories from Home" series, across the Southwest, Texas, and other regions, reaching various communities and venues.

Co-founds and participates in collaborative projects like Las Fronterizas, a collective of arts organizations and artists creating art across borders, and Dance in the Desert, to expand reach to dancers and communities.

Hosted the Dance in the Desert gatherings in 2018 and 2019, including workshops, professional meetings, choreographer jams, and community share-outs for Arizona’s Latine dance community. Continued engagement through virtual Happy Hours in 2021 and free professional development webinars in 2020 during the pandemic.

Co-founded and leads Las Fronterizas, a binational collective of three Arizona-based arts organizations and six women artists that supports dance artists from the U.S., Mexico, and Guatemala. Safos Dance Theatre serves as the lead dance organization in the project.

Co-founds and participates in initiatives like Las Fronterizas, a collective supporting dance artists across borders, and provides artist-in-residence programming in communities such as the City of South Tucson.

Co-founds and participates in collaborative projects like Las Fronterizas and Dance in the Desert, which support dance artists from the U.S., Mexico, and Guatemala, and expand reach to dancers and communities.

Offers choreography workshops, master classes, artist talks, and presentations. Provided artist-in-residence programming in South Tucson for three years and at El Centro del Quinto Sol in Pueblo, CO, and conducted a storytelling workshop in Moab, UT.

Offers choreography workshops, master classes, artist talks, presentations, dance film screenings, and professional development webinars and convenings for dance artists, including binational exchanges and artist-in-residence programs.

Offers choreography workshops, master classes, artist talks, presentations, and dance film screenings. This includes binational dance exchanges, free professional development webinars, and convenings like "Dance in the Desert" for Latine dance communities.

Offers choreography workshops, master classes, artist talks, presentations, dance film screenings, and professional development webinars and convenings for dance artists, including binational dance exchanges and artist-in-residence programs.

Hosted a binational dance exchange in May 2022 in Douglas, AZ and Agua Prieta, Sonora, México, featuring free professional development workshops and master dance classes for artists across borders.

Publishes books such as "Stories from Home: The Monologue Collection," which contains monologues accompanying dance performances, and "My Stories from Home: A Family Memory Book," a journal designed to help individuals document family histories.

Publishes books related to their dance performances, such as "Stories from Home: The Monologue Collection," and creates journals with guided prompts to help individuals document family histories and personal narratives, like "My Stories from Home: A Family Memory Book."

Publishes books and journals, such as "Stories from Home: The Monologue Collection" and "My Stories from Home: A Family Memory Book," to document family histories, personal narratives, and accompanying monologues for their dance performances.

Published "Stories from Home: The Monologue Collection," a book containing full monologues from the dance performances, and created "My Stories from Home: A Family Memory Book," a guided journal to help individuals document family histories and personal narratives.