Lucy stands to the side and coaches four dancers looping their arms around each other.

Disappearing Dances

Arizona-based dance artist Yvonne Montoya highlights the work of Lucy Salazar, a New Mexican dancer and historian who is single handedly trying to save Los bailes de salón de Nuevo México from disappearing.

November 10, 2025 | Read Article

Two dancers wearing 19th century costumes lean into each other onstage.

Telling Her Family’s Story through Dance

In choreographer Yvonne Montoya's recent work, "Stories from Home," she puts into dance the oral traditions of her family history in Northern New Mexico.

February 26, 2024 | Read Article

Amplifying Latinx Dancemakers in the Southwest

Erin Donohue and Yvonne Montoya, co-organizers of Dance in the Desert, discuss how the event has been successful in building bridges and relationships across the Latinx dancemaker community in Arizona.

May 16, 2022 | Read Article

Rethinking Home

Tucson-based dance artist, mother, and Latinx choreographer Yvonne Montoya reconfigures her work investigating the meaning of home in light of the pandemic.

July 27, 2020 | Read Article