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