New Mexico Black Leadership Council

Tag: Dance

  • Broken Boxes Community Event ftg. Sterlin Harjo

    Broken Boxes Community Event ftg. Sterlin Harjo

    Join Mario Ybarra, Jr., Sterlin Harjo, and Cannupa Hanska Luger for a community celebration and conversation!

     

    1-2:30 pm: FAMILY ART WORKSHOP – Shoebox Parade Float

    All ages are invited to make a mini parade float to present during the DJ party with Mario Ybarra Jr. afterward.

    2-4 pm: COMMUNITY GATHERING – Mario Ybarra Jr.: Nuevo Complexican

    Shake off the week with a Día de los Muertos celebration featuring Mario Ybarra Jr., an acclaimed Los Angeles-based artist and culture worker. Dance to old-school R&B records and enjoy local food trucks, music, community art making, and more!

    5-8 pm: CONVERSATION & FILM – Sterlin Harjo & Cannupa Hanska Luger 

    Award-winning 2024 MacArthur Foundation Fellow Seminole/Muscogee filmmaker Sterlin Harjo (Reservation Dogs) will introduce a screening of his Indigenous artist-focused documentary film, Love and Fury. Then there will be a live audience recording of the Broken Boxes podcast series Long Con, an ongoing conversation between Harjo and artist Cannupa Hanska Luger.

  • AfroSphere – Sounds of the Diaspora

    AfroSphere – Sounds of the Diaspora

    Ryan Demond presents an evening of the freshest club edits of African and Latin grooves, baile, funk and more. Get up and dance to the precision, passion, and joy!

     

    Music starts at 7:00. No cover!

  • NDI Inaugural Staff Dance Performance

    NDI Inaugural Staff Dance Performance

    Enjoy a FREE performance by current and former National Dance Institute New Mexico staff members, alumni, and friends!

  • Last day to RSVP for Roots Camp Harambee

    Last day to RSVP for Roots Camp Harambee

    RSVP TODAY to let us know you’ll be at this years RSLA Harambee Celebration!

    This end-of camp showcase features a live student performance, a showcase of their camp activities, an awards ceremony, and lunch – all to celebrate what they’ve accomplished together this summer. (Harambee is Swahili for “all pull together.”)

    Schedule:

    Live Student Performance 11:30 am-12:30 pm
    Delicious Catered Lunch 12:30-1:50 pm

    RSVP by clicking the graphic below!

  • Roots Camp Harambee!

    Roots Camp Harambee!

    Join us at the rollicking Harambee Celebration, where the students of Roots Academy share their talents and all they’ve learned! This end-of camp showcase features a live student performance, a showcase of their camp activities, an awards ceremony, and lunch – all to celebrate what they’ve accomplished together this summer. (Harambee is Swahili for “all pull together.”)

    RSVP by July 19th to let us know if you can attend!

    Schedule:

    Live Student Performance 11:30 am-12:30 pm
    Delicious Catered Lunch 12:30-1:50 pm

    Parking:
    You’ll find parking inside the First Unitarian Church lot at the corner of Carlisle and Comanche.

    You’ll also find parking by heading south on Carlisle and making the first right turn past the church (look for a sign that says Vanguard Behavioral Health.

    RSVP by clicking the graphic below!

  • Beginner Line Dancing

    Beginner Line Dancing

    Jump in the line at Beginner Line Dancing at the International District Library! All levels & ages are welcome, and no experience is required. Rock your body and have a good time!

  • NMSU Men of Color Initiative Juneteenth Dance Workshop

    NMSU Men of Color Initiative Juneteenth Dance Workshop

    Get your feet moving in a free Juneteenth dance workshop hosted by NMSU’s Men of Color Initiative and led by Soriba Fofana.

     

    This workshop will explore the history of African dance, and Fofana will guide participants through simple but expressive dance choreography. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes, and bring water! For more information, contact Patrick Turner at 678-576-2342 or peturner@nmsu.edu.

  • Yinka Esi Graves: The Disappearing Act

    Yinka Esi Graves: The Disappearing Act

    Yinka Esi Graves is the Black Flamenco dancer in the documentary “Gurumbe: Canciones de tu Memoria Negra.” “The Disappearing Act” is her first solo production, in which she draws on her reality as a flamenco dancer of Afro-Caribbean descent and the historical and representational questions this has raised throughout her career.

     

    With dance, live music, text, and video, this experimental flamenco work was developed through a series of international residencies. Get your tickets HERE!

  • Leftover Soul ft. DJ Garronteed

    Leftover Soul ft. DJ Garronteed

    Albuquerque’s longest running vinyl-only soul night returns! DJ Leftovers is joined by guest DJ Garronteed from Santa Fe, with live video mixing by No Reservations. Garronteed has rocked analog and digital parties in New Mexico for over 20 years.

     

    Come get down to the funky sights and sounds of soul’s golden era! $5 cover.

  • Afrosphere Juneteenth Celebration

    Afrosphere Juneteenth Celebration

    DJs Ryan Demond and Jaxsun Planet present Afrosphere. Celebrate Juneteenth with unifying music, performance, and dance! Party ’til the bar closes with just a 5-buck cover.

     

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