Performing Arts

Theatre: Lion Island: Cuba’s Warrior of Words

7:30 pm Fridays & Saturdays 2:00 pm Sundays *Thursday, April 3rd at 7:30 pm is a special preview/community night NHCC | Bank of America Theatre The NHCC and our friends and partners at the Vortex Theatre invite you to experience a captivating original play adapted from Margarita Engle’s award-winning young adult novel in verse, Lion Island: Cuba’s Warrior of Words. Set in 1870s Cuba, this powerful story delves into the complexities of racial, ethnic, linguistic, and national identities. Through dynamic elements of dance, puppetry, and music, the (more…)

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Sandra’s School of Dance: Bon Appetit Recital 2025

10:00 am, 1:00 pm & 4:00 pm. NHCC | Albuquerque Journal Theatre Sandra’s School of Dance presents Bon Appetit Recital 2025. Welcome to Bon Appetit- an evening where creativity is served on a platter and every dance is a taste of something exciting. Our dancers are serving up a flavorful mix of energy. Sit back, relax and enjoy the delicious journey of Dance. Bon Appetit- and please be our guest. Whether you’re just starting out or are a seasoned dancer, Sandra’s School of Dance is where dreams

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Carnaval 2025: Veinte Años

7:30 pm NHCC | Albuquerque Journal Theatre The National Hispanic Cultural Center will celebrate Veinte Años of Carnaval at the Albuquerque Journal Theatre. Carnaval 2025 will once again showcase Frank Leto and PANdemonium, along with the dancers from Odara Dance Ensemble. This vibrant production takes the audience on a journey to four iconic Carnaval destinations—Brazil, Trinidad, Cuba, and New Orleans—immersing them in the music, dance, costumes, and cultures of each region. This year, attendees will be invited to dance to the lively rhythms of samba, salsa, calypso,

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East Mountain Dance: Cinderella!

2:00 pm & 6:30 pm East Mountain Dance presents a fairytale favorite, “Cinderella!” the ballet. Cinderella, a young woman who is mistreated and underestimated by her stepmother and stepsisters, overcomes adversity and hardship with a little encouragement, guidance, and magic from her mystical Fairy Godmother. Join us as we follow Cinderella from dust and rags, through a garden of fairies, to a splendid ball at the palace, and back home where she finds herself awakening from the dream that is about to become her reality. Set to

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(CANCELLED) UNM Dept of Chicana & Chicano Studies: Ballet Folklorico: Noche de Folklore

Note: This event has been moved to the Barelas Community Center.  Please check with the UNM Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies for new date and time. Ballet Folklorico Spring 2024 class in the Chicana and Chicano Studies Department at UNM will be closing the semester out with a community performance as their final. Please come and join us as we witness the students’ hard work in this end of semester final performance. This is a free community event. Please let us know who will be attending

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Living Purgatory: A Staged Reading

Thank you for your intrest in our free community event, a reading of “Living Purgatory” an original play written by Patricia Crespin. This production is directed by Alicia Lueras Maldonado and currently Sold Out. 6:30 pm NHCC | Wells Fargo Auditorium Join us for an original play written by Patricia Crespín and directed by Alicia Lueras Maldonado! Frida Kahlo, Lupe Vélez, La Llorona, and Malinche will do anything to escape their eternal limbo and get a second chance at redemption. So when Denise and her baby, Allegra,

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New Mexico Music Hall of Fame Award Show 2024

6:00 pm (doors open at 5:00 pm) NHCC | Albuquerque Journal Theatre The New Mexico Music Hall of Fame award show is to recognize those who have made significant contributions to our state’s musical culture. The process of choosing these musical heroes begins each year with the New Mexico Music Hall of Fame Awards Committee asking New Mexico citizens to nominate artists and innovators they thought should be so honored. The nominations were then judged by the Committee and this year seven nominees were chosen for recognition

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Magnify Dance Ensemble: Christmas Joy

2 pm & 6:30 pm Saturday 2 pm Sunday NHCC | Albuquerque Journal Theatre Magnify Dance Ensemble presents Christmas Joy. Come, Experience the Miracle! Awaken your heart to the true Spirit of Christmas in dance as Magnify Dance Ensemble will present the 40th season of its Bravos Award-winning holiday production, Christmas Joy. Over sixty-five classically trained dancers will once again inspire audiences in the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s Albuquerque Journal Theater. They come to us with a collection of moving and inspirational classical ballet, jazz and contemporary

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Festival Ballet Albuquerque: Nutcracker in the Land of Enchantment

7:00 pm Friday, Saturday & Sunday 2:00 pm Saturday & Sunday Festival Ballet Albuquerque presents an original production, Nutcracker in the Land of Enchantment. The beloved holiday classic is transported to territorial New Mexico in the late 1800s, with added elements of the state’s heritage and traditions including Spanish dancers, southwestern snakes, sheep and shepherdesses, a lively fandango, a storyteller doll with children, and lavish western Victorian-era costumes. The 14th anniversary year includes Zozobra, in a production showcasing New Mexico heritage and traditions while maintaining the classical

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