Dance
Student Matinee: Carnaval 2025: Veinte Años (Not Public)
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM10:00 am The Center invites students of all ages to attend a special free matinee performance of Carnaval 2025! NHCC requires one chaperone or school staff member for every 15 students at school performances. Limited bus funding for free performances and behind the scenes experiences available — please contact alejandrina.padilla@dca.nm.gov for availability and information. *** THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC PERFORMANCE*** About the show: 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 (more...)
Carnaval 2025: Veinte Años
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM7:30 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, (more...)
PAPA Spring Dance Concert 2025
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM7:00 pm Thursday & Friday 2:00 pm Saturday The Public Academy for Performing Arts presents the annual Spring Dance Concert featuring beginning to pre-professional ballet, contemporary, flamenco, hip-hop, and jazz dance students in grades 6 – 12. Run time: Approximately 2 hours, 15 minutes $12, $18, and $24. No other discounts. *The event is a rental event not an NHCC production. The title, content, photos/images and description for this event were provided to the NHCC by the organization renting the NHCC venue for the event. By serving (more...)
Yankwik Xiwitl/Año Nuevo Azteca/Aztec New Year
Plaza Mayor10:00 am: Laying of the Tlalmanalli 12:00 pm: Danza NHCC Plaza Mayor Join us for Yankwik Xiwitl or Mexika/Aztec New Year on the NHCC’s Plaza Mayor. The free public event, ushering in the year Matlaktli yei Kalli/ Trece Casa/Thirteen House features fire making with a hand drill, an offering of flowers and fruit and ritual Mexika/ Chichimeka (Aztec) dance. This year marks the end of a 52-year cycle. Free public event. For more information, e-mail pazehecatl@hotmail.com.
New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus: The Unbreakable Harvey Milk
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM2:00 pm The New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus presents The Unbreakable Harvey Milk . A reprise of two powerful stories about the LGBTQ+ communities by Andrew Lippa. I Am Harvey Milk chronicles the life of the civil rights leader who became one of the first openly gay men to be elected to public office in California. Unbreakable presents a historical arc to the experiences of LGBTQ+ people over the last 12 decades, illuminated by stories drawn from real-life stories throughout LGBTQ+ history. $20, $30, $45 & $60. Discount tickets for those 30 (more...)
PAPA’s Senior Showcase 2025
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM7:00 pm The Senior Class of 2025 at Public Academy for Performing Arts showcases what they do best in music, dance, theatre, and visual art. Don’t miss your opportunity to see these rising stars as this event is one night only! Approximate length of event: 2 hours $10, $20, & $30. No other discounts. *The event is a rental event not an NHCC production. The title, content, photos/images and description for this event were provided to the NHCC by the organization renting the NHCC venue for the (more...)
Día Del Niño
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM11:00 am - 3:00 pm NHCC | Domenici Education Building Join us for a day of celebrating the youth in our community during this free event for families of all ages and sizes! Enjoy Nanny’s Petting Zoo, performances from Voces de Coronado and Ballet Folklorico Fiesta Mexicana, student films, and our Youth Art Market. Learn about birds and bugs with the U.S. Forest Service. Make art, play, climb a rock wall and discover a variety of community resources from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & (more...)
Festival Ballet Albuquerque: Romeo & Juliet Ballet
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM7:00 pm Saturday 2:00 pm Sunday Festival Ballet Albuquerque presents an original production of Romeo & Juliet, the two star-crossed lovers, by William Shakespeare, to the music by Sergei Prokofiev. It is a story about an age-old feud between two powerful families, Capulets and Montagues, erupting into bloodshed. A group of masked Montagues risk further conflict by gatecrashing the Capulet’s ball. A young lovesick Romeo Montague falls instantly in love with Juliet Capulet, who is due to marry her father’s choice, Count Paris. With the help of Juliet’s nurse, the women arrange for the couple be married the following day by Friar Lorence. Romeo’s (more...)
UNM Chicano & Chicana Studies & Ballet Folklórico Santa Fe: Noche de Folklore
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM7:30 pm NHCC | Albuquerque Journal Theatre UNM Chicano & Chicana Studies & Ballet Folklórico Santa Fe present Noche de Folklore. Ballet Folklorico UNM Mariachi Lobo Banda 505 UNM Colectivo de Son Jarocho Baile Ilusión Flamenco NIF Ballet Folklórico Dolores Gonzales Elementary - Música Azteca by: Los Mazehuales en la Villa Real de la Santa Fé *The event is a rental event not an NHCC production. The title, content, photos/images and description for this event were provided to the NHCC by the organization renting the NHCC venue (more...)
SOMOS ABQ 2025
NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM4:00 – 11:00 pm (Doors open at 3:30 pm) NHCC Campus SOMOS ABQ 2025: A Love Letter to Albuquerque On Saturday May 10, the creative community of Burque will transform the National Hispanic Cultural Center into a living, breathing work of art—a place where music, creativity, and culture collide in a kaleidoscope of color, movement, sound and connection. By day, immerse yourself in large-scale art installations, hands-on maker activities, and interactive experiences that invite all ages to create, play, and explore. Wander through a world of sculpture, (more...)