This summer, over 70 dancers and choreographers will call Santa Fe home for a three-week residency led by Santa Fe-based Zeitgeist Dance Theatre. Acclaimed choreographers and Co-Artistic Directors Francisco Gella and Yusha-Marie Sorzano are working with ZDT trainees – all of whom are accomplished and aspiring dancers aged 17-24 – as well as professional members of the company to create a series of dance performances and community events.
Zeitgeist Dance Theatre’s Upcoming Shows
A highlight is the premiere of a new piece, Lineage, that celebrates contemporary weaver and artist Emily Trujillo, a descendent of the Trujillo family of weavers.
In exploring the Trujillo legacy, Gella says they discovered striking parallels between weaving, choreography, and dance. “While weaving creates something permanent and tangible, dance exists in a fleeting, ephemeral moment – yet both are rich in rhythm, pattern, mathematics, and design,” he says.
The 2025 residency culminates in an evening-length premiere of Lineage at the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s Albuquerque Journal Theatre. For Santa Fe dance enthusiasts, there is a preview at the Railyard Performance Center.
Preview of ZDT’s Lineage Concert
Saturday, July 26, 7-8 p.m.
Railyard Performance Center, 1611 Paseo de Peralta
Tickets are free but must be reserved.
GROOVE Sunday: Let Your Body Move!
Sunday, July 27, 10:00-11:30 a.m.
Aspen Ballet Studios, 550 St. Michael’s Dr.
Ages 18+
$15 entry. Limited space, first come, first served.
Lineage World Premiere Concert
Saturday, August 2, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque
Reserved Seating.
Story by Julia Platt Leonard
Photos Courtesy of Zeitgeist Dance Theatre
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