Yvonne Montoya
Choreographer. Writer. Speaker. Mother.

Stepping out of 2025 and dancing into 2026! As the new year begins, we’re carrying gratitude, stories, and movement forward into new creation, deeper connection, and continued joy in motion. Thank you for being part of this journey. We can’t wait to share what’s ahead. Here’s to grounded feet, open hearts, and dancing into the new year together!

🎄Safos Dance Theatre wishing you a warm and joyful holiday season ❤️ We are so grateful for your continued support and for the community that surrounds this work. ☕ May your days be filled with cozy moments, shared laughter, and time with loved ones. 💫 Sending you light, rest, and joy as the year gently comes to a close.

On the road in Southern New Mexico 🚗✨ Dance in the Desert data collection trip is underway: Roswell & Hobbs ✔️  Next up: Carlsbad, Ruidoso, Las Cruces & more 🌵💛 We love hearing your stories and learning how to better serve the Southwest communities that inspire us every day 🤍

GivingTuesday Would you like to make a meaningful impact on the Arizona and Southwest dance communities? In the spirit of giving, we’re asking for a donation of any size to support the work of our projects Stories from Home and Dance in the Desert. Donations accepted through Paypal Giving Fund! Link is in our bio on instagram! All donations to Safos Dance Theatre are tax-deductible, offering you a chance to give back while enjoying potential tax advantages. You can also suppo

Mark your calendars for First Friday at Phoenix Art Museum! ✨ Join us this Friday, December 5th for an evening of art, light, and storytelling with Safos Dance Theatre. 🕯️Luminaria Workshop: 5:00pm 💃🏼Performance: 6:30pm — featuring excerpts from Stories from Home Come experience movement, memory, and Southwest stories brought to life. We can’t wait to share this work with you! 🌵🏜️

Greetings from Moab! 🌄 We loved getting to perform at the Historic Star Hall! We also had so much fun for the storytelling and luminaria workshop beforehand. Huge thanks to the Moab Valley Multicultural Center for welcoming us and giving us the opportunity to share this important work. We loved our time here in Moab so far! 💛

JMU ✨ Rehearsals were buzzing, the fall leaves were putting on a show 🍁, and we were feeling so inspired. We loved getting to share the stage last week at the DECIR Scholarship Showcase in the Forbes Center! Thank you JMU!

Deslenguadas, a dance inspired by a writing of the same name published in Gloria Anzaldúa’s Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, is a series of three dances – one duet and two solos. The dances in the series explore the impact the forced loss of the Spanish language had on three generations of one Nuevomexicano family from the 1940s to the present day. Through dance, movement, projected animation, and spoken word, the dances explore how each generation internalized racis

My Stories from Home: A Family Memory Book Do you ever find yourself longing to preserve your family stories? To document the memories, voices, and histories that connect one generation to the next? Inspired by Yvonne Montoya’s Stories from Home , this personal journal is your gateway to uncovering your roots and celebrating your family’s unique narrative. Packed with thoughtful prompts, this journal guides you through documenting your stories. Each page invites you to refle

Stories from Home: The Monologue Collection The heart and soul of the contemporary dance piece of Stories from Home , this book is a collection of the eight written stories that accompany the dances performed in the evening length dance performance. This book features the full collection of monologues in their entirety from the Stories from Home dance theatre performance. On their own, this text provides the historical and contextual framework for each dance featured in the