Yvonne Montoya
Choreographer. Writer. Speaker. Mother.

From the desert dunes to folklórico traditions 🌵💃 Last week, Dance in the Desert Community Liaison, Angel Guanjuato and I traveled to...

Dance in the Desert current research is supported by the Mellon Foundation. We are honored and deeply grateful for this support. Their...

Image Design & Photography : Baylie MacRae Choreography: Yvonne Montoya Performers: (Left to Right) José José Arrieta Cuesta, Angela...

Choreography: Yvonne Montoya Dancers: Ruby Morales, Vincent Chávez Image Design & Photography : Baylie MacRae 2025 marks the return of Dance in the Desert and this iteration of the program is a research initiative about dance communities in Arizona and New Mexico. This year, eight researchers and community liaisons will conduct a series of surveys and one-on-one interviews with former Dance in the Desert participants to gather insights on the past impact of the program. I

In a new episode of the La Chamba Podcast Series, Borderlands, Yvonne shares how she has dedicated her career to carving out spaces for...

Image Design: Baylie MacRae Fall 2024, Safos Founding Artistic Executive Director and working artist mom, Yvonne Montoya, was invited to...

A special screening of animations from Stories From Home was shown at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tucson, AZ November 2024....

The beginning of 2025 marked the start of rehearsals with the new cast of Stories From Home . The cast has been hard at work diving deep...

We are excited to share that Dance in the Desert   has been highlighted in the latest edition of the Dance Data Project’s Point by Pointe newsletter! Our feature on pages 26 and 27 shines a spotlight on the heart of our work in Tucson, including our commitment to community-building through initiatives like Dance in the Desert and Stories from Home . Although we paused Dance in the Desert    in 2022 to focus on the premiere and tour of Stories From Home , this platform remai

The Mal Aire exhibition, which opened on September 12th at the South Broadway Cultural Center, showcased a powerful array of artistic...