Dancing With Fire Productions in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center presents An Inaugural Native Theater & Performing Arts Festival.
Please join us for our Inaugural Native American Theater & Performing Arts Festival on April 24-27 and May 1-4, 2025 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.
Our Key Host of the festival will be Ms. Lori Chavez beginning with an Opening Reception Event with Music and Dance Performances on Thursday, April 24, 7:00 – 9:00 pm. This is a free community event.
Echo In The Canyon, a fully staged theater production, will be shown on Fridays and Saturdays only, April 25, 26, May 2, & 3, 2025. Echo In The Canyon will feature traditional style dancing by Niko DeRoin. Doors open at 6:30 pm and the Performances will be at 7:00 pm. This production will be $19.00 General Admission with a $2 discount for children, seniors and NHCC members.
We have scheduled "Two staged reading plays!" on Sunday, April 27, 2025 at 2:00 pm & 4:00 pm and Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 2:00 pm & 4:00 pm. I Am Joaquin by Rodolfo Corky Gonzales; Directed by Patricio Tlacaelel Trujillo y Fuentes and Craft Lady, Spider, and Bird by Alysse Kinsel and Leia Pickel (UNM Theater and Film students 2024). The staged readings will be $14.00 General Admission with a $2 discount for children, seniors and NHCC members.
A Native Theater Panel Event featuring Ty Defoe, Jay B. Muskett, Enock Chapman and Jennifer Benally of Shiny Moon Creations will be on Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm at $14.00 General Admission with a $2 discount for children, seniors and NHCC members.
We will host a Closing Reception Fashion Show featuring Jennifer Benally of Shiny Moon Creations LLC on Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm at $14.00 General Admission with a $2 discount for children, seniors and NHCC members.
Local Native American vendors will be on site to sell their latest work at all events for the hour prior to showtimes!
