
about us
About Keshet
Mission
Rooted in dance, mentorship, and a welcoming space for the arts, Keshet activates community and fosters unlimited possibilities through education, engagement, innovation, and the pursuit of justice.
Vision
To celebrate the art of dance and be a welcoming home for the intersection of the arts, artists, and audience; actuating a flourishing environment for empowered individuals, nurtured communities, and sustained equity.
Housed at the Keshet Center for the Arts in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and founded in 1996, the heart of our organization is Keshet Dance Company, a core group of professional dance artists, who creatively feed and are fed by four intersecting areas of community impact: Social Justice through Dance, the Business of Art, Community Dance Education, and Contemporary Dance Performance
KESHET DANCE COMPANY
The Company consists of movement artists who find their truest selves in the art of dance. The professional dance artists that bring life to Keshet Dance Company brilliantly remove the boundaries between “dance” and “community,” and they can usually be found sharing movement, mentorship, and laughter with each other; with visiting artists; with students of all ages, abilities and spaces; and with communities near and far.
KESHET CENTER FOR THE ARTS
30,000 sq. ft. of pure fun with studios, theater, gift shop, costume shop, community gathering spaces, and wearing the largest mural in the State of New Mexico. Keshet Center for the Arts is proud to be an anchor organization in the Midtown Arts and Entertainment District.
Community Impact Areas
SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH DANCE
Keshet’s Arts and Justice Initiatives work with a broad range of community partners at the intersection of arts and juvenile justice who envision a future where youth are empowered, and where the systems that serve them are transformed, centering the arts as a way to build the well-being of young people and their communities. Keshet’s work in this area includes:
- Dance programming for incarcerated and paroling youth;
- Post-release transition and detention alternatives support, through arts programming and mentorship;
- Field research supporting policy and advocacy efforts towards meaningful systems change; and
- Community conversations and learning opportunities centering youth voices with an eye towards resource connectivity across social sector and government agencies.
THE BUSINESS OF ART
The Keshet Ideas and Innovation Community (KIIC) champions the value of the artist and the arts economy. Through KIIC, Keshet:
- Offers arts business classes for arts entrepreneurs throughout the year, and
- Facilitates various artist residencies, providing access to rehearsal and performance space for movement artists.
COMMUNITY DANCE EDUCATION
Everyone can dance!
- Keshet classes are available to all levels, ages, and abilities; from age 2 to 102.
- To break down economic barriers to dance, Keshet offers unlimited, non-competitive scholarships through a sliding scale payment structure.
- While many of Keshet’s dance education opportunities are multi-generational, we also offer specific programs for young dancers, pre-professional students, professional dancers, novice adults, older adults, dancers with disabilities, and more.
CONTEMPORARY DANCE PERFORMANCE
Keshet engages audiences in a wide range of contemporary dance performance experiences and opportunities.
- Local performances range from community-wide collaborative productions to national and international visiting guest artists.
- Keshet on tour brings the unique work of the Keshet company to regional, national, and international communities.
Board of Directors
Board President:
Manuel Montoya, Associate Professor of International Management and Global Structures,
Chair of Creative Enterprise, University of New Mexico, Anderson School of Management
Immediate Past Board President:
Tom Wolinski, Fiasco Fine Wine
Board Vice President:
Dovya Friedman, Owner/CEO, Utility Agency & DLF Branding
Treasurer:
Vanessa Shackleford, Program Analyst, Dept of Energy, Leidos
Members at Large:
Arlyn Crow, Adams + Crow Law Firm
Rabbi John T. Feldman, Professor, University of New Mexico Law School; Mediator; Musician
Shira Greenberg, Founder & Artistic Director, Keshet
Supporters
Supporters
Thank you to these amazing Corporate Fans for your support!
Corporate Fans are businesses and individuals who support Keshet and connect to community members and art enthusiasts through sponsorship of Keshet’s ongoing, virtual and in-person performance season. Learn more by emailing Advancement@KeshetArts.org.
Thank you to these amazing Funders for your support!
WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT!
Keshet (Keshet Dance Company) is a private, non-profit organization according to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. All contributions are tax-deductible.
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS DONORS
Keshet would like to thank our entire Cast of Characters, especially those in the following supporting roles whose financial and in-kind contributions make a difference in supporting “unlimited possibilities” in Calendar Year 2022 (January 1 – December 31, 2022).
* All or a portion of the gift is in-kind
~ Sustainers Club member
If you made a donation in 2022 and don’t see yourself listed, please send a message to sebrena@keshetarts.org.
Celebrating Dance & Community: Keshet is the guest of Silverkite Podcast
Learn about Keshet with Pat Allen: Weekly Edition Fall 2019
PRODUCERS ($10,000+)
Albuquerque Community Foundation
Albuquerque Journal/Starline Printing, LLC*
Albuquerque The Magazine*
Anonymous Foundation
Bernalillo County
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico
City of Albuquerque – Department of Arts and Culture
City of Albuquerque – Urban Enhancement Trust Fund
Dalla Terra Winery Direct*
Peter Eller*
Hotel Andaluz*
Magic 95.5/KKOB News Talk 96.3*
National Endowment for the Arts
New Mexico Funders Network – Educate to Elevate
New Mexico Humanities Council
Nusenda Credit Union Foundation
Steve Padilla and Maggie Santiago*
Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM)
Sandia Foundation
Slomo and Cindy Silvian Foundation
U.S. Department of Commerce – Economic Development Administration
U.S. Department of Treasury
United Way of Central New Mexico
Your Key to Burgundy
Choreographers ($5,000-$9,999)
Albertsons Market/Market Street
Albuquerque Business First*
Anonymous
William and Paula Bradley*
David and Sandy Davis
Charles and Eugenia Eberle*
Frontier Restaurant
Mickey Greenberg and Shelley Kornblum
Manuel Montoya and Ronda Brulotte*~
New Mexico Arts
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Cate Stetson*
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Kris and Stephen Wade
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A+ Marketing Consultants*
Pat Berrett*
Mark and Stephanie Bieniarz*
City Different Investments
Cosmetic Dentistry of New Mexico
Dance Medicine of New Mexico*
Arlyn Crow and Sam Adams*
Rob Durham and Joanie Griffin
Edible New Mexico*
FBT Architects
Fiasco Fine Wine LLC*
Renee Fox*
Alberto Gutierrez*
Terry and Pat Keene*
La Boca*
Lone Sun Builders*
Greg O’Byrne*
Republic National Distributing Company*
Sheila Fortune Foundation
RJ and Jeff Smith*~
Diana Stetson*
Sunny 505
The Paper*
The Pushkin Group LTD*
VARA Winery & Distillery*
Thomas Wolinski*~
Starlets ($1,000-$2,499)
101 Property
Adams + Crow Law Firm
Albuquerque Academy
Albuquerque Community Foundation, Sun Vista Legacy Fund
Annapurna’s World Vegetarian Café
Audi Mercedes Benz Porsche of Albuquerque
Judith Brin-Ingber*
Chris and Kathleen Burmeister*
Lani and James Casady – in honor of Waylon
Randy and Susan Cooper*
Merrie Courtright
Davis Ladybug Foundation*
Dermatology & Skin Cancer Center of New Mexico
John and Cookie Emerson
Julie Flaherty*
Frost Mortgage
Marie Gorence and Isaac Koech~
Grand Mesa Studios*
Green Jeans Food Hall
John and Liz Groth
Erik Harrigan*
Tobias Hoellrich*
Jim and Rebecca Long*
Los Poblanos Historic Inn and Organic Farm*
Scott and Joann MacKenzie*
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Maria Montoya Chavez and Leland Chavez
Lee and Kenneth Moore
Jennifer Moore Plane
Laura Nitsos*
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Kenneth Shoemaker*
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Linda Zipp and Michael Amato
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505 Spirits*
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Gail and Gary Boyle*
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Car Crafters, Inc.
David Snyder and Sara Coffey
Doug Diefenthaler*
Edward Ripp: Bookseller*
Kayvan Ellini*
Farm & Table*
David and Shirley Fite
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Emily and Arand Harmon-Pierce
James and Judy Harris*
Matt Jones
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Ana and Cesar Lopes Arechiga
Lovelace Health System
Julia Maccini
Michael McCall
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Miryam Miller
Beth Mohr and Janet McHard
Lilia Moreno*
Mary Anne Newhall
Rob and Beth O’Leary*
Positive Energy Solar
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Brad Raisher and Melissa Freeman
Red Rock Roasters*
Donald and Karen Rogers*
Safe House Distilling*
Lindsay Shettlesworth/Q Realty
Mary Ellen and Ron Shettlesworth
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The Daily Grind*
The Grove Café and Market
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Rachel Wexler and Stephen Wray*
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Ensemble Members ($100-$499)
Acupuncture & Herbal Clinic*
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Kashia and Elisha Allen
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Dana and Justin Ball*
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Danielle Estabrook and Nick Roth*
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Frenchish*
Fuse Makerspace*
Cheryl Gibson
Sen. Roberto “Bobby” & Mrs. Charlene Gonzales
Jim and Ann Gosack
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Colleen Grathwol and Scott Ferguson
Andy Greenberg and Alex Wellins – In loving memory of Rose Goldsteen
Barb Greenberg
Ellen and Harley Greenberg
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Two Fools Tavern*
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Map and Directions
Map and Directions
4121 Cutler Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110 (link to Google Maps)
Cutler is just north of Indian School / just south of Menaul
The cross streets are Morningside and Cutler (Keshet Center for the Arts is on the north side of Cutler, just west of Morningside) Morningside is just west of Washington
If you are heading East on I-40 Take the San Mateo exit and drive briefly north (L) on San Mateo. Turn to the west (L) on Cutler – the first street north of the freeway. Continue on Cutler past Washington, and continue just past Morningside, Keshet Center for the Arts will be on your right.
If you are heading West on I-40 Take the San Mateo exit and continue straight…you are already on Cutler! Continue heading this direction (west) on Cutler past Washington, to Morningside. Keshet Center for the Arts will be on your right.
Awards/Honors and Milestones
Awards/Honors & Milestones
2023
Shira Greenberg is appointed to the State of New Mexico Children’s Code Task Force, charged with re-writing the New Mexico Children’s Code, the primary legal statute overseeing juvenile justice and foster care for the State. To our knowledge Greenberg is the first artist in the State’s history to be a part of the Children’s Code creation.
Greenberg is appointed to the Jacob’s Pillow National Dance Presenters Forum, supporting the Forum’s charge “to rebuild the network of dance presenters as we emerge from the pandemic; foster dialogue about the changed landscape of dance presenting; and encourage an expansive model of access and participation in the field.”
Keshet hosts the first partnership convening between Keshet’s Arts and Justice Initiatives and the Arts for Healing and Justice Network at the Keshet Center for the Arts, welcoming Arts and Justice organizations and Youth Leaders from Los Angeles, San Diego, New Orleans, New York, and Ohio for three days of learning and sharing.
2022
Keshet receives a 2nd investment grant award from the US Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration – $1,200,000 to support the expansion of Keshet Center for the Arts and the Keshet Ideas and Innovation Community.
Shira Greenberg is appointed to the New Mexico Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Statewide Coordinating Council.
Keshet is gifted a long-standing fundraising wine gala event, which is rebranded and launched as Keshet’s inaugural ABQ Wine Classic.
Keshet premieres not one but two new Keshet Dance Company original new evening-length works – Keystones, by Shira Greenberg in April and Hevel by Ana Lopes Aréchiga in November.
Keshet launches a new partnership with the Workforce Connections of Central New Mexico, providing paid internships for system-impacted and formerly incarcerated young adults, formally kicking off Keshet’s IDEAs Experience (Inquiry and Discovery through Education and the Arts).
2021
Shira Greenberg is honored with the New Mexico Humanitarian Award: Harold B. Albert Community Service Award.
Keshet receives the Southwest Region Economic Development Administration (SWREDA) Star of the Southwest Award “for playing a critical role in helping bolster local & regional economies through job creation and infrastructure development.”
Keshet joins 23 additional local community organizations in the field of Juvenile Justice to launch the ABQ Justice for Youth Community Collaborative with the support of the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
2020
Keshet is awarded a $1,000,000 investment from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to expand Keshet’s Arts and Justice Initiatives.
Shira Greenberg is named a Program Advisor for the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, embarking on a three-year Advisory position.
Keshet Dance & Center for the Arts was voted the Best Local Nonprofit Brand, by finalist selection through the American Marketing Assoication and then through community votes with the B2B Expo NM.
2018
Keshet Center for the Arts became one of a handful of Choreographic Centers in the nation, and the only of it’s kind to include arts entrepreneur business training in our Makers Space Experience. Ten choreographers from across the USA (arriving in two cohorts) spent 10 days at Keshet Center for the Arts with access to daily rehearsal space, technique classes, business training, and peer support as they developed new work.
Shira Greenberg is one of the first recipients of Women & Creativity’s The Shine Award. The Shine Awards elevate and celebrate the efforts and impact of our community’s women and their contributions to the arts, creativity, entrepreneurship, leadership, and shared vision. Shira was recognized for her commitment to the innovative idea that “dance is for everyone,” which has transformed Albuquerque’s community, creative economy, and the field of dance through the creation of Keshet Dance & Center for the Arts.
Keshet Dance receives the 2018 MINDBODY Visionary Award for being a business that supports our community and makes a positive impact on every person who comes through your doors, honored at the 2018 BOLD conference in San Diego, California.
2017
Keshet formally launches the Keshet International Dance Festival with Navarasa Dance Theater’s (India/Boston/LA) world premiere of Snake and Ladder.
With support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Keshet launches the first “Keshet Fellowship for Contemporary Dance” with inaugural Fellow, Silva Laukkanen from Austin, TX.
2016
The 20th annual, and finale run of Nutcracker on the Rocks, is presented at the Keshet Center for the Arts with a 26 show run including beautiful cameo appearances from past cast members over the past 20 years.
Shira Greenberg is a recipient of the 2016 Roslyn S. Jaffe Award, supporting everyday heroes who are making a meaningful impact in communities across the U.S., specifically in the areas of health, education, and social reform.
Keshet presents the Rio Grande Movement Collectors Festival, which is the seed that grows the Makers Space Experience at the Keshet Center for the Arts.
Keshet hosts the first Southwest/Mountain States Regional Convening on Adaptive/Inclusive Dance – co-presented by AXIS Dance Company and facilitated by AXIS’s Founder and Director Judith Smith, with performances by DanceAbility and master classes by DanceAbility Founder, Alito Alessi.
2015
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation provides Keshet with seed money to codify the M3 curriculum and launch programming in five pilot communities throughout the U.S. forging partnerships between local dance professionals and the local juvenile justice system of each pilot community.
2014
Shira Greenberg is one of five women nationally to be awarded Traditional Home Magazine’s 2014 Classic Woman Award, recognizing extraordinary women who have made a difference in the lives of their communities.
2013
Keshet provides the rights to Nutcracker on the Rocks to Cohesion Dance Project (Helena, MT), and Cohesion premieres its first annual “Shira Greenberg’s Nutcracker on the Rocks” over Thanksgiving weekend.
Keshet is selected as the first place photo winner in TechSoup’s Digital Storytelling Contest.
Keshet closes on the property at 4121 Cutler Ave NE in January, and in August moves in, transforming the former soundstage and adjoining warehouse into the Keshet Center for the Arts.
2012
Keshet is awarded $1,000,000 from the US Department of Economic Development for the creation of the Keshet Ideas and Innovation Center at the Keshet Center for the Arts.
Romania’s Ministry of Culture brings Keshet’s Artistic Director to Bucharest to speak with government officials and arts leaders regarding Keshet’s unique arts initiatives and the creation of the Keshet Center for the Arts.
Keshet becomes an ambassador for City of Albuquerque’s Sister Cities Program, building arts and culture relationships with Rehovot, Israel.
2011
Shira Greenberg, Keshet’s Founder and Artistic Director, is recognized as a Top-Performing CEO by New Mexico Business Weekly, honoring CEOs whose leadership has a positive impact on business and communities in New Mexico.
2010
Keshet receives the Ethics in Business Award, recognizing only one non-profit organization within the state which demonstrates business excellence and the highest standards of ethical conduct, integrity, and civic and social responsibility.
2009
Keshet is nationally recognized as one of 15 youth arts and humanities programs to receive the prestigious 2009 Coming Up Taller Award for its work with incarcerated youth at the Youth Diagnostic and Development Center (YDDC). The award is presented by the First Lady, Michelle Obama, at the White House.
Shira Greenberg, Keshet’s Founder and Artistic Director, receives the Governor’s Award for Outstanding New Mexico Women, recognizing 20 women within the State who have made exceptional contributions and achievements in improving the status of women in New Mexico.
Shira Greenberg receives the New Mexico Business Weekly’s Women of Influence Award, celebrating women who have made a difference in the community, blazed a trail and left a mark on New Mexico business.
2007
The New Mexico State Legislature passes House Memorial 107 “to commend Keshet Dance Company on its dance programs, its educational and social curricula and its provision of mentorship relationships for incarcerated and paroled youth, all aimed at reducing juvenile recidivism rates.”
2006
Keshet becomes one of only a handful of dance companies within the country to offer full-time employment and benefits to professional dancers and staff. [Only 5% -9% of dance companies in major metropolitan areas are able to pay salaries to their dancers – Dance/USA]Shira Greenberg is named one of New Mexico Business Weekly’s 40 Under Forty, recognizing 40 professionals under the age of 40 in the State of New Mexico who “stand out in their fields and are engaged in their communities making New Mexico a better place to live.”
2005
Keshet is awarded the New Mexico Women’s Forum LEAP Award (Leadership, Empowerment and Advocacy Program), presented to only one non-profit organization within the State of New Mexico annually.
2002
Keshet is one of only two recognized programs nationwide by the Peter F. Drucker Award for Non-Profit Innovation for innovative programming – “creating a new dimension of performance and changing people’s lives.”
January 25 (FBG) – Keshet Board and Staff is restructured to insure a focus on mission and programming.
2001
Keshet is awarded the Martin Luther King, Jr. Keep the Dream Alive Award by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Multicultural Council, Inc. for “creating an environment where the medium of dance is used to build cross-cultural and social bridges to every aspect of society.”
2000
Keshet receives the Albuquerque Arts Alliance’s Bravo Award for Excellence in Dance, determined by public nomination and peer review.
Keshet moves to 214 Coal, which will become its home for the next 13 years.
Keshet receives the National Bravo Network’s “2000 Smart Start – National Arts in Education Award,” awarded by the Bravo Network to only four arts organizations within the United States.
1998
The “Keshet Center for the Arts” business plan is written, mapping the future plans for the organization.
1997
Shira Greenberg discovers the 214 Coal property for lease and begins bugging the realtor, which will continue for the next 3 ½ years, until Keshet finally gets to move into that property.
Keshet premieres Shira Greenberg’s Nutcracker on the Rocks at Rodey Theater, with a dedicated cast of 13 dancers, some crazy crew members, and a whole lot of shenanigans.
Land Acknowledgement
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Land Acknowledgement
At Keshet, we believe that one of the roles of the arts is to make visible that which others have tried to make invisible. We also believe that it is not the responsibility of those whom others have attempted to make invisible to remind us that they are still here.
Therefore, as a committed ally and as artists, Keshet Dance and Center for the Arts wishes to acknowledge and recognize the Indigenous people and place where we stand, and the traditional, contemporary, and future lands of the Pueblo, Ancestral Pueblo, Navajo, Apache, and other Indigenous peoples who have had, and will have, a presence in New Mexico and who have in the past, and will in the future, travel this land.
We give gratitude to the land itself and the people who have stewarded it throughout the generations.
We pay our respects and honor their ancestors past, present, and future, and recognize their continued existence and contributions to our society.
We would also like to acknowledge the many peoples who did not arrive on this land by choice. We welcome everyone, however you arrived here, in this space, today and always.
Please take a moment to honor these ancestral grounds, to reflect on the complicated history of these lands which we gather on today, and to celebrate the resilience and strength of the peoples of these lands.
Thank you to the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Tricklock Company, and the New England Foundation for the Arts / National Dance Project for their contributions to the development of this statement.
Contact Us
Contact Us
Keshet Center for the Arts
4121 Cutler Ave NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
505.224.9808 / info@KeshetArts.org
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