Keshet

2024 Choreographers' Showcase - April 13
2024-04-13 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Denver) | Keshet Center for the Arts, 4121 Cutler Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87110, United States
Keshet Dance & Center for the Arts presents a dynamic showcase of local and guest artists! Join Keshet for an evening of dance from Albuquerque dancers and choreographers, along with the 2024 cohort of Keshet’s Makers Space Experience!
The Makers Space Experience is a cohort-based residency program from Keshet’s Ideas and Innovation Community, in which choreographers / dancemakers have access to rehearsal space, peer movement classes, arts business workshops, and the New Mexico skies, as they explore their art form and their projects at whatever stage they might be – newly germinating ideas, final development of full productions, and/or anything in between.
Tickets for Saturday, April 13 at 6.30pm HERE!
Tickets for Sunday, April 14 at 2:00pm HERE!
General Admission, $0-$30

2024 Choreographers' Showcase - April 14
2024-04-14 14:00 - 15:30

Presenting Voices: Belonging Conversation with Helanius J. Wilkins, co-facilitated by Manuel Montoya
2024-04-23 18:00 - 20:00
Helanius J Wilkins (Lafayette, LA / Boulder, CO) in residence April 19-28, 2024
www.helaniusj.com
Helanius J. Wilkins returns to the Keshet Presenting Voices Series with his project: The Conversation Series: Stitching the Geopolitical Quilt to Re-Body Belonging, conceived by Helanius J. Wilkins. This project is an ongoing multi-year, multimedia dance and social justice work. It confronts and celebrates heritage, resiliency, justice, and hope across all 50 U.S. States/D.C./inhabited territories.
This is Helanius’ third visit to New Mexico and Keshet! During this visit he will be focusing on working with Keshet’s Pre-Professional Program (KP3) students on developing choreography, centered around the work they did together during his last visit.
Join us for a Conversation with Helanius while he is here!
Tuesday, April 23 at 6:00pm – RSVP here – limited space!
Thursday, April 25 at 6:00pm – RSVP here!

Presenting Voices: Artist Conversation with Helanius J. Wilkins, co-facilitated by Manuel Montoya
2024-04-25 18:00 - 20:00
Helanius J Wilkins (Lafayette, LA / Boulder, CO) in residence April 19-28, 2024
www.helaniusj.com
Helanius J. Wilkins returns to the Keshet Presenting Voices Series with his project: The Conversation Series: Stitching the Geopolitical Quilt to Re-Body Belonging, conceived by Helanius J. Wilkins. This project is an ongoing multi-year, multimedia dance and social justice work. It confronts and celebrates heritage, resiliency, justice, and hope across all 50 U.S. States/D.C./inhabited territories.
This is Helanius’ third visit to New Mexico and Keshet! During this visit he will be focusing on working with Keshet’s Pre-Professional Program (KP3) students on developing choreography, centered around the work they did together during his last visit.
Join us for a Conversation with Helanius while he is here!
Thursday, April 25 at 6:00pm – RSVP here!

Artist Conversation with Leslie Parker, co-facilitated by Manuel Montoya
2024-05-02 18:00 - 20:00
Thursday, May 2, 6:00pm
Artist Conversation with Leslie Parker, co-facilitated by Dr. Manuel Montoya
Keshet Center for the Arts, 4121 Cutler Ave NE, ABQ NM 87110
RSVP HERE!
Leslie Parker (Twin Cities, MN / Brooklyn, NY) in residence April 24-May 3, 2024
www.leslieparkerdance.com
Keshet’s Presenting Voices Series engages artists in longer-term, durational residency periods with multiple return visits from a single artist or company, to nurture deep and meaningful relationships with the New Mexico community. The Presenting Voices Series focuses on artists who intentionally explore the topics of systemic racism and carceral systems through the lens of dance and embodied arts practices.

Arts Business Workshop | Branding & Marketing
2025-01-19 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-02-09 17:30 - 19:00
The Keshet Ideas & Innovation Community presents the 2025 Arts Business Workshops! Join us for a FREE Arts Business Workshop to dig into Branding & Marketing as an artist with two experts in the field: Dovya Friedman, CEO of Utility Agency, and Carolyn Tobias, Bernalillo County & Co-Owner of Empty House Studio.
What is the difference between your personal brand and branding your arts business? How does your brand lay the foundation for your marketing?
Register HERE!

Arts Business Workshop | Grant Research
2025-01-20 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-02-10 17:30 - 19:00
The Keshet Ideas & Innovation Community presents the 2025 Arts Business Workshops! Join us for a FREE Arts Business Workshop to dig into Grant Research with Shira Greenberg, Keshet’s Founder & Artistic Director.
Are you daunted by where to start and/or how to determine where or how to research and assess what grants and funding opportunities are right for you? Join us to learn techniques and tips on how and where to look for funds that align with your work and projects.
Register HERE!

Arts Business Workshop | Grant Proposal Writing
2025-01-21 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-02-11 17:30 - 19:00
The Keshet Ideas & Innovation Community presents the 2025 Arts Business Workshops! Join us for a FREE Arts Business Workshop to dig into Grant Proposal Writing with Shira Greenberg, Keshet’s Founder & Artistic Director.
Join us for practical tips, techniques, and best practices for effectively sharing your program and/or project with potential funders. We will be talking about project alignment, project evaluation, how to make your proposal compelling and competitive, common mistakes made in grant proposal writing to avoid, and much more!
Register HERE!

Arts Business Workshop | Budgeting & Financial Management
2025-01-22 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-02-12 17:30 - 19:00
The Keshet Ideas & Innovation Community presents the 2025 Arts Business Workshops! Join us for a FREE Arts Business Workshop to dig into Budgeting and Financial Management with Shira Greenberg, Keshet’s Founder & Artistic Director.
This workshop will discuss overall project budgeting and cash flow management, as well as digging into budgeting within the grant proposal process. We will discuss tips for creating, managing, and reporting on a grant project budget; how to create and utilize financial statements, reports, cash flow projections, etc.
Register HERE!

Arts Business Workshop | Presenters, Partnerships, and Contracts
2025-01-23 17:30 - 19:00
The Keshet Ideas & Innovation Community presents the 2025 Arts Business Workshops! Join us for a FREE Arts Business Workshop to dig into Presenters, Partnerships, and Contracts with Shira Greenberg, Keshet’s Founder & Artistic Director.
Join us for an opportunity to discuss multiple aspects of community collaborations including working with presenters, nurturing relationships with community partners, navigating contract negotiations, and overall project management in support of your creative work.
Register HERE!

2025 Choreographers' Showcase - January
2025-01-25 18:30 - 20:30
Keshet Dance & Center for the Arts presents a dynamic showcase of local and guest artists! Join Keshet for an evening of dance from Albuquerque dancers and choreographers, along with the January 2025 cohort of Keshet’s Makers Space Experience!
The Makers Space Experience is a cohort-based residency program from Keshet’s Ideas and Innovation Community, in which choreographers / dancemakers have access to rehearsal space, peer movement classes, arts business workshops, and the New Mexico skies, as they explore their art form and their projects at whatever stage they might be – newly germinating ideas, final development of full productions, and/or anything in between.
Saturday, January 25, 6:30pm
$0-$30 sliding scale
TICKETS HERE
The 2025 Choreographers’ Showcases are supported in part by the City of Albuquerque; the Urban Enhancement Trust Fund; New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs; the National Endowment for the Arts; and are funded in part through a grant with the U.S. Small Business Administration.
