Calendar of Events

Jan 31

The Workroom // Process to Performance presents Touchstone I - An Evening of Dance

Presenting works by Soph Cardinal, Alexia Maikidou Poutrino, Michelle Manzanales, Kara Robertson, Zijing Zhou

West Main Studio (Salt Lake City, UT)

7:30 PM

Feb 21

10th Annual Digital Humanities Utah Symposium

Kiri Avelar, Michelle Manzanales, Sean Sullivan, and Katherine Boyce present Mapping from Below: SIGuache Methodologies for Re-storying Dance Histories. 

Weber State University (Ogden, UT)

11:00 AM

Mar 18-21

American College Dance Association Northwest | University of Nevada, Las Vegas

• Thursday, March 19th, 4:15–5:45 PM | Contemporary Repertory (Instructor: Michelle Manzanales)

• Friday, March 20th 8:15 – 9:45 AM & Saturday, March 21st 4:00 – 5:30 PM | Auditioning, Networking, & Branding (Presenter: Michelle Manzanales)

• Friday, March 20th, Michelle Manzanales' Paloma Querida represents the University of Utah School of Dance. Concert #4 at 8:00 PM

• Saturday, March 21st, Paloma Querida selected for Gala Performance at 6:00 PM

Mar 20

The Workroom // Process to Performance presents Touchstone II - An Evening of Dance

Presenting works by Stephanie Cotton, Alexia Maikidou Poutrino, Michelle Manzanales, Céline Nielson, Aneta Parpouli

Sorenson Unity Center (Salt Lake City, UT)

8:00 PM

Apr 11

The Workroom // Process to Performance presents Touchstone III - An Evening of Dance

Presenting works by Stephanie Cotton, Alexia Maikidou Poutrino, Michelle Manzanales, Kara Robertson

Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center (Salt Lake City, UT)

7:30 PM

Apr 29

University of Utah School of Dance - Ballet Senior Showcase

Paloma Querida: Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair performed by Tori Gilbert (Choreography by Michelle Manzanales)

Alice Sheets Marriot Center for Dance (Salt Lake City, UT)

6:00 PM

Jun 15 - 
Jan 2027

Con Brazos Abiertos featured in New York Public Library Exhibition, Declaring America: 1776 and Beyond,

NYPL’s major, multi-gallery exhibition that explores the histories, legacies, and themes of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution through the Library’s remarkable and diverse collections. The exhibition serves as the centerpiece of 250 Years: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. NYPL’s system-wide initiative to honor the United States’ semiquincentennial, which includes programs, booklists, displays, educational materials, and more. 

Con Brazos Abiertos, from the collection of the Library for the Performing Arts, will be featured in this exhibition, which will run from June 15, 2026 through January 2027. The exhibition spans three galleries across the Library’s 42nd Street building that explore the histories, legacies, and themes of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution. Two galleries on the first floor draw on the Library's historical collections to tell the stories of the American Revolution in New York ("Revolutionary City"), and explore revolutionary legacies through collections related to protest and activism ("The Pursuit of Liberty").

On the third floor, "Art as Declaration" will feature over 40 works by contemporary artists from the Library’s collections of fine art and performance media, which is where Con Brazos Abiertos will be on display. It is one of four dance choreographies featured. The works were selected with the following questions in mind: What did the Declaration of Independence promise, and what did it leave unfinished? And how have artists reframed and reimagined those promises, 250 years later?

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The New York Public Library
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

476 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018
212.930.0967

nypl.org

Oct 23-25

Dance Studies Association | Speculative Choreographies: Bodies, Economies, & Movement in a World in Flux

Kiri Avelar, Elisa De La Rosa, Roxanne Gray, Michelle Manzanales present Choreographic Movidas as Embodied, Danced Resistencia

California State University, Long Beach (Long Beach, CA)