If you just “Gotta Dance” in Santa Fe and northern New Mexico, here’s where you can go Thursday through Monday. This list is courtesy of Randy Forrester and Donna Howell, co-hosts of Gotta Dance Radio, which airs 7 – 8 p.m. Sundays on KSFR, 101.1 FM. You can also catch live streaming broadcasts of the program at www.ksfr.org. Locations are in Santa Fe unless otherwise noted. We publish the weekend list on Thursday. If you’ve got dance tips for KSFR or want to subscribe to the weekly update, e-mail Randy Forrester.
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Thursday, December 24
7:30 to 11:15 p.m.
Father Preto — Salsa
Hot Dance Tip
6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Latin Jam
9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Embodydance
Railyard Performance Center
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
The Nutcracker Ballet Reportory Theatre
423 Central Avenue NW|Albuquerque
1 p.m.
UNM Jitterbugs Anonymous Swing Dance
University of New Mexico
8:30 to 10:30 p.m.
5506 Coal Ave. SE | Albuquerque
7:30 p.m.
Salsa Dance
Hotel Albuquerque
800 Rio Grande Blvd NW|Albuquerque
9 p.m.
Friday, December 25
Savor — Salsa
6 to 8 p.m.
Savor –Salsa
Hot Dance Tip
9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Practica
Studio East
7 to 9 p.m.
Flamenco with Chuscales and Friends
409 W. Water Street
8:15 p.m.
Scottish Country Dancing
Odd Fellows Hall
Instruction: 7:30 p.m.
Dance: 8:30 to 10 p.m.
Eldorado Depot Dancers — Square Dancing
Eldorado Community Center
7 to 9 p.m.
Calle 66–Salsa
Hot Dance TipCooperage Nightclub
7220 Lomas Blvd NE | Albuquerque
9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Tango Milonga
University of New Mexico
8:30 to 10 p.m.
Salsa Dance
211 Gold Ave. SW | Albuquerque
Lesson: 10 p.m.
Blues Fusion
5506 Coal Ave. SE | Albuquerque
7:30 to 10:30p.m.
San Felipe Pueblo
Dances After Midnight Mass
San Felipe Pueblo
After 12 Midnight
Saturday, December 26
Night Train–R & B
La Fonda
100 E. San Francisco St.
7:30 to 11:15 p.m.
Contra Dance
Odd Fellows Hall
7 p.m. Lesson
7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Dance
Area 69
Rockin Rollers Event Arena
9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
La Luz Invernal–Flamenco, Christmas Carols, Poetry, and Dance
(The Light and Dark of Winter)
Teatro Paraguas
3221 Richards Lane
8 p.m.
Albuquerque Swing & Country Dance Club
“Post Christmas Party”
Albuquerque Square Dance Center
4915 Hawkins St NE | Albuquerque
6:15 p.m. Beg. Cha Cha
7:15 p.m. Beg. Night Club
7 to 10:30 p.m. Dancing
Calle 66– Salsa
Hot Dance Tip
7220 Lomas Blvd NE | Albuquerque
9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Traditional Indian Dances
11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Soul Dance
520 Central Ave. SW | Albuquerque
7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Swing Dance
Lesson: 7 to 8 p.m. Dancing: 8 to 11 p.m.
Swing Dance
112 Morningside Dr. SE | Albuquerque
Lesson: 7 to 8 p.m. Dance: 8 to 11 p.m.
Alb International Folk Dance
5506 Coal Ave. SE | Albuquerque
Lesson: 7:15 p.m. Dance: 8:15 to 10:30 p.m.
Jimmy Stadler Band–Rock n Roll
Alley Cantina
121 Teresina Lane|Taos
10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
South By Southwest
Old Blinking Light
Mile Marker One Rt. 150, El Prado|Taos
7 p.m.
Sunday, December 27
Savor — Salsa
La Fonda
100 E. San Francisco St.
7:30 to 11:15 p.m.
South By Southwest– Country/Western
Hot Dance Tip
7 to 10 p.m.
La Luz Invernal–Flamenco, Christmas Carols, Poetry, and Dance
(The Light and Dark of Winter)
8 p.m.
Embodydance
Railyard Performance Center
3 to 5 p.m.
Rueda
6 to 8 p.m.
Israeli Folk Dance
Odd Fellows Hall
1125 Cerrillos Road
6:30 to 8 p.m.
International Folk Dance
Odd Fellows Hall
1125 Cerrillos Road
8 to 10 p.m.
The Nutcracker Ballet Reportory Theatre
Kimo Theatre
423 Central Avenue NW|Albuquerque
2 p.m.
Traditional Indian Dances
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
2401 12th St. NW|Albuquerque
11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Milonga
Kelly’s
3222 Central Ave. SE|Albuquerque
7:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Monday, December 28
Swing Dance Practice
Odd Fellows Hall
Lesson: 7 p.m.; Dance: 8 p.m.
