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10/07/2026

¡Gracias! ☀️ Thank you!

We are so thankful to everyone who joined us for the 2026 Minnesota International Dance Festival celebrating Ecuador! 🇪🇨
To our incredible artists, teachers, partners, sponsors, audiences, and community members: thank you for sharing your movement, stories, traditions, energy, and joy with us.

INIT SAMI WASIMUN - SPIRIT OF THE SUN RETURNING HOME reminded us that home is not only a place we return to, but something we carry within us and strengthen through community.

We are grateful to everyone who made MNIDF 2026 possible, our artist: Away Runakuna Ayazamana Ecuadorian Dance Group Vibes, our sponsors: Center For Performing Arts, Humanities Center Until next year! ♥️ DME

📸: Sarah Weiss
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09/03/2026

🌟MEET THE FELLOWS🌟

We are excited to introduce you to the third cohort of MNIDF Artist Fellows. Daniela Estefania of Latinx Vibes, Lyton Guallpa-Naula of Away Runakuna, and Jose Rivera of Atazamana. Mark your calendars to see them in studio and on stage this fall!

Ecuadoria Dance @ MNIDF
FREE Workshops Sept. 28 a Oct. 2 at 10:00am - 3:00pm
Performances Oct. 2 at 7:30pm and Oct. 3 at 1:30pm and 7:30pm

🎟️: linktr.ee/mnidf (link in bio)

08/20/2026

Registration is now open for MNIDF Workshops!! Dancers of all backgrounds and levels of experience are welcome to drop-in or enroll for a week of incredible classes with this year’s guest artists.

Sign up for a drop-in, day, week or festival pass with the link bellow. All festival workshops are FREE, register to reserve your spot today.

📸: .estefania_mn
🎟️: linktr.ee/mnidf

This engagement is supported the Minnesota Humanities Center with money from the Community Identity & Cultural Heritage Festival Grant that was created with the vote of the people of Minnesota.

08/19/2026

We are thrilled to welcome Latinx Vibes, Away Runakuna, and Ayazamana Ecuadorian Dance Group to the MNIDF Stage. Tickets are now on sale to check out these incredible performers on stage this fall!

MNIDF 2026 | Ecuador
Workshops Sept. 28 - Oct. 2
Performances Oct. 2 at 7:30pm and Oct. 3 at 2pm and 7:30

📸: .estefania_mn
🎟️: linktr.ee/mnidf (link in bio)

07/31/2026

We are so excited to announce MNIDF 2026 featuring ECUADOR 🇪🇨 Mark your calendars for the week of September 28th - October 3rd for an incredible week of free workshops and live performances by this years festival artists!

FEATURED ARTISTS
Away Runakuna
Latinx Vibes
CentroNYC

📸: Courtesy of Away Runakuna

This program is made possible in part by the Minnesota Himanities Center with money from the Community Identity & Cultural Heritage Festival Grant that was created with the vote of the people of Minnesota.

07/23/2026

One hand holding back reality. One hand reaching for magic.

Photo Credit: Sarah Weiss

07/16/2026

The smoke will clear, stay say safe Minnesota, and dream of dances to come.

Photo Credit: Sarah Weiss

06/06/2026

🌟MEET THE COLLABORATORS🌟

There are a few more talented artists bringing MOVING ROOTS/ANCESTRY WINGS to life this June! We are excited to introduce composer Jorge Mendoza creating an original score for this work.

Jorge Mendoza is a unique composer and one of the leading jazz cellists of our time. He has performed in jazz festivals, open air concerts and principle concert halls all around Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and the US. He was selected to close the “Xth. Jazzeando Festival” in Mexico City.

Winner of the American String Teachers Association 1997 Composition Contest with his work “Torero” for String Bass and Piano. His suite for String Orchestra was premiered in 1997 in Austin, TX. He is a recipient of the Jalisco State Grant for the Arts. He has recorded two records under the label “Jazz Urtex”, a record company with international acclaim.

Jorge Mendoza holds a doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin, was Principal Cellist with the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra, and a full time Professor at the University of Guadalajara.

06/05/2026

🌟MEET THE DIRECTORS🌟

As we countdown toward opening night of MOVING ROOTS/ANCESTRY WINGS at the on June 26th, we are happy to introduce next mover and Co-Director Erika Martin.

Erika Martin is a Minneapolis based dancer, choreographer, teacher and engaged citizen. Originally from NC, Erika received a BA in Dance and American Studies at Connecticut College. Their research investigates identity performance and how experience is manifested in movement.

Erika has had the privilege to study abroad at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Dance in London and perform works by Kyle Abraham, Ronald K. Brown, David Dorfman, Elm City Dance Collective, Ori Floman, Ohad Naharin, Paula Mann, Doug Varone and Shen Wei. They are the 2015 recipient of the Martha Myers Prize and the 2017 recipient of the Joan Connell Memorial Award.

To date, Erika’s professional works have been shown in museums, theaters, and public spaces across the country: notably at the Lyman Art Museum (CT), Schaefer Theatre Box, Bates Dance Festival (ME), Melrose Ballroom (NY), Praxis Gallery, the Cowles Center for Dance and Performing Arts, Barbara Barker Center for Dance, DanceBARN, Dances by the Lake Festival, The Southern Theater, and Soiled Dance Series (MN). Erika is the Artistic Director of eMartin Dance, co-founder of Dance Projects by ME, and serves as School Coordinator for the Zenon Dance School.

🎟️: www.southerntheater.org

06/03/2026

🌟MEET THE DIRECTORS🌟

We are one month away from kicking off rehearsals in the theater and want to introduce you next to DME Co-Director Carmen Lucia Lincoln!

Carmen Lucia ‘Meli’ Lincoln is a Mexican and recently naturalized US citizen, dancer, and multidisciplinary artist based in Miní Sóta Makhóčhe since 2019, where she has collaborated with the local dance community. She migrated to the US in 2018 for graduate school, receiving her Masters from Colorado State University. Her research is based on modern, afro-modern, jazz, contemporary, and Mayan Mesoamerican dance techniques. She has combined her work with an extensive professional dance career in Mexico promoting cultural activities and cultural heritage preservation for over twenty years. Meli has worked as Director, Choreographer, and Producer on dance theater productions since 2007. Meli’s artistic career started in 2001 touring in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and the US. Meli explores movement as a means of connection and empowerment to develop a sense of belonging within the community and the world.

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