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"Noche de Oro" Celebrates the Music and Dance of the Southwest

Fri. 5/2 10a:  Spencer Beckwith is joined by Frances Lujan, head of Albuquerque's Ballet en Fuego.  Frances's most recent production, "Noche de Oro," uses local and visiting musicians and dancers for a look at the rich and evolving culture of the Southwest.  "Noche de Oro" is on stage May 4 at Albuquerque's National Hispanic Cultural Center.

Spencer Beckwith reports on the arts for KUNM. For ten years, until March of 2014, Spencer was the producer and host of KUNM's "Performance New Mexico," a weekday morning arts program that included interviews with musicians, writers and performers. Spencer is a graduate of the acting program at the Juilliard School, and, before moving to New Mexico in 2002, was for many years a professional actor based in New York City.