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Safos Dance Theatre’s ‘Stories From Home’ Brings Southwest Soul To Duane Smith Auditorium
September 25, 2025
“Principal dancer Ruby Morales said the physical and emotional weight of the piece strikes deeply. ‘Our people experience very similar things in different ways, and dancing this work affirms that shared history of survival,’ Morales said.”…
shoutout arizona | Local Stories |Meet Ruby Morales | Dance Artivist
January 6, 2025
We had the good fortune of connecting with Ruby Morales and we’ve shared our conversation below.
Hi Ruby, where are your from? We’d love to hear about how your background has played a role in who you are today?
My brother and I were both born in Chicago to cumbia-loving parents who migrated from Mexico City, Mexico to the United States…
Process in place podcast (through Safos dance theatre)
Episode 1 with Ruby Morales- Join us on Patreon for an exclusive Process in Place special edition podcast series featuring interviews with the Stories from Home artistic team… In this episode Ruby and Delia discuss ways to bring a sense of home with you and the wholeness young people bring into spaces…
TAFF: The Artist Forward Fund
“For TAFF’s fourth cycle, three artists were selected by the Artlink Artist Council to each receive a $1,000 grant to create an exhibition concept to be showcased in Artlink’s Mood Room. We are thrilled to announce the three artists selected to receive this year’s TAFF grants: Ruby Morales, Philip Gabriel Steverson and Hector Viramontes…”
DANCE REVIEW: The inexorable power of we — Contra-Tiempo inspires Jacob’s Pillow
“Toward the end of the program, a solo dancer, Ruby Morales, prefaced her solo with a recounting of a Micmac elder’s description of their ritual of restorative justice. Rather than punishment, the community surrounds the accused to assure the person of his or her goodness and to welcome the person back in…”
Meet the Artist-Activist Liz Lerman Says She'd "Follow Anywhere"
“For Ruby Morales, dance is both a form of resistance and a radical expression of joy. Watching her mix cumbia, breaking and contemporary in CONTRA-TIEMPO's joyUS justUS is a lesson in lightness, gravity, surrender and, oftentimes, bliss…”
WRITE oN, downtown podcast
“A dancer, a poet, an activist, and a person with desert blood in her veins, Ruby Morales is all of these things…”
RUBY MORALES Award: Research & Development Grant
“Artist Proposal- Dance artist Ruby Morales will use her grant funds to support her ongoing experimentation in fusing disparate dance styles while developing a decolonialized, intentional process of teaching, learning, and creating dance rooted in the traditions of her culture…”
Here's the Lineup for BlakTina Dance Festival in Phoenix
“Mexican-American dancer Ruby Morales is presenting a mix of poetry and movement that explores her own ambivalence about being a women with brown skin.”
DANCERS AND MUSICIANS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER WALL STRIVE TO MAKE A CONNECTION IN A BINATIONAL ARTS RESIDENCY PERFORMANCE
“There’s a lot of women out there who can be my support, and there’s a lot of us who believe in the same thing,” said Morales. “I’m not as alone as I think I am.”