ALAMOSA — The Adams State University Next50 is hosting Movement and Cello at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 25, in the Rex Activity Center. The event is free and open to the public.

Join Yula Cisneros Montoya and Mark Dudrow exploration and celebration of music and dance. This workshop encourages all interested movers and music lovers of any proficiency level to participate. The unifying characteristic of all registrants is a great love for music and dance. Let your body move to Bach, Piazzolla, some delicious blues, and more.

Yula Cisneros Montoya has a BFA in Dance and Pilates certification from Cornish College of the Arts and teaches at her private studio in Alamosa. She has over twenty years as a dancer and educator who teaches specialized dance techniques in ballet, modern, African, and Afro-Latino dance aesthetics. 

Mark Dudrow has been playing the cello for live audiences for more than five decades. He shares the song of the cello with all kinds of audiences, from festivals to farmers markets, and collaborates with musicians in many genres including Chamber Music, Singer-Songwriter, Balkan and Middle-Eastern, Americana, Tango, Blues, Jazz and Rock and Roll… In addition to live performance, Mark teaches cello, does studio recording sessions and loves to do collaborative projects with dancers, writers and visual artists.

The program is funded with a $129,959 grant from NextFifty Initiative, a private Colorado-based foundation that supports projects benefiting people 50-years-old and older.