NMSA News:

The fifth annual Winter Dances are 7 p.m. Jan 23-24 and 2 p.m. Jan. 25 at the James A. Little Theater 1060 Cerrillos Road in Santa Fe and also Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 in Albuquerque.

The performances feature:

• “The Rally from Quarry” by the legendary Meredith Monk;
• “The Huddle” by post-modern dance pioneer Simone Forti;
• “CLASH,” choreographed by NMSA Department Chair Adam McKinney;
• “ A Trick of the Light,” a contemporary work by Las Cruces native Joshua Peugh (staged by Los Angeles-based contemporary dance company BODYTRAFFIC); and
• “Not Another Nutcracker,” a mixture of classical ballet and contemporary choreography set to music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Duke Ellington.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 students/seniors and available at nmschoolforthearts.org/tickets.

The NMSA Theater Department will present “Radium Girls” by D.W. Gregory, directed by Deborah Potter at 7 p.m. Jan. 29, 30 and 31 at the James A. Little Theater, 1060 Cerrillos Road in Santa Fe. Inspired by a true story, “Radium Girls” follows the popularity of radium as a medical and industrial product, used for a variety of purposes,  from fighting tumors to providing luminous paint for wristwatch faces, until the workers painting them began to fall ill from a mysterious disease. Gregory’s play traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a 1920s wristwatch dial painter, as she fights for her day in court. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students/seniors and available at nmschoolforthearts.org/tickets.