Dance Magazine recently announced their top 25 dancers, choreographers, directors, and companies to look out for in 2025. These artists are acknowledged as innovative figures shaping the direction of the dance field and industry. Professors Alfonso Cervera and Irvin Manuel Gonzalez’s Latinx dance troupe, Primera Generación Dance Collective, joins this year’s 25 to Watch list and has been celebrated for its focus on Latinx storytelling in dance. Collaborating with artists Patricia “Patty” Huerta and Rosa Rodriguez-Frazier, the collective’s NEA-funded, evening-length work NOStalgia POP recently premiered at REDCAT in Los Angeles, CA, and has been hailed as a “transformational journey” by the LA Dance Chronicle. The group’s next performance will take place at CounterPulse in San Francisco, CA, on January 24 and 25.

Photos by Angel Origgi, Courtesy of Primera Generación Dance Collective