. TODD: THE FIRE SPIRIT IS ZOZOBRA’S ARCH-ENEMY. DRESSED IN ALL RED, ARMED WITH A PAIR OF BLAZING TORCHES, WHE YOU SEE THE DANCER, YOU KNOW ZOZOBRA’S REIGN OF TERROR IS ABOUT TO GO UP IN FLAMES. BUT ...

INTO THE SHOW. IN THE 1930, ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS WERE STILL MAKING THEIR WAY TO SANTA FE. MUCH OF THE DRAW NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE. JACQUES CARTIER, WHO WAS THIS FAMOUS BALLET DANCER FROM NEW YORK, ...

Aug. 31—Family members used to tell a young Than Povi Martinez they could envision her one day dancing around the skirts of Zozobra. Each year, as the scene would unfold at Fort Marcy Park for the ...

SANTA FE, N.M. — Old Man Gloom will soon meet his fiery fate but soon he will have a new arch nemesis as the current Fire Dancer is passing the torch. The current dancer is retiring in 2027, which ...

Each Labor Day weekend, Zozobra is set ablaze in Santa Fe, symbolizing the burning away of fears and regrets. Before the flames consume Zozobra, the Fire Spirit dancer ignites the fire, a role Helene ...

This energetic fire dancer performed a routine involving lit torches in a dark outdoor stage. The flames intensified his movements and he did some fire-breathing tricks. "The underlying music rights ...