National Dance Project Production Grant Awarded!!

DANCING EARTH proudly announces that we have been selected by the prestigious National Dance Project for a production grant, for Rulan Tangen create a full length new work for 4 male and 4 female company members, early in 2010 for national touring starting June 2010 !
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Dancing Earth Welcomes You

DANCING EARTH is an ensemble of performance artists under the direction of choreographer Rulan Tangen, representing First Nations including Blackfoot, Tarasco, Pueblo, Pima/Maricopa, Seneca/Cayuga, Yaqui, Apache, Pawnee, Seminole, Papanga, Juaneno, Amazon Cambiva, Coushatta, Hawai'i and Shoshone. We gather as individual artists to create experimental yet elemental dances that reflect our rich cultural heritage and to explore identity as contemporary Native peoples.

We are passionately committed to Indigenous contemporary dance as primal yet articulate movement - blood memory in motion - that speaks to all beings. We believe in dance as an expression that can illuminate issues of cultural, historical, philosophical, mythic, and spiritual relevance.

We strive to bring our dancing vision to indigenous communities and global audiences to promote cultural exchange and artistic freedom. It would be an honor to share our performance art with your event or community. We aspire not only to perform, but also to meet local artists and youth to invite them to participate in original choreography as part of an on-site ritual that commemorates a significant event.