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Welcome to the Dancing Earth News/blog.
We will be posting current events and past events here, upcoming shows, tour dates, appearances, news about the company and much much more. Please stay tuned for more information and read about what we have been doing…
UPCOMING For February and March !
February 5th Winter Water Workshop at Warehouse 21; inter-generational, inter-disciplinary community creative process exploration of the Water theme. Please contact Rulan@dancingearth.org for more information
For the Talking Stick Festival in Vancouver BC, Rulan will be offering workshops, panel discussions, master class, lecture and work-in-progress solo between Feb 25-March 4
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MARCH is “Women in Creativity” month at the National Hispanic Cultural Center !
DANCING EARTH’S “NIGHT OF STARS*MOON*WATER” COMES TO THE NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER
Dancing Earth, the nation’s award-winning Indigenous contemporary dance ensemble, is proud to announce “Night of Stars*Moon*Water,” its first festival of Indigenous performing arts, in partnership with the National Hispanic Cultural Center. This unique event, moving from powwow to poetry and percussion in a vital and riveting expression of diversity, will take place on Friday, March 9th and Saturday, March 10th at 8 PM in the NHCC’s Albuquerque Journal Theatre, Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts
“Night of Stars*Moon*Water*” features international Indigenous performing artists, including Dancing Earth’s own soloists, Ananya Dance Theatre of Minneapolis who works in contemporary idiom incorporating Odissi dance of India, Orixa dances, guest artists from the Santa Fe Indian School Poetry Team, Miss Blackfoot Nation of Canada 2008, and unforgettable songstress Sina Soul. Each will take to the stage in a stunning solo that highlights their special talents like stars shining in the night. Showcasing the individual humanity at the core of devotion to the emerging field of Indigenous contemporary arts, these courageous, innovative performers embody the essence of what it means to bring culture to life.
The festival will support the creation of Dancing Earth’s new work, an eco-production dedicated to awareness of Native perspectives on water. In honor of this upcoming theme, festival performances will culminate in a multidisciplinary improvisation about water, with vocals, rhythms, movement, and poetry combining in a ritual of intention.
Tickets for “Night of Stars*Moon*Water” are $15, $20, and $25, and can be purchased in person at the NHCC box office at 505 724 4771 , or at the Center’s website at www.nhccnm.org. The NHCC is located at 1701 4th Street SW on the corner of 4th Street and Avenida César Chávez.
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2012 ITINERARY AND OVERVIEW OF PLANNED ACTIVITIES ( pending confirmations) :
Feb 5 Community Winter Water Workshop in Santa Fe
Feb 25-March 5 Lectures, workshops, panels, and solo work in progress at Talking Stick Festival in Vancouver BC
March 9-10 DANCING EARTH’s first international indigenous contemporary performance festival at NHCC Albuquerque
March Hemispheric Encuentro of Performance and Politics in Mexico City ( Canceled by Universidad So Juana due to security concerns)
March 30 : Cuicacalli Escuela de Danza performs for Cesar Chavez Day in San Francisco !
March 29- April 9 Humboldt University, Arcata CA
April 9-22 UC Riverside CA Artistic residency , public showing April 19 ad other workshops and lectures throughout
May : Cultural Research retreat
May 27 : Cuicacalli Escuela De Danza performs in Carnaval parade in San Francisco’s Mission district !
June 1-30 “Crossing Turtle Island”, first Indigenous summer dance program at Trent University’s Indigenous Performance Initiative, Ontario Canada
July 27 : workshop for Eco Arts Tours
August 1-12 in Santa Fe : DANCING EARTH’s first summer Indigenous contemporary dance intensive !
August 11 : Performance in Farmington NM to benefit Native Teen Suicide Prevention
September 8-9 Community Inter-disciplinary Water workshop at Santa Fe Art Institute
September 10 Lecture at Santa Fe Art Institute
Sept 15 : private showing for SEED conference, Albuquerque
Sept 28-29 premiere of “WALKING AT THE EDGE OF WATER” , To be confirmed !
October : residency at Humboldt University , Arcata CA
November : creative residency TBA
November : Cuicacalli Escuela De Danza’s 5th annual student concert : “Tradicion, Movimiento Y Pasion” in San Francisco