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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!
Greetings !
2010 is an exciting year for DANCING EARTH, beginning with the winter premiere of a new production OF BODIES OF ELEMENTS. The shows were sold out in 2 cities, with standing ovations, as well as school performances for almost 1000 New Mexico school children !
Spring brings
- collaboration with fashion designer Randolph Duke for a spring equinox tribute
- Ms Tangen will lead “Race and Environment” a project sponsored by the Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University.
- collaboration with Grammy winner Robert MIrabal in performances at the Macey Center of Socorro New Mexico
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DANCING EARTH appearances:
Jan 31 , preview at National Dance Institute of NM, in Santa Fe
Feb 1 Matinee for studnets, by invitation only, courtesy of NDI of NM, Santa Fe Opera and National Hispanic Cultural Center
Feb 3-4 Lecture demonstrations at 4 Northern New Mexico elementary schools
Feb 6-7 Premiere at VSA North Fourth in Albuquerque, for the Global Dance Fset and Two Worlds Festival !
March 20 Spring Equinox celebration around sunset in New Mexico, with Randolph Duke, location TBA
April 2 studio showing of OBOEat Stanford University’s Robles Studio, 7 pm
April 22-23 collaboration with Robert MIrabal , with workshops and community performance at Alamo reservtaion and Macey Center, thank you Ronna!
Fall/Winter tour:
Sept 27- Oct 2 St Louis
Nov 2-3 ASU Gammage Hall
Dec 1-4 NWI conference in San Diego
Jan 2011 Myrna Loy Center in Helena, and Whitefish Theatre, both Montana
Other sites being added , please contact us if you would like to present OBOE in your community!
“Of Bodies Of Elements” is a full length production of Indigenous contemporary dance. Rooted in Native American perspectives on environmental sustainability, the performance expresses the ensemble’s passionate exploration of the intersection of ritual, culture, and ecology.
Santa Fe Dance Company Makes History
DANCING EARTH is the first Indigenous contemporary dance ensemble to receive the prestigious award of a National Dance Project production grant! Santa Fe’s founder of DANCING EARTH, Rulan Tangen, was named “One of the Top 25 to Watch” by Dance Magazine in 2007 and her current production, “Of Bodies Of Elements” will launch its national tour with a preview in Santa Fe, New Mexico on January 31st at NDI Dance Barns, and in Albuquerque on Feb 6th-7th at VS Arts North Fourth Theater. Selected from a competitive pool, DANCING EARTH will receive support alongside 20 other contemporary dance companies. Jane Forde, National Dance Project Manager states, “Artists are bridging cultures and creating work that will truly engage communities across the United States.” DANCING EARTH will bring their newest performance to communities across the nation.
Credits:
“Of Bodies Of Elements” is made possible by the Doris Duke Fund for Dance of the National Dance Project, a program administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts with funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Ford Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Community Connections Fund of the MetLife Foundation.
It is presented by Santa Fe Art Institute and Dancing Earth Creations, with additional support from College of Santa Fe, National Dance Institute of NM, VSA North Fourth Art Center, Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship, National Hispanic Cultural Center, Santa Fe Opera’s Pueblo Opera Program, Espanola Public Schools Arts in Schools Program, Moving People/Santa Fe Dance Festival, Institute of American Indian Art’s College and Museum of Native Contemporary Art, Southwestern Association for Indian Art and Wise Fool New Mexico.