Dancing Earth Welcomes You
DANCING EARTH spins, stomps and spirals into life on the world’s dancing grounds as a collective of intertribal Indigenous dance artists, under the leadership of internationally respected choreographer Rulan Tangen. Rooted in the spirit and energy of the first peoples and the land, the mythic power of DANCING EARTH ‘s creations respect, embrace and expand the context of Indigenous culture into vital contemporary relevance.
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.
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DANCING EARTH’S “NIGHT OF STARS*MOON*WATER”
COMES TO THE NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER – ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Dancing Earth, the nation’s award-winning Indigenous contemporary dance ensemble, is proud to announce “Night of Stars*Moon*Water,” in partnership with the National Hispanic Cultural Center. This unique Indigenous performing arts festival - 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.
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.
Awards and Accolades
January 2012 Native Arts and Culture Foundation announced their first Dance Fellow for Artistic Innovation: honoree Rulan Tangen, for her work with Dancing Earth!
The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) – the first national 501(c)(3) charity committed to building a fund dedicated exclusively to foster the revitalization, appreciation and continuity of Native arts and cultures. “Support for this country’s Native arts and cultures is critical to our Foundation’s mission, which is to nurture the creativity of Native artists and organizations through our grantmaking program,” says NACF President/CEO T. Lulani Arquette (Native Hawaiian). “The NACF congratulates all of our 2011 grantees for projects and work that have not only inspired us at the NACF but also raised the visibility of Native arts and cultures in the United States and globally.”
2010 EXPRESSIVE ARTS AWARD
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN INDIAN
"DANCING EARTH CREATIONS is honored to be selected for the 2010 National Museum of American Indian Expressive Arts Award. The award is to create site specific structured improvisation, to balance professional performance practice with functional ritual that serves as the root of Native dance and the heart of Dancing Earth's creativity."
2009-11 PRODUCTION AND TOURING GRANT AWARDS
NATIONAL DANCE PROJECT
DANCING EARTH proudly announces that we have been selected by the prestigious National Dance Project for a production grant so Rulan Tangen can create a full length new work for 4 male and 4 female company members.
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Medal Awarded!
On April 22 2011, after DANCING EARTH's full house performance and standing ovations, Ms Tangen was presented by Professor Jacqueline Shea Murphy with the COSTO MEDAL of the Costo Chair in American Indian Affairs, in recognition of Research, Teaching and Service to UC Riverside and the community.