Restoring the Source : “MIXED-ICISM IN MOTION" : The Integration
Restoring the Source : “MIXED-ICISM IN MOTION”
The Integration
Seasonal ecological dance practice of Movement as Medicine shared by Dancing Earth’s Founding Artistic Director/Choreographer, Rulan Tangen.
Sunday
March 26th, 2023
9-10:30am PT 10-11:30am MT
11-12:30pm CT 12-1:30pm ET
ABOUT DANCING EARTH
DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.
“We gather as individual artists to create experimental yet elemental dances that reflect our rich cultural heritage as contemporary global peoples. We strive to embody the unique essences of cultural perspectives by creation and renewal of artistic and cultural movement rituals. Ancient and futuristic, our dances are an elemental language of bone and blood memory in motion.” - Founding Director, Rulan Tangen
Pay What You Can, $1-$100
In the spirit of RECIPROCITY (a value infused into the movement practice), we invite your charitable donations to support the ongoing programming of Dancing Earth. Nobody is turned away for lack of funds! Sign-up with a Complimentary Ticket or Pay it Forward by sponsoring the costs for someone who has limited resources.
Artistic Director Rulan Tangen donates the fees raised from the workshop back to Dancing Earth, the great vision of her life.
ABOUT Movement As Medicine
RESTORING THE SOURCE: MIXED-ICISM IN MOTION
This workshop series are offered as part of Restoring the Source series of seasonal ecological dance practice of Movement as Medicine shared by Dancing Earth’s Founding Artistic Director/Choreographer, Rulan Tangen and offered from a spirit of love and inclusivity. For this online spring series of Mixed-icim in Motion, Dancing Earth offers movement workshops timed near new moon and full moon.
This series of five workshops, in which the Artistic Director explores her emergent movement of MIXED-ICISM as the process for an itinerant body of work . The multi disciplinary, multi sensory, multi dimensional, mysterious and magical will center into the wisdom of the body and will also include writing and drawing . During this series we will experience
Embodiment of patterns of diverse life forms as relationships with beyond human being-ness , with observation ( bio-mimicry) , memory, and empathy
Love as experienced through connection via migration and exchange between human beings
Joy as experienced through compassion for self as fluid , complex, and ever evolving
Liminal space of dreaming and the unknown sources of imagination and intuition
Multi sensory synthesis , bit and pieces to become whole in a living eco system of immersive diversity
We extend this special invite to those who have joined or expressed interest in movement sessions in the past year, to join this month’s movement, with Creatrix and Dreamvisioner Rulan Tangen. We invite your courage, creativity, compassion and care - and welcome you to bring a friend!
Photos by Daniel Quat and Randi Lynn Beach
CLASS BREAKDOWN
15 min Welcomes, intention, orientation, and invitation to share.
60 min 'Movement As Medicine' for all humans, regardless of dance background.
Final 15min Will be a group reflection circle about what is joyful, and challenging, and what transformed during our time together.
ACCESSIBILITY
Movements can be modified to even lying down on bed and listening, imagining is a powerful ‘movement’!
BRING
Open mindedness, no dance experience necessary
Layers of clothing for warmth and comfort and able to move
Barefoot or socks
Blanket or yoga mat
Water bottle
Notebook and pencil/pen
Dancing Earth self produces and collaborates with partners for a wide range of creative programming including:
Dance programming for youth
Cultivating Artist Leadership : mentoring in arts management
Seasonal Institutes for Dancing Earth intensive movement training
Restoring the Source Retreats
Cultural Exchanges
Creation of original Dance works, with costumes, music, video projection, visual art design and construction with sets and props
Cinematic Movement : Dance on Film
Choreography commissioned by schools, companies or collaborators
We thank you for your consideration and support of our Dancing Earth vision.
DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.
Photos by Daniel Quat and Randi Lynn Beach
Choreographer Spotlight Class with Rulan Tangen ODC SF
Choreographer Spotlight Class
with Rulan Tangen
Saturday, March 11th 2023
2:30- 4pm PT
DANCING EARTH
We’re excited to announce on March 11th, Rulan Tangen, Artistic Director for Dancing Earth Creations will be teaching "MIXED-ICISM IN MOTION", a new creative offering through ODC School's Choreographer Spotlight series. This class explores pace, rhythms, and imagery informed by elements, to embodying of patterns of diverse life forms to deepen relationships beyond human being-ness: with observation (bio-mimicry), memory, and empathy, for deeper connections, @odcsf
Register for this series here: https://odc.dance/schedule.
Choreographer Spotlight
Description of the class: MIXED-ICISM IN MOTION
Exploring pace, rhythms, and imagery informed by elements, to embodying of patterns of diverse life forms to deepen relationships beyond human being-ness: with observation
( bio-mimicry), memory, and empathy, for deeper connections
Immersing in forms and movements that carry intention, explicitly or in symbolic code
Bringing all of our bits and pieces to become whole, as a living part of a sacred eco-system of immersive diversity
I offer this movement with humble respect to Ohlone peoples who have kept this land of Yelamu in renewal with song and dance since the beginning of time ( I share links of folx I am in relation with, to learn more about good work of resilience by living cultural people of this region.
https://www.ramaytush.org/about.html
https://sogoreate-landtrust.org/
Description of Upcoming Work
“RITUAL OF RE:MIX, An Eco-Elegy”
Re-MIx explores the concept of mixed identity as a template for relation-building and adaptation in the age of climate crisis. Stemming from our body’s community-engaged knowledge-sourcing, we will develop a contemporary ritual beyond the proscenium stage, with “mixed” collaborators. Through corporeal experiences to explore our “mixed-icism” : many identity definitions will be deconstructed and expanded to cultivate a nuanced alternative to dehumanizing, essentializing, and compartmentalizing - within the living metaphor of ecological diversity as the source. Choreographically, this “re-mix” is rooted in Dancing Earth’s land-dance practice, uncovering specific forms of movement that are guided by forces of nature, emerging liminal spaces of alchemy for transformation. The performance ritual will be at the center of an offering that includes artists facilitating a multi-sensory, multi dimension, experience for community, to activate space with love, pleasure, joy, and wellness.
ONGOING CALL FOR CREATIVES (“AUDITION” ) takes the form of connecting with intriguing movers this spring, via expressions of mutual interest, invitations to respond to a writing and video request, and/or participation in Summer Intensive June 1-12 at Cal State East Bay with international cultural artist ambassadors. Artists are paid for their work because I believe our work together is world-changing. This could be a good fit for those who
feel called by their intuition to the concept of “mixed-icism”,
who are involved in eco-oriented practices ( herbalists, hikers, tree huggers, seed planters, etc!)
who have a commitment to an embodied practice as a significant aspect of their lives ( not necessarily studio based )
Who are interested in creating in many conditions: indoor, outdoor, self-directed, online, interdisciplinary
ABOUT DANCING EARTH
DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.
“We gather as individual artists to create experimental yet elemental dances that reflect our rich cultural heritage as contemporary global peoples. We strive to embody the unique essences of cultural perspectives by the creation and renewal of artistic and cultural movement rituals. Ancient and futuristic, our dances are an elemental language of bone and blood memory in motion.” - Founding Director, Rulan Tangen
Dancing Earth self-produces and collaborates with partners for a wide range of creative programming including:
Dance programming for youth
Cultivating Artist Leadership: mentoring in arts management
Seasonal Institutes for Dancing Earth intensive movement training
Restoring the Source Retreats
Cultural Exchanges
Creation of original Dance works, with costumes, music, video projection, visual art design, and construction with sets and props
Cinematic Movement: Dance on Film
Choreography commissioned by schools, companies or collaborators
We thank you for your consideration and support of our Dancing Earth vision.
Photos: Joe McNally and Sunny Khalsa
DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.
Restoring the Source : “MIXED-ICISM IN MOTION" The Liminal Space
Restoring the Source : “MIXED-ICISM IN MOTION”
The Liminal Space
Seasonal ecological dance practice of Movement as Medicine shared by Dancing Earth’s Founding Artistic Director/Choreographer, Rulan Tangen.
Sunday, March 5th 2023
9-10:30am PT . 10-11:30am MT .
11-12:30pm CT . 12-1:30pm ET
ABOUT DANCING EARTH
DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.
“We gather as individual artists to create experimental yet elemental dances that reflect our rich cultural heritage as contemporary global peoples. We strive to embody the unique essences of cultural perspectives by creation and renewal of artistic and cultural movement rituals. Ancient and futuristic, our dances are an elemental language of bone and blood memory in motion.” - Founding Director, Rulan Tangen
Pay What You Can, $1-$100
In the spirit of RECIPROCITY (a value infused into the movement practice), we invite your charitable donations to support the ongoing programming of Dancing Earth. Nobody is turned away for lack of funds! Sign-up with a Complimentary Ticket or Pay it Forward by sponsoring the costs for someone who has limited resources.
Artistic Director Rulan Tangen donates the fees raised from the workshop back to Dancing Earth, the great vision of her life.
ABOUT Movement As Medicine
RESTORING THE SOURCE: MIXED-ICISM IN MOTION
This workshop series are offered as part of Restoring the Source series of seasonal ecological dance practice of Movement as Medicine shared by Dancing Earth’s Founding Artistic Director/Choreographer, Rulan Tangen and offered from a spirit of love and inclusivity . For the Winter series of Mixed-icim in Motion, Dancing Earth offers movement workshops timed near new moon and full moon.
This series of five workshops, in which the Artistic Director explores her emergent movement of MIXED-ICISM as the process for an itinerant body of work . The multi disciplinary, multi sensory, multi dimensional, mysterious and magical will center into the wisdom of the body and will also include writing and drawing . During this series we will experience
Embodiment of patterns of diverse life forms as relationships with beyond human being-ness , with observation ( bio-mimicry) , memory, and empathy
Love as experienced through connection via migration and exchange between human beings
Joy as experienced through compassion for self as fluid , complex, and ever evolving
Liminal space of dreaming and the unknown sources of imagination and intuition
Multi sensory synthesis , bit and pieces to become whole in a living eco system of immersive diversity
We extend this special invite to those who have joined or expressed interest in movement sessions in the past year, to join this month’s movement, with Creatrix and Dreamvisioner Rulan Tangen. We invite your courage, creativity, compassion and care - and welcome you to bring a friend!
Photos by Paulo T Photography
CLASS BREAKDOWN
7 min Welcomes, intention, orientation, and invitation to share.
51 min 'Movement As Medicine' for all humans, regardless of dance background.
Final 7min Will be a group reflection circle about what is joyful, challenging, and what transformed during our time together.
ACCESSIBILITY
Movements can be modified to even lying down on bed and listening, imagining is a powerful ‘movement’!
BRING
Open mindedness, no dance experience necessary
Layers of clothing for warmth and comfort and able to move
Barefoot or socks
Blanket or yoga mat
Water bottle
Notebook and pencil/pen
Dancing Earth self produces and collaborates with partners for a wide range of creative programming including:
Dance programming for youth
Cultivating Artist Leadership : mentoring in arts management
Seasonal Institutes for Dancing Earth intensive movement training
Restoring the Source Retreats
Cultural Exchanges
Creation of original Dance works, with costumes, music, video projection, visual art design and construction with sets and props
Cinematic Movement : Dance on Film
Choreography commissioned by schools, companies or collaborators
We thank you for your consideration and support of our Dancing Earth vision.
DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.
Photos by Paulo T Photography
Restoring the Source : “MIXED-ICISM IN MOTION" The Elemental
Restoring the Source : “MIXED-ICISM IN MOTION”
The Elemental
Seasonal ecological dance practice of Movement as Medicine shared by Dancing Earth’s Founding Artistic Director/Choreographer, Rulan Tangen.
Sunday, Feb. 19th 2023
9-10am PT . 10-11am MT . 11-12pm CT . 12-1pm ET
ABOUT DANCING EARTH
DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.
“We gather as individual artists to create experimental yet elemental dances that reflect our rich cultural heritage as contemporary global peoples. We strive to embody the unique essences of cultural perspectives by creation and renewal of artistic and cultural movement rituals. Ancient and futuristic, our dances are an elemental language of bone and blood memory in motion.” - Founding Director, Rulan Tangen
Pay What You Can, $1-$100
In the spirit of RECIPROCITY (a value infused into the movement practice), we invite your charitable donations to support the ongoing programming of Dancing Earth. Nobody is turned away for lack of funds! Sign-up with a Complimentary Ticket or Pay it Forward by sponsoring the costs for someone who has limited resources.
Artistic Director Rulan Tangen donates the fees raised from the workshop back to Dancing Earth, the great vision of her life.
ABOUT Movement As Medicine
RESTORING THE SOURCE: MIXED-ICISM IN MOTION
This workshop series are offered as part of Restoring the Source series of seasonal ecological dance practice of Movement as Medicine shared by Dancing Earth’s Founding Artistic Director/Choreographer, Rulan Tangen and offered from a spirit of love and inclusivity . For the Winter series of Mixed-icim in Motion, Dancing Earth offers movement workshops timed near new moon and full moon.
This series of five workshops, in which the Artistic Director explores her emergent movement of MIXED-ICISM as the process for an itinerant body of work . The multi disciplinary, multi sensory, multi dimensional, mysterious and magical will center into the wisdom of the body and will also include writing and drawing . During this series we will experience
Embodiment of patterns of diverse life forms as relationships with beyond human being-ness , with observation ( bio-mimicry) , memory, and empathy
Love as experienced through connection via migration and exchange between human beings
Joy as experienced through compassion for self as fluid , complex, and ever evolving
Liminal space of dreaming and the unknown sources of imagination and intuition
Multi sensory synthesis , bit and pieces to become whole in a living eco system of immersive diversity
We extend this special invite to those who have joined or expressed interest in movement sessions in the past year, to join this month’s movement, with Creatrix and Dreamvisioner Rulan Tangen. We invite your courage, creativity, compassion and care - and welcome you to bring a friend!
Photos by Paulo T Photography
CLASS BREAKDOWN
7 min Welcomes, intention, orientation, and invitation to share.
51 min 'Movement As Medicine' for all humans, regardless of dance background.
Final 7min Will be a group reflection circle about what is joyful, challenging, and what transformed during our time together.
ACCESSIBILITY
Movements can be modified to even lying down on bed and listening, imagining is a powerful ‘movement’!
BRING
Open mindedness, no dance experience necessary
Layers of clothing for warmth and comfort and able to move
Barefoot or socks
Blanket or yoga mat
Water bottle
Notebook and pencil/pen
Dancing Earth self produces and collaborates with partners for a wide range of creative programming including:
Dance programming for youth
Cultivating Artist Leadership : mentoring in arts management
Seasonal Institutes for Dancing Earth intensive movement training
Restoring the Source Retreats
Cultural Exchanges
Creation of original Dance works, with costumes, music, video projection, visual art design and construction with sets and props
Cinematic Movement : Dance on Film
Choreography commissioned by schools, companies or collaborators
We thank you for your consideration and support of our Dancing Earth vision.
DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.
Photos by Paulo T Photography
Restoring the Source : “MIXED-ICISM IN MOTION"
Restoring the Source : “MIXED-ICISM IN MOTION”
Seasonal ecological dance practice of Movement as Medicine shared by Dancing Earth’s Founding Artistic Director/Choreographer, Rulan Tangen.
Sunday, Feb 5th, 2023
*Note: Time change of AFTERNOON
2pm PT . 3pm MT . 4pm CT . 5pm ET
Feb 6th 11 am in New Zealand
ABOUT DANCING EARTH
DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.
“We gather as individual artists to create experimental yet elemental dances that reflect our rich cultural heritage as contemporary global peoples. We strive to embody the unique essences of cultural perspectives by creation and renewal of artistic and cultural movement rituals. Ancient and futuristic, our dances are an elemental language of bone and blood memory in motion.” - Founding Director, Rulan Tangen
Pay What You Can, $1-$100
In the spirit of RECIPROCITY (a value infused into the movement practice), we invite your charitable donations to support the ongoing programming of Dancing Earth. Nobody is turned away for lack of funds! Sign-up with a Complimentary Ticket or Pay it Forward by sponsoring the costs for someone who has limited resources.
Artistic Director Rulan Tangen donates the fees raised from the workshop back to Dancing Earth, the great vision of her life.
ABOUT Movement As Medicine
RESTORING THE SOURCE: MIXED-ICISM IN MOTION
The Inter-cultural
This workshop series are offered as part of Restoring the Source series of seasonal ecological dance practice of Movement as Medicine shared by Dancing Earth’s Founding Artistic Director/Choreographer, Rulan Tangen and offered from a spirit of love and inclusivity . For the Winter series of Mixed-icim in Motion, Dancing Earth offers movement workshops timed near new moon and full moon.
This movement session is collaboratively led by JADE WHAANGA Dancing Earth alumna and international Indigenous Cultural Ambassador, and leader of NU Collective from Aotearoa ( New Zealand)
She is a Dancing Earth international cultural artist ambassador for the past 7 years. She joins us from intense rain and floodwaters, bringing movement teachings of fire and clay; to experience the diversity of the ecosystem within the body, through her lived cultural experience and creative expression … We welcome friends to come and share their love and generosity, for this international intercultural offering! sharing movement of clay ( within the Dancing Earth mixed-icism vision) ... intercultural relations.
This series of five workshops, in which the Artistic Director explores her emergent movement of MIXED-ICISM as the process for an itinerant body of work . The multi disciplinary, multi sensory, multi dimensional, mysterious and magical will center into the wisdom of the body and will also include writing and drawing . During this series we will experience
Embodiment of patterns of diverse life forms as relationships with beyond human being-ness , with observation ( bio-mimicry) , memory, and empathy
Love as experienced through connection via migration and exchange between human beings
Joy as experienced through compassion for self as fluid , complex, and ever evolving
Liminal space of dreaming and the unknown sources of imagination and intuition
Multi sensory synthesis , bit and pieces to become whole in a living eco system of immersive diversity
We extend this special invite to those who have joined or expressed interest in movement sessions in the past year, to join this month’s movement, with Creatrix and Dreamvisioner Rulan Tangen. We invite your courage, creativity, compassion and care - and welcome you to bring a friend!
Photos by Paulo T Photography
CLASS BREAKDOWN
7 min Welcomes, intention, orientation, and invitation to share.
51 min 'Movement As Medicine' for all humans, regardless of dance background.
Final 7min Will be a group reflection circle about what is joyful, challenging, and what transformed during our time together.
ACCESSIBILITY
Movements can be modified to even lying down on bed and listening, imagining is a powerful ‘movement’!
BRING
Open mindedness, no dance experience necessary
Layers of clothing for warmth and comfort and able to move
Barefoot or socks
Blanket or yoga mat
Water bottle
Notebook and pencil/pen
Dancing Earth self produces and collaborates with partners for a wide range of creative programming including:
Dance programming for youth
Cultivating Artist Leadership : mentoring in arts management
Seasonal Institutes for Dancing Earth intensive movement training
Restoring the Source Retreats
Cultural Exchanges
Creation of original Dance works, with costumes, music, video projection, visual art design and construction with sets and props
Cinematic Movement : Dance on Film
Choreography commissioned by schools, companies or collaborators
We thank you for your consideration and support of our Dancing Earth vision.
DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.
Photos by Paulo T Photography
Restoring the Source : “MIXED-ICISM IN MOTION"
Restoring the Source : “MIXED-ICISM IN MOTION”
Seasonal ecological dance practice of Movement as Medicine shared by Dancing Earth’s Founding Artistic Director/Choreographer, Rulan Tangen.
Sunday, January 22nd 2023
9-10am PT . 10-11am MT . 11-12pm CT . 12-1pm ET
ABOUT DANCING EARTH
DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.
“We gather as individual artists to create experimental yet elemental dances that reflect our rich cultural heritage as contemporary global peoples. We strive to embody the unique essences of cultural perspectives by creation and renewal of artistic and cultural movement rituals. Ancient and futuristic, our dances are an elemental language of bone and blood memory in motion.” - Founding Director, Rulan Tangen
Pay What You Can, $1-$100
In the spirit of RECIPROCITY (a value infused into the movement practice), we invite your charitable donations to support the ongoing programming of Dancing Earth. Nobody is turned away for lack of funds! Sign-up with a Complimentary Ticket or Pay it Forward by sponsoring the costs for someone who has limited resources.
Artistic Director Rulan Tangen donates the fees raised from the workshop back to Dancing Earth, the great vision of her life.
ABOUT Movement As Medicine
RESTORING THE SOURCE: MIXED-ICISM IN MOTION
This workshop series are offered as part of Restoring the Source series of seasonal ecological dance practice of Movement as Medicine shared by Dancing Earth’s Founding Artistic Director/Choreographer, Rulan Tangen and offered from a spirit of love and inclusivity . For the Winter series of Mixed-icim in Motion, Dancing Earth offers movement workshops timed near new moon and full moon.
This series of five workshops, in which the Artistic Director explores her emergent movement of MIXED-ICISM as the process for an itinerant body of work . The multi disciplinary, multi sensory, multi dimensional, mysterious and magical will center into the wisdom of the body and will also include writing and drawing . During this series we will experience
Embodiment of patterns of diverse life forms as relationships with beyond human being-ness , with observation ( bio-mimicry) , memory, and empathy
Love as experienced through connection via migration and exchange between human beings
Joy as experienced through compassion for self as fluid , complex, and ever evolving
Liminal space of dreaming and the unknown sources of imagination and intuition
Multi sensory synthesis , bit and pieces to become whole in a living eco system of immersive diversity
We extend this special invite to those who have joined or expressed interest in movement sessions in the past year, to join this month’s movement, with Creatrix and Dreamvisioner Rulan Tangen. We invite your courage, creativity, compassion and care - and welcome you to bring a friend!
Photos by Paulo T Photography
CLASS BREAKDOWN
7 min Welcomes, intention, orientation, and invitation to share.
51 min 'Movement As Medicine' for all humans, regardless of dance background.
Final 7min Will be a group reflection circle about what is joyful, challenging, and what transformed during our time together.
ACCESSIBILITY
Movements can be modified to even lying down on bed and listening, imagining is a powerful ‘movement’!
BRING
Open mindedness, no dance experience necessary
Layers of clothing for warmth and comfort and able to move
Barefoot or socks
Blanket or yoga mat
Water bottle
Notebook and pencil/pen
Dancing Earth self produces and collaborates with partners for a wide range of creative programming including:
Dance programming for youth
Cultivating Artist Leadership : mentoring in arts management
Seasonal Institutes for Dancing Earth intensive movement training
Restoring the Source Retreats
Cultural Exchanges
Creation of original Dance works, with costumes, music, video projection, visual art design and construction with sets and props
Cinematic Movement : Dance on Film
Choreography commissioned by schools, companies or collaborators
We thank you for your consideration and support of our Dancing Earth vision.
DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.
Photos by Paulo T Photography
Restoring The Source: Movement as Medicine
Restoring The Source: Movement as Medicine
Seasonal ecological dance practice of Movement as Medicine shared by Dancing Earth’s Founding Artistic Director/Choreographer, Rulan Tangen.
Sunday, December 4th, 2022
9-10am PT . 10-11am MT . 11-12pm CT . 12-1pm ET
ABOUT DANCING EARTH
DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.
“We gather as individual artists to create experimental yet elemental dances that reflect our rich cultural heritage as contemporary global peoples. We strive to embody the unique essences of cultural perspectives by creation and renewal of artistic and cultural movement rituals. Ancient and futuristic, our dances are an elemental language of bone and blood memory in motion.” - Founding Director, Rulan Tangen
Pay What You Can, $0-$100
In the spirit of RECIPROCITY (a value infused into the movement practice), we invite your charitable donations to support the ongoing programming of Dancing Earth. Nobody is turned away for lack of funds! Sign-up with a Complimentary Ticket or Pay it Forward by sponsoring the costs for someone who has limited resources.
Artistic Director Rulan Tangen donates the fees raised from the workshop back to Dancing Earth, the great vision of her life.
ABOUT Movement As Medicine
For this seasonal series of Movement as Medicine, Dancing Earth offers movement workshops timed near half moon, full moon. During these sessions, we will reach through our individual and collective bodies, exploring dreamscape and landscape, shape and movement that connect us with various life forms impacted by the moon : plants, waters, animals, birds, and humanity - in a myriad of different forms!
Dancing Earth invites humans of the earth to gather and move together for the last class of the year as we move towards Winter Solstice, embracing the long nights of dreaming and the incumbent return of light. We will synthesize of many of the previous seasons classes with movement expressions of THE ELEMENTAL BODY
Through movement of our individual and collective bodies, we will explore :
Embodiment of patterns of movement of earth and cosmos as relationship and gratitude
Dreamscape and landscape as sources of imagination and intuition
Love and joy as through connection, compassion, empathy with human and beyond-human beings
Experience gratitude and reciprocity through movement , encouraging the body at this time towards rest and dreaming and warmth
Specifically :
This Sunday, day of sun, dia del sol, day of soul, WE CELEBRATE THE ELEMENTAL BODY. Our movement will reconnect us with elements including :
Air as breath of life and motivator movement
Ground under our feet and expressions of earth in form of skin and muscle
Water as flow through channels of body including veins and arteries and rivers
Constellations as energetic charge of light and heat experienced through limbs and edges of body
Mountains and rocks within bones as grounding points
Seeds of potentiality and transformation within soft organs, vitalizing torso as trunk and stem of plants and trees
Integrating these elements for activation of various spheres and dimensions
Re-mix of all these elements and worlds into a world of ‘mixed-icism
We extend this special invite to those who have joined or expressed interest in movement sessions in the past year, to join this month’s movement, with Creatrix and Dreamvisioner Rulan Tangen. We invite your courage, creativity, compassion and care - and welcome you to bring a friend!
Photos by Daniel Quat
CLASS BREAKDOWN
5min ' Welcome, intention, orientation, and invitation to share.
30 min 'Movement as Medicine' for all humans, regardless of dance background.
15mins' More challenging movement which can be adapted as needed by participant
5mins ' Cool down/stretch
Final 5min 'Will be a group reflection circle about what is joyful, challenging, and what transformed during our time together.
ACCESSIBILITY
Movements can be modified to even lying down on bed and listening, imagining is a powerful ‘movement’!
BRING
Open mindedness, no dance experience necessary
Layers of clothing for warmth and comfort and able to move
Barefoot or socks
Blanket or yoga mat
Water bottle
Notebook and pencil/pen
Dancing Earth self produces and collaborates with partners for a wide range of creative programming including:
Dance programming for youth
Cultivating Artist Leadership : mentoring in arts management
Seasonal Institutes for Dancing Earth intensive movement training
Restoring the Source Retreats
Cultural Exchanges
Creation of original Dance works, with costumes, music, video projection, visual art design and construction with sets and props
Cinematic Movement : Dance on Film
Choreography commissioned by schools, companies or collaborators
We thank you for your consideration and support of our Dancing Earth vision.
DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.
Photos by Daniel Quat
Danza Ofrenda: Contemporary Dance Performance Ritual Solo w Rulan Tangen
Danza Ofrenda : Un Tiempo de Otoño, en la Tierra de los Otomíes
Contemporary Dance Performance Ritual Solo w Rulan Tangen
Sunday, November 20th, 2022
2:30-4pm PT . 3:30-5pm MT
4:30-6pm CT . 5:30-7pm ET
ABOUT DANCING EARTH
DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.
“We gather as individual artists to create experimental yet elemental dances that reflect our rich cultural heritage as contemporary global peoples. We strive to embody the unique essences of cultural perspectives by creation and renewal of artistic and cultural movement rituals. Ancient and futuristic, our dances are an elemental language of bone and blood memory in motion.” - Founding Director, Rulan Tangen
Pay What You Can, $1-$100
In the spirit of RECIPROCITY (a value infused into the movement practice), we invite your charitable donations to support the ongoing programming of Dancing Earth. Nobody is turned away for lack of funds! Sign-up with a Complimentary Ticket or Pay it Forward by sponsoring the costs for someone who has limited resources.
Artistic Director Rulan Tangen donates the fees raised from the workshop back to Dancing Earth, the great vision of her life.
Dancing Earth self produces and collaborates with partners for a wide range of creative programming including:
Dance programming for youth
Cultivating Artist Leadership : mentoring in arts management
Seasonal Institutes for Dancing Earth intensive movement training
Restoring the Source Retreats
Cultural Exchanges
Creation of original Dance works, with costumes, music, video projection, visual art design and construction with sets and props
Cinematic Movement : Dance on Film
Choreography commissioned by schools, companies or collaborators
We thank you for your consideration and support of our Dancing Earth vision.
DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.
Photos by Daniel Quat
Danza Ofrenda : Un Tiempo de Otoño, en la Tierra de los Otomíes
Contemporary Dance Performance Ritual Solo w Rulan Tangen
Join me for a ritual of embodiment, of movement that roots into the present as both ancient and futuristic, a reflection of relationship with a moment of time, and place.
I offer this response to time and place with humbleness, respect and gratitude to the invitation for a 3 week artistic residency as a culminating ritual that is emergent, an evolving work in progress like life, with the intention of cultivating connections through creation and collaboration.
On the first night, the importance of the Mezquite trees was shared with me and I dedicate this dance solo ritual to these tree beings, for their ancestral relationship to human being-ness, as an embodied dream for the future of their beingness in renewed and revitalized relationship .
(thankful to Yolitzma for the wisdom shared )
Please click here to learn more about the wisdom of the trees
For your own participation as a witness to this offering, we invite you to bring your dreams for the future, to consider what are we collectively nourishing for our lives and others yet to come, to bring into the space to be activated through embodiment by the artist.
ADDITIONAL OFFERINGS: To experience movement interactively , the morning before the performance Sunday Nov 20, Rulan will offer a live and virtual workshop of restorative movement as medicine , information will be posted soon on www.dancingearth.org/event
Acompáñame en un ritual de encarnación, de movimiento que se enraíza en el presente como algo antiguo y futurista a la vez, un reflejo de la relación con un momento del tiempo, y del lugar.
Ofrezco esta respuesta al tiempo y al lugar con humildad, respeto y gratitud a la invitación para una residencia artística de 3 semanas como un ritual culminante que es emergente, un trabajo en progreso como la vida, con la intención de cultivar conexiones a través de la creación y la colaboración.
En la primera noche, se compartió conmigo la importancia de los árboles de mezquite y dedico este ritual de danza en solitario a estos seres arbóreos, por su relación ancestral con el ser humano, como un sueño encarnado para el futuro de su ser en una relación renovada y revitalizada.
(gracias a Yolitzma por la sabiduría compartida)
Para tu propia participación como testigo de esta ofrenda, te invitamos a traer tus sueños para el futuro, a considerar lo que estamos alimentando colectivamente para nuestras vidas y las de otros por venir, para traer al espacio para ser activado a través de la encarnación por el artista.
OFERTAS ADICIONALES: Para experimentar el movimiento de forma interactiva, la mañana antes de la actuación del domingo 20 de noviembre, Rulan ofrecerá un taller en vivo y virtual de movimiento restaurativo como medicina, la información se publicará pronto en www.dancingearth.org/event
Click here For more about Rulan
Click here for more about Dancing Earth
Special thanks to Mariana and Ethan for selection for this residency and to DANCING EARTH
"Vengo a esta tierra con respeto, maravillado por toda la creatividad y la belleza, seguramente enraizadas en la vitalidad de la resiliencia frente al dolor de la colonización, del pueblo otomí que ha cantado y bailado esta tierra desde el principio de los tiempos. Humildemente ofrezco esta danza como un ritual contemporáneo para este momento y lugar, en honor al árbol de Mezquite."
"I come to this land with respect, in wonder of all the creativity and beauty, surely rooted in the vitality of resilience against the pain of colonization, of the Otomi people who have sung and danced this land into being since the beginning of time. I humbly offer this dance as a contemporary ritual for this moment and place, to honor the Mesquite tree ." Rulan Tangen
Photos by Daniel Quat
Restoring The Source: Movement as Medicine Nov 20th
Restoring The Source: Movement as Medicine
Seasonal ecological dance practice of Movement as Medicine shared by Dancing Earth’s Founding Artistic Director/Choreographer, Rulan Tangen.
Sunday, November 20th, 2022
7-8am PT . 8-9am MT
9-10am CT . 10-11am ET
ABOUT DANCING EARTH
DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.
“We gather as individual artists to create experimental yet elemental dances that reflect our rich cultural heritage as contemporary global peoples. We strive to embody the unique essences of cultural perspectives by creation and renewal of artistic and cultural movement rituals. Ancient and futuristic, our dances are an elemental language of bone and blood memory in motion.” - Founding Director, Rulan Tangen
Pay What You Can, $1-$100
In the spirit of RECIPROCITY (a value infused into the movement practice), we invite your charitable donations to support the ongoing programming of Dancing Earth. Nobody is turned away for lack of funds! Sign-up with a Complimentary Ticket or Pay it Forward by sponsoring the costs for someone who has limited resources.
Artistic Director Rulan Tangen donates the fees raised from the workshop back to Dancing Earth, the great vision of her life.
Dancing Earth self produces and collaborates with partners for a wide range of creative programming including:
Dance programming for youth
Cultivating Artist Leadership : mentoring in arts management
Seasonal Institutes for Dancing Earth intensive movement training
Restoring the Source Retreats
Cultural Exchanges
Creation of original Dance works, with costumes, music, video projection, visual art design and construction with sets and props
Cinematic Movement : Dance on Film
Choreography commissioned by schools, companies or collaborators
We thank you for your consideration and support of our Dancing Earth vision.
DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.
Photos by Daniel Quat
ABOUT Movement As Medicine
For this seasonal series of Movement as Medicine, Dancing Earth offers movement workshops timed near half moon, full moon. During these sessions, we will reach through our individual and collective bodies, exploring dreamscape and landscape, shape and movement that connect us with various life forms impacted by the moon : plants, waters, animals, birds, and humanity - in a myriad of different forms!
This movement session is coming from the Otomi homelands, in dedication to the plant and tree - beings, in their generosity and regeneration. Through movement of our individual and collective bodies, we will explore :
Embodiment of patterns of movement of plants and trees as relationship and gratitude.
Dreamscape and landscape as sources of imagination and intuition.
Love and joy as through connection and compassion with human and beyond-human beings.
*Please note earlier time this week only
We extend this special invite to those who have joined or expressed interest in movement sessions in the past year, to join this month’s movement, with Creatrix and Dreamvisioner Rulan Tangen. We invite your courage, creativity, compassion and care - and welcome you to bring a friend!
Photos by Daniel Quat
CLASS BREAKDOWN
7 min Welcomes, intention, orientation, and invitation to share quotes.
46 min 'Movement as Medicine' for all humans, regardless of dance background.
Final 7 min Will be a group reflection circle about what is joyful, challenging, and what transformed during our time together.
ACCESSIBILITY
Movements can be modified to even lying down on bed and listening, imagining is a powerful ‘movement’!
BRING
Open mindedness, no dance experience necessary
Layers of clothing for warmth and comfort and able to move
Barefoot or socks
Blanket or yoga mat
Water bottle
Notebook and pencil/pen
Restoring The Source: Movement as Medicine
Restoring The Source: Movement as Medicine
Seasonal ecological dance practice of Movement as Medicine shared by Dancing Earth’s Founding Artistic Director/Choreographer, Rulan Tangen.
Sunday, November 6th, 2022
9-10am PT . 10-11am MT . 11-12pm CT . 12-1pm ET
ABOUT DANCING EARTH
DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.
“We gather as individual artists to create experimental yet elemental dances that reflect our rich cultural heritage as contemporary global peoples. We strive to embody the unique essences of cultural perspectives by creation and renewal of artistic and cultural movement rituals. Ancient and futuristic, our dances are an elemental language of bone and blood memory in motion.” - Founding Director, Rulan Tangen
Pay What You Can, $0-$100
In the spirit of RECIPROCITY (a value infused into the movement practice), we invite your charitable donations to support the ongoing programming of Dancing Earth. Nobody is turned away for lack of funds! Sign-up with a Complimentary Ticket or Pay it Forward by sponsoring the costs for someone who has limited resources.
Artistic Director Rulan Tangen donates the fees raised from the workshop back to Dancing Earth, the great vision of her life.
ABOUT Movement As Medicine
For this seasonal series of Movement as Medicine, Dancing Earth offers movement workshops timed near half moon, full moon. During these sessions, we will reach through our individual and collective bodies, exploring dreamscape and landscape, shape and movement that connect us with various life forms impacted by the moon : plants, waters, animals, birds, and humanity - in a myriad of different forms!
Our first session of Autumn/Winter comes during the Taurus full moon of Scorpio season. Combining these constellatory influences we will find space to flow with the breath of life at the edge of symbolic death with the moon cycle.
Explore restorative gentle sensuous movements:
to release what is no longer needed
to find space for flow + gratitude
connect deeper to imagination, intuition and joy
embody compassion and connection
We extend this special invite to those who have joined or expressed interest in movement sessions in the past year, to join this month’s movement, with Creatrix and Dreamvisioner Rulan Tangen. We invite your courage, creativity, compassion and care - and welcome you to bring a friend!
Photos by Daniel Quat
CLASS BREAKDOWN
5 min Welcomes, intention, orientation, and invitation to share quotes.
50 min 'Movement as Medicine' for all humans, regardless of dance background.
Final 5min Will be a group reflection circle about what is joyful, challenging, and what transformed during our time together.
ACCESSIBILITY
Movements can be modified to even lying down on bed and listening, imagining is a powerful ‘movement’!
BRING
Open mindedness, no dance experience necessary
Layers of clothing for warmth and comfort and able to move
Barefoot or socks
Blanket or yoga mat
Water bottle
Notebook and pencil/pen
Dancing Earth self produces and collaborates with partners for a wide range of creative programming including:
Dance programming for youth
Cultivating Artist Leadership : mentoring in arts management
Seasonal Institutes for Dancing Earth intensive movement training
Restoring the Source Retreats
Cultural Exchanges
Creation of original Dance works, with costumes, music, video projection, visual art design and construction with sets and props
Cinematic Movement : Dance on Film
Choreography commissioned by schools, companies or collaborators
We thank you for your consideration and support of our Dancing Earth vision.
DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.
Photos by Daniel Quat
Movement and Sound as Medicine : Live music special event
Spring is blossoming !
To celebrate the awakening earth , Movement as Medicine offers a very special event on May 22 , last quarter moon, celebrating collaboration of music and dance which are central to ancestral and futurist rituals of intention, as well as the power of weaving together of international cultures which every one of you is a part !
A hybrid mini performance with ritual demonstration and a bilingual experiential workshop of sound and movement, we experience the blossoming of joy , pleasure, and the power of creation with our individual and collective bodies . Movement will be developed from the powerful anthem :
“ SOMOS DE AGUA , SOMOS DE MAIZ “ composed by Gailor Andres for the amazing SIE Artistic Residence in Bogota in April 2022 , as produced by Coop Danza, featuring theater students, displaced Indigenous community members, and Afro-Colombian representatives .
We extend this special invite to those who have joined or expressed interest in movement sessions in the past year, to join this month’s very special event. We invite your courage, creativity, compassion, care and welcome you to bring a friend, especially if you have a friend who speaks Spanish so you can enjoy this inter-cultural experience together !
CLASS BREAKDOWN
10 min Welcomes, intention, orientation
5 min presentation of the featured artists
60 min ‘Movement and Sound as Medicine’ , participatory for all humans
10 min Question and Answer session with the featured artists
5 min Group reflection circle about what is joyful, challenging, and what transformed during our time together
ACCESSIBILITY
Movements and Sound participation can be modified to even lying down on bed and listening, imagining is a powerful ‘movement’!
BRING
Open mindedness, no dance/music experience necessary
Layers of clothing for warmth and comfort and able to move
Barefoot or socks
Blanket or yoga mat
Water bottle
Notebook and pencil/pen
Access to chair
PAY WHAT YOU CAN
And, all donations will be supporting the participation of under-resourced candidates for our Summer Institute, and the development of new ecologically themed creative work by Dancing Earth
DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.
“We gather as individual artists to create experimental yet elemental dances that reflect our rich cultural heritage as contemporary global peoples. We strive to embody the unique essences of cultural perspectives by creation and renewal of artistic and cultural movement rituals. Ancient and futuristic, our dances are an elemental language of bone and blood memory in motion.” - Founding Artistic Director, Rulan Tangen
Movement and Sound as Medicine : w/ Rulan Tangen and Gailor Sanchez
May 22nd
8-9:30am PT . 9-10:30am MT . 10-11:30am CT . 11-12:30pm ET
¡La primavera está floreciendo! Para celebrar el despertar de la tierra, el Movimiento como Medicina ofrece un evento muy especial el 22 de mayo, último cuarto de luna, que celebra la colaboración de la música y la danza, que son fundamentales para los rituales de intención ancestrales y futuristas, así como el poder de tejer juntos de las culturas internacionales, del cual todos y cada uno de ustedes son parte !
Este taller especial se lleva a cabo en tierras zapotecas de Oaxaca con participantes en vivo y en línea, y presenta a Rulan, creadora de Dancing Earth, con el músico colombiano y portador de cultura Gailor Andrés Sánchez de tierras muiscas.
Un híbrido de demostración de mini performance ritual y un taller experiencial bilingüe de sonido y movimiento, experimentamos el florecimiento de la alegría, el placer y el poder de la creación con nuestros cuerpos individuales y colectivos. El movimiento se desarrollará a partir del poderoso himno:
“SOMOS DE AGUA, SOMOS DE MAIZ” compuesta por Gailor Andres para la increíble Residencia Artística SIE en Bogotá en abril de 2022, producida por Coop Danza, con estudiantes de teatro, miembros de comunidades indígenas desplazadas y representantes afro-colombianos.
Extendemos esta invitación especial a aquellos que se unieron o expresaron interés en sesiones de movimiento en el último año, para unirse al evento muy especial de este mes. Invitamos su coraje, creatividad, compasión y cuidado, y lo invitamos a traer a un amigo, especialmente si tiene un amigo que habla español para que puedan disfrutar juntos de esta experiencia intercultural.
DESGLOSE DE CLASES
10 min Bienvenida, intención, orientación
Presentación de 5 min de los artistas destacados
60 min ‘Movimiento y Sonido como Medicina’, participativo para todos los humanos
Sesión de preguntas y respuestas de 10 minutos con los artistas destacados
5 min Círculo de reflexión grupal sobre lo que es alegre, desafiante y lo que transformó durante nuestro tiempo juntos
ACCESIBILIDAD
Los movimientos y la participación del sonido se pueden modificar incluso para acostarse en la cama y escuchar, ¡imaginar es un "movimiento" poderoso!
TRAER
Mente abierta, no se necesita experiencia en danza/música
Capas de ropa para el calor y la comodidad y capaz de moverse
Descalzo o con calcetines
Manta o colchoneta de yoga
Botella de agua
Cuaderno y lápiz/bolígrafo
Acceso a la silla
PAGA LO QUE PUEDES
Y, todas las donaciones apoyarán la participación de candidatos de escasos recursos para nuestro Instituto de Verano, y el desarrollo de un nuevo trabajo creativo con temas ecológicos por parte de Dancing Earth
Gailor Sanchez is a musician and dancer from the 'Palenque de Delia Zapata' in Bogota, musician and dancer from the 'Teatro Danza Pies del Sol' in Nariño and Bogota and director of the musical group 'Tribuleria Folklore Fusión' from Funza, Cundinamarca .
Some recent participations to highlight: SIE Festival 2022, Gala of the inauguration of the first Indigenous dance and media arts festival 2022 at the Planetarium of Bogota. Premiere Artistic Residency within the SIE Festival at the Teatro el Ensueño in Bogota.
MARCH Movement as Medicine : MIDWINTER SERIES Waning Moon
Movement as Medicine : MIDWINTER SERIES w/ Rulan Tangen
March 27
9-10:15am PT . 10-11:15am MT . 11-12:15pm CT . 12-1:15pm ET
ABOUT DANCING EARTH
DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.
“We gather as individual artists to create experimental yet elemental dances that reflect our rich cultural heritage as contemporary global peoples. We strive to embody the unique essences of cultural perspectives by creation and renewal of artistic and cultural movement rituals. Ancient and futuristic, our dances are an elemental language of bone and blood memory in motion.” - Founding Director, Rulan Tangen
ABOUT
For midwinter series of Movement as Medicine, Dancing Earth offer four sessions in both February and March, timed near half moon, full moon, waxing moon, and waning moon.
During these four sessions, we will reach through our individual and collective bodies, exploring dreamscape and landscape, shape and movement that connect us with various life forms impacted by the moon : plants, waters, animals, birds, and humanity - in a myriad of different forms!
With the waning moon near equinox , we experience the balance of light and dark, release to make room for the next season of the Flowering Way
We extend this special invite to those who have joined or expressed interest in movement sessions in the past year, to join this month’s movement, with Creatrix and Dreamvisioner Rulan Tangen. We invite your courage, creativity, compassion and care - and welcome you to bring a friend!
CLASS BREAKDOWN
10min Welcomes, intention, orientation, and invitation to share quotes from Dr. MLK Jr. that you bring.
55min 'Movement as Medicine' for all humans, regardless of dance background.
Final 10min Will be a group reflection circle about what is joyful, challenging, and what transformed during our time together.
ACCESSIBILITY
Movements can be modified to even lying down on bed and listening, imagining is a powerful ‘movement’!
BRING
Open mindedness, no dance experience necessary
Layers of clothing for warmth and comfort and able to move
Barefoot or socks
Blanket or yoga mat
Water bottle
Notebook and pencil/pen
MARCH Movement as Medicine : MIDWINTER SERIES , Waxing Moon
Movement as Medicine : MIDWINTER SERIES w/ Rulan Tangen
March 13 & 27
9-10:15am PT . 10-11:15am MT . 11-12:15pm CT . 12-1:15pm ET
ABOUT DANCING EARTH
DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.
“We gather as individual artists to create experimental yet elemental dances that reflect our rich cultural heritage as contemporary global peoples. We strive to embody the unique essences of cultural perspectives by creation and renewal of artistic and cultural movement rituals. Ancient and futuristic, our dances are an elemental language of bone and blood memory in motion.” - Founding Director, Rulan Tangen
ABOUT
For midwinter series of Movement as Medicine, Dancing Earth offer four sessions in both February and March, timed near half moon, full moon, waxing moon, and waning moon.
During these four sessions, we will reach through our individual and collective bodies, exploring dreamscape and landscape, shape and movement that connect us with various life forms impacted by the moon : plants, waters, animals, birds, and humanity - in a myriad of different forms!
At the waxing moon we move towards growth, and increasing illumination of what we are dreaming in …
We extend this special invite to those who have joined or expressed interest in movement sessions in the past year, to join this month’s movement, with Creatrix and Dreamvisioner Rulan Tangen. We invite your courage, creativity, compassion and care - and welcome you to bring a friend!
CLASS BREAKDOWN
10min Welcomes, intention, orientation, and invitation to share quotes.
55min 'Movement as Medicine' for all humans, regardless of dance background.
Final 10min Will be a group reflection circle about what is joyful, challenging, and what transformed during our time together.
ACCESSIBILITY
Movements can be modified to even lying down on bed and listening, imagining is a powerful ‘movement’!
BRING
Open mindedness, no dance experience necessary
Layers of clothing for warmth and comfort and able to move
Barefoot or socks
Blanket or yoga mat
Water bottle
Notebook and pencil/pen
FEBRUARY Movement as Medicine : MIDWINTER SERIES, Full Moon
Movement as Medicine : MIDWINTER SERIES w/ Rulan Tangen
Sundays, February 6, 20 AND March 13 & 27
9-10:15am PT . 10-11:15am MT . 11-12:15pm CT . 12-1:15pm ET
ABOUT DANCING EARTH
DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.
“We gather as individual artists to create experimental yet elemental dances that reflect our rich cultural heritage as contemporary global peoples. We strive to embody the unique essences of cultural perspectives by creation and renewal of artistic and cultural movement rituals. Ancient and futuristic, our dances are an elemental language of bone and blood memory in motion.” - Founding Director, Rulan Tangen
ABOUT
For midwinter series of Movement as Medicine, Dancing Earth offer four sessions in both February and March, timed near half moon, full moon, waxing moon, and waning moon.
During these four sessions, we will reach through our individual and collective bodies, exploring dreamscape and landscape, shape and movement that connect us with various life forms impacted by the moon : plants, waters, animals, birds, and humanity - in a myriad of different forms!
Near the full moon we dance our gratitude …
We extend this special invite to those who have joined or expressed interest in movement sessions in the past year, to join this month’s movement, with Creatrix and Dreamvisioner Rulan Tangen. We invite your courage, creativity, compassion and care - and welcome you to bring a friend!
CLASS BREAKDOWN
10 min Welcomes, intention, orientation, and invitation to share quotes from Dr. MLK Jr. that you bring.
55 min 'Movement as Medicine' for all humans, regardless of dance background.
Final 10 min Will be a group reflection circle about what is joyful, challenging, and what transformed during our time together.
ACCESSIBILITY
Movements can be modified to even lying down on bed and listening, imagining is a powerful ‘movement’!
BRING
Open mindedness, no dance experience necessary
Layers of clothing for warmth and comfort and able to move
Barefoot or socks
Blanket or yoga mat
Water bottle
Notebook and pencil/pen
Meet the Company , Thursday February 17th
MEET THE COMPANY !
Thursday, February 17th
5:30-6:30 PT . 6:30-7:30pm MT . 7:30-8:30 CT . 8:30-9:30 ET
ABOUT DANCING EARTH
DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.
“We gather as individual artists to create experimental yet elemental dances that reflect our rich cultural heritage as contemporary global peoples. We strive to embody the unique essences of cultural perspectives by creation and renewal of artistic and cultural movement rituals. Ancient and futuristic, our dances are an elemental language of bone and blood memory in motion.” - Founding Director, Rulan Tangen
ABOUT
Greetings to the Dancing Earth Circle and beyond!
Dancing Earth Creations is now 18 years old ! We are an exciting emergent transformation as we move into cooperative responsibility in leadership. We are refreshing our mission and vision for relevance to move forward into the future with inclusivity, welcome, and love!
This is our inaugural Community Relations event, to be held on the Third Thursday of every month through June. We will start online and look forward to moving into options of in-person in Albuquerque!
We've invited our Southwest, regional, national and international associate artists to each share an introduction and a movement ( you can experience as participatory or as an informal performance ! )
And yes, will end with a dance party!
WHAT TO BRING
A wish for the future of DE, whether it be a single word, a quality , or a dream for program or project you hope to experience in the future !
Water bottle, celebratory ( or comfortable !) clothes, blanket or yoga mat to lie down on. if you like List to be refined closer to the time!
PRICING
This event is open to the public. Bring a friend!
FEBRUARY Movement as Medicine : MIDWINTER SERIES, Half Moon
Movement as Medicine : MIDWINTER SERIES w/ Rulan Tangen
Sundays, February 6 & 20 AND
March 13 & 27
9-10:15am PT . 10-11:15am MT . 11-12:15pm CT . 12-1:15pm ET
ABOUT DANCING EARTH
DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.
“We gather as individual artists to create experimental yet elemental dances that reflect our rich cultural heritage as contemporary global peoples. We strive to embody the unique essences of cultural perspectives by creation and renewal of artistic and cultural movement rituals. Ancient and futuristic, our dances are an elemental language of bone and blood memory in motion.” - Founding Director, Rulan Tangen
ABOUT FEB. 6th, HALF MOON
For midwinter series of Movement as Medicine, Dancing Earth offer four sessions in both February and March, timed near half moon, full moon, waxing moon, and waning moon.
During these four sessions, we will reach through our individual and collective bodies, exploring dreamscape and landscape, shape and movement that connect us with various life forms impacted by the moon: plants, waters, animals, birds, and humanity - in a myriad of different forms!
With the half moon we balance between what is seen and unseen… This session will involve a lot of groundwork, lying down, seated on floor, or could be adapted to sitting in chair.
We extend this special invite to those who have joined or expressed interest in movement sessions in the past year, to join this month’s movement, with Creatrix and Dreamvisioner Rulan Tangen. We invite your courage, creativity, compassion and care - and welcome you to bring a friend!
CLASS BREAKDOWN
10min Welcomes, intention, orientation, and invitation to share quotes.
55 min 'Movement as Medicine' for all humans, regardless of dance background.
Final 10min Will be a group reflection circle about what is joyful, challenging, and what transformed during our time together.
ACCESSIBILITY
Movements can be modified to even lying down on bed and listening, imagining is a powerful ‘movement’!
BRING
Open mindedness, no dance experience necessary
Layers of clothing for warmth and comfort and able to move
Barefoot or socks
Blanket or yoga mat
Water bottle
Notebook and pencil/pen
THIS HALF MOON CLASS WILL INVOLVE ALOT OF GROUNDWORK ON THE FLOOR, AND I INVITE YOU TO BRING STONES / ROCKS / CRYSTALS FOR THE GROUNDING BREATH EXERCISE
Utah University, "Between Underground & Skyworld is going virtual!"
Visual by Carolina Azteca Sirias for Dancing Earth
photo by Pam Taylor Photography
BTW US Cyberspace creates an exciting new vision for what online performance can be. Now reimagined as an interactive mini-series of dynamic episodes, the story will culminate in a live, virtual performance followed by an interactive Reflection Pool with the dancers on November 20th.
Created and performed by the next generation of Indigenous superheroes, Dancing Earth fuses tradition with technology, exploring themes of repetition and renewal, finding healing, and remembering ancestral knowledge.
Reserve your spot early for access to exclusive content and behind-the-scenes footage from the company leading up to the performance.
BTW US Cyberspace
November 10-20th
TICKETS
For this virtual performance, UtahPresents’ is offering a range of prices for their patrons. Please consider how many people will be watching with you, and opt to purchase a higher price if possible to account for additional viewers. This will support UtahPresents’ mission to continue bringing our patrons exciting live performance in both virtual and, when possible, safe in-person gatherings.
Student pricing:
$5 for U of U students with U ID (enter Unid at purchase)
$10 Other students/youth (enter school info at purchase)
Regular pricing:
$20 – just me
$30 – me and a friend
$40 – me and a group
$50 – me plus support for UtahPresents’ mission.
This is a virtual event. Email must be provided at purchase to receive links for access to the event.
Price includes access to the live/synchronous stream on Nov 20 as well as four episodes released in advance to view online.
All content will be available for ticket buyers through Nov 30 to view online. Early buyers will also have access to additional exclusive “behind the scenes” videos from the company
PPAK: Journeys in Native Food Sovereignty, hosted by Dancing Earth
PPAK: Journeys in Native Food Sovereignty
Wednesday, November 18th
5-6:30pm PST . 8-9:30pm EST
Meeting ID: 829 9361 5868
Passcode: 143829
ABOUT THIS CLASS
This Native Food Sovereignty panel will be a collective discussion on Native community members and their current work in Farming and Food Sovereignty. Discussions will include Conserving Traditional Agroecosystems by Combining Principles of Permaculture & Pueblo Practices with Talavai Denipah-Cook, A journey story of Farming Start up and heritage seed planting in the Eastern Sierras of Paiute territory with Shannon Romero and Indigenous food farming and youth empowerment with Lupita Salazar of Northern Youth Project in New Mexico.
ABOUT OUR PRESENTERS
Talavai Denipah-Cook
Unvi Agandi, Talavi Cook is Summer clan from Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, Spider clan from Hopi, and Bitter Water clan from the Navajo Nation. Growing up in the desert of the Southwestern United States, the people, culture, and land has been a source of healing, challenges, and motivation for her to pursue a higher education. Talavi received a B.S. in Environmental and Organismic Biology at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. Talavi is a Master of Science student in the Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science Program at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo. Her future endeavors include going back to Indigenous communities to help keep ancestral lands resilient and provide land and culture-based learning programs to the youth.
Lupita Salazar
Performing Artist/Dancer. Indigenous Food Sovereignty, farmer and youth leader with the Northern Youth Project Executive Director - Arts Program Coordinator http://www.northernyouthproject.org/
Shannon Romero
Shannon D. Romero, Nüümü (Paiute) / Tiwa (Taos Pueblo) is a Graphic Artist/Entrepreneur/Recently Elected in July Vice-Chairwoman of the Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley turned Indigenous Farmer during the pandemic of 2020. Shannon is a first time farmer and utilized Tribal Organizations in early April for start-up crops and supplies. Currently residing in Payahuunadü (Owens Valley) the homelands of the Nüümü, where land is scarce and water rights are always in discussion. Shannon set forth to utilize the land and resources and continues to work with outside organizations to develop opportunities for local community members.
NO ONE TURNED AWAY FOR LACK OF FUNDS
If you come from a financially marginalized background, and/or your finances have been devastated by Covid, and you are not able to pay or need to pay an amount less than listed ticket prices, please contact tisinat.dancingearth@gmail.com. Dancing Earth supports Indigenous & diverse community members to connect with, share & learn ancestral teachings, culture & roots. Dancing Earth welcomes community members of all ages, and cultural backgrounds.
About PPAK: Practicing Principals of Ancestral Knowledge
PPAK is a sustainability and life ways series that follows traditional Indigenous teachings and practices. These workshops are aimed to connect people back to living in balance with the Earth through traditional living practices of Native people. As all Indigenous cultures historically lived in balance with the cycles of nature, PPAK instructional series will incorporate these ways into contemporary teachings, demonstrations and Indigenous philosophy taught by Native community members and practitioners who have learned skills from Native elders.
ABOUT DANCING EARTH
Dancing Earth Indigenous Contemporary Dance Creations dynamically activates our mission to support Indigenous dance and related arts, to encourage and revitalize awareness of bio-cultural diversity through artistic expression, for the education and wellness of all peoples.
Dancing Earth has been named by Dance Magazine as “One of the Top 25 to Watch,” and are recipients of the National Museum of American Indian’s 2010 Expressive Arts Award. Dancing Earth recruits, cultivates, and creates opportunities for emerging global Indigenous talents in all aspects of artistic collaboration - including dance, choreography, music, costume, lighting, video, stage managing, and arts administration.
Dancing Earth gathers Indigenous collaborators, including: Nations of Blackfoot, Metis, Coushatta, Ixil and Tzeltil Maya, Papanga, Cambiva, Yaqui, Purepecha, Shoshone, Dine, Tsalagi, Hopi, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, and Keresan of North Central and South America. They balance a commitment to share dances with regional, national and international communities at venues as varied as festivals, Universities, elementary-high schools, Native wellness gatherings, youth leadership symposiums, art museums, desert canyons, dried river beds, and symposiums for social-environmental justice.
Dancing Earth inspires creativity and cultural consciousness through community art practice, energetic dance training workshops, site specific rituals and full length eco-productions.
Movement of Dancing Earth w/ Rulan Tangen
Movement of Dancing Earth w/ Rulan Tangen
Sunday, November 15th
10-11:30am PST . 1-2:30pm EST
Reserve Your Tickets
Pay what you can to:
PayPal: Rulan@dancingearth.org
ABOUT THIS CLASS
This class invites people of all ages and abilities to deepen embodied knowledge. We start by orienting ourselves to our line sphere and by reconnecting with the world around us and within us, by inviting multi-sensory perception, intuition, memory, and imagination. Then we ground ourselves by articulating the spine and exploring how feet connect to earth with various rhythmic foot patterns, directions, coordination and level changes. We counterbalance movements of the lower body with the upper body, left with right, forward and backward, past and future, bringing movement to counter isolation and celebrate our collectivity! Playlist includes tracks by Navajo DJ Randy B, Ehren Kee Natay, AudioPharmacy, Cris Derksen, (enjoy and support their music at RandylBarton.com, EhrenKeeNatay.com, Audiopharmacy.com, Cris Derksen).
photo by pauloT.
ABOUT DANCING EARTH
Dancing Earth gathers Indigenous collaborators, including: Nations of Blackfoot, Metis, Coushatta, Ixil and Tzeltil Maya, Papanga, Cambiva, Yaqui, Purepecha, Shoshone, Dine, Tsalagi, Hopi, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, and Keresan of North Central and South America. They balance a commitment to share dances with regional, national and international communities at venues as varied as festivals, Universities, elementary-high schools, Native wellness gatherings, youth leadership symposiums, art museums, desert canyons, dried river beds, and symposiums for social-environmental justice. DANCING EARTH inspires creativity and cultural consciousness through community art practice, energetic dance training workshops, site specific rituals and full length eco-productions.
PPAK: Traditional Pueblo Bread Making w/ Sage Romero
PPAK: Traditional Pueblo Bread Making
w/ Sage Romero
Demonstration and cultural talk of Pueblo Bread Making in a traditional horno.
PPAK: Traditional Pueblo Bread Making
w/ Sage Romero
Tuesday, November 10th
4-5:30pm PST . 7-8:30pm EST
Join Sage Romero on ZOOM HERE
Meeting ID: 881 4340 1275
Passcode: 911805
About THIS CLASS
In this class Sage will lead you through the process of making Pueblo Bread in his home built Ah-cutoo, handmade earthen oven, (also known as horno). This cultural presentation will also cover traditional language names of Taos people and the stories of the histories of bread making.
About SAGE
Sage Romero is a member of the Tovowahamatu Nuumu/Tuah-Tahi (Big Pine Paiute/Taos Pueblo) tribes. He is the Founder of the AkaMya Culture Group based in Big Pine, CA. Sage Romero is also an accomplished International Cultural consultant, having traveled extensively educating people about Native America/Indigenous American Heritage and Culture dispelling typical stereotypes. Sage also worked as a youth advocate for many years with focus on sobriety and wellness through living culture, dance, Storytelling and cultural practices to promote strength through culture and identity.
DONATIONS GREATLY APPRECIATED
Suggested donation $1-$100. Donations go to support Sage in his cultural work his non-profit AkaMya. AkaMya is a non-profit organization focused on wellness through traditional song, dance, sobriety, and Multimedia.
NO ONE TURNED AWAY
FOR LACK OF FUNDS
If you come from a financially marginalized background, and/or your finances have been devastated by Covid, and you are not able to pay or need to pay an amount less than listed ticket prices, please contact tisinat.dancingearth@gmail.com. Dancing Earth supports Indigenous & diverse community members to connect with, share & learn ancestral teachings, culture & roots. Dancing Earth welcomes community members of all ages, and cultural backgrounds.
About PUEBLO BREAD
Tuah-Tahi is the Tahi (Taos) word for Red Willow People. Made from white flour, enriched with a little butter or lard, and flavored with a pinch of salt, this moist, puffy bread starts out as a large domed loaf that’s often split into a variety of small sections before baking. It’s traditionally, but not exclusively, cooked in an outdoor beehive-shaped clay oven known as an Ah-cutoo or oven also known as an horno.
While a quintessential and beloved food item for many Native peoples across the Southwest, pueblo bread’s history reflects the Euro-American settler colonialism in this region. Prior to European colonization, Pueblo bakers did not use wheat flour, instead using coarse meals of corn, nuts, or beans. The Spanish introduced both wheat and the squat adobe Ah-cutoo (oven) to the area. Similar to other colonially-influenced Native foods such as fry bread, this legacy can render some Native people’s relationships to pueblo bread affectionate yet complex. Yet the Ah-cutoo themselves reveal an even more layered colonial history: The Moors actually originally brought them to Spain during their several-century rule of the Iberian peninsula, forging a distant culinary link between North Africa and New Mexico.
While some lament the decline in traditional oven use, for many Pueblo bakers, firing up the Ah-cutoo to make massive batches of bread for family, feasts, or the market remains a living tradition. Bakers bank their Ah-cutoo fires with cedar. The wood burns slow and fragrant, and bakers adjust the cedar ashes to regulate the temperature to give their loaves the perfect crisp. To test if the oven is ready, they scatter oats into the hot Ah-cutoo. If these oats burn, bakers can remove ashes to cool the oven; if they brown, the oven is ready. Experienced bakers don’t need a timer, but know by feel and smell when the bread is done. Fresh from the oven, the loaves’ warm, spongy insides make a perfect accompaniment to a bowl of savory chile pozole or a thick bean stew.* Source: https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/pueblo-bread *
About PPAK: Practicing Principals of Ancestral Knowledge
PPAK is a sustainability and life ways series that follows traditional Indigenous teachings and practices. These workshops are aimed to connect people back to living in balance with the Earth through traditional living practices of Native people. As all Indigenous cultures historically lived in balance with the cycles of nature, PPAK instructional series will incorporate these ways into contemporary teachings, demonstrations and Indigenous philosophy taught by Native community members and practitioners who have learned skills from Native elders.
About DANCING EARTH
Dancing Earth Indigenous Contemporary Dance Creations dynamically activates our mission to support Indigenous dance and related arts, to encourage and revitalize awareness of bio-cultural diversity through artistic expression, for the education and wellness of all peoples.
Dancing Earth has been named by Dance Magazine as “One of the Top 25 to Watch,” and are recipients of the National Museum of American Indian’s 2010 Expressive Arts Award. Dancing Earth recruits, cultivates, and creates opportunities for emerging global Indigenous talents in all aspects of artistic collaboration - including dance, choreography, music, costume, lighting, video, stage managing, and arts administration.
Dancing Earth gathers Indigenous collaborators, including: Nations of Blackfoot, Metis, Coushatta, Ixil and Tzeltil Maya, Papanga, Cambiva, Yaqui, Purepecha, Shoshone, Dine, Tsalagi, Hopi, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, and Keresan of North Central and South America. They balance a commitment to share dances with regional, national and international communities at venues as varied as festivals, Universities, elementary-high schools, Native wellness gatherings, youth leadership symposiums, art museums, desert canyons, dried river beds, and symposiums for social-environmental justice.
Dancing Earth inspires creativity and cultural consciousness through community art practice, energetic dance training workshops, site specific rituals and full length eco-productions.
PPAK: Fire Making w/ a Hand Drill w/ Mother Nature Center & Ibrahim Loeks, hosted by Dancing Earth
Fire Making w/ a Hand Drill
With Mother Nature Center & Ibrahim Loeks
Fire Making w/ a Hand Drill
With Mother Nature Center & Ibrahim Loeks
Monday, November 9th
6-7:30pm PDT . 9-10:30pm EDT
Join Ibrahim Loeks on ZOOM HERE
Meeting ID: 876 1730 3916
Passcode: 90848
ABOUT THIS CLASS
MAKING FIRE: Friction Fire Making practiced by almost all peoples in almost all environments of the world. From the Bow Drill to the Hand Drill, the Fire Saw to the Fire Plough. In this class we will focus on dialing in your Bow Drill skills and briefly touch in on and demonstrate other techniques.
Learn how to make fire using collected materials and made fire kits. Using a hand drill is one of the simplest friction methods, but high speed can be difficult to maintain because only the hands are used to rotate the spindle. It works best in dry climates.
PRE-ORDER YOUR FIRE KITS
This class can be done with or without pre-ordered fire kits. Kits are $40 included shipping any where in the US. Kits need to be ordered by Aug 17th in order to arrive to you in time for the class.
Kits are not required for sign up to this class session, if you do not pre-order a fire kit, you can still just watch the instructional information. When you select the pre-order kit ticket Dancing Earth will contact you for your mailing address. All kits will be mailed out by facilitator Ibrahim Loeks & Mother Nature Center.
PRE-ORDER KITS INCLUDE
Kits include a Wooden Fire Board, Wooden Bow Drill w/ Nylon Cord, Wooden Spindle & kindling.
NO ONE TURNED AWAY
FOR LACK OF FUNDS
If you come from a financially marginalized background, and/or your finances have been devastated by Covid, and you are not able to pay or need to pay an amount less than listed ticket prices, please contact tisinat.dancingearth@gmail.com. Dancing Earth supports Indigenous & diverse community members to connect with, share & learn ancestral teachings, culture & roots. Dancing Earth welcomes community members of all ages, and cultural backgrounds.
photos by Louise Lodigensky
About PPAKPracticing Principals of Ancestral Knowledge
PPAK is a sustainability and life ways series that follows traditional Indigenous teachings and practices. These workshops are aimed to connect people back to living in balance with the Earth through traditional living practices of Native people. As all Indigenous cultures historically lived in balance with the cycles of nature, PPAK instructional series will incorporate these ways into contemporary teachings, demonstrations and Indigenous philosophy taught by Native community members and practitioners who have learned skills from Native elders.
ABOUT DANCING EARTH
Dancing Earth Indigenous Contemporary Dance Creations dynamically activates our mission to support Indigenous dance and related arts, to encourage and revitalize awareness of bio-cultural diversity through artistic expression, for the education and wellness of all peoples.
Dancing Earth has been named by Dance Magazine as “One of the Top 25 to Watch,” and are recipients of the National Museum of American Indian’s 2010 Expressive Arts Award. Dancing Earth recruits, cultivates, and creates opportunities for emerging global Indigenous talents in all aspects of artistic collaboration - including dance, choreography, music, costume, lighting, video, stage managing, and arts administration.
Dancing Earth gathers Indigenous collaborators, including: Nations of Blackfoot, Metis, Coushatta, Ixil and Tzeltil Maya, Papanga, Cambiva, Yaqui, Purepecha, Shoshone, Dine, Tsalagi, Hopi, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, and Keresan of North Central and South America. They balance a commitment to share dances with regional, national and international communities at venues as varied as festivals, Universities, elementary-high schools, Native wellness gatherings, youth leadership symposiums, art museums, desert canyons, dried river beds, and symposiums for social-environmental justice.
Dancing Earth inspires creativity and cultural consciousness through community art practice, energetic dance training workshops, site specific rituals and full length eco-productions.
Movement of Dancing Earth w/ Rulan Tangen
Movement of Dancing Earth
w/ Rulan Tangen
Sunday, October 18th
10-11:30am PDT . 1-2:30pm EDT
About THIS CLASS
This class invites people of all ages and abilities to deepen embodied knowledge. We start by orienting ourselves to our line sphere and by reconnecting with the world around us and within us, by inviting multi-sensory perception, intuition, memory, and imagination. Then we ground ourselves by articulating the spine and exploring how feet connect to earth with various rhythmic foot patterns, directions, coordination and level changes. We counterbalance movements of the lower body with the upper body, left with right, forward and backward, past and future, bringing movement to counter isolation and celebrate our collectivity! Playlist includes tracks by Navajo DJ Randy B, Ehren Kee Natay, AudioPharmacy, Cris Derksen, (enjoy and support their music at RandylBarton.com, EhrenKeeNatay.com, Audiopharmacy.com, Cris Derksen).
About DANCING EARTH
Dancing Earth gathers Indigenous collaborators, including: Nations of Blackfoot, Metis, Coushatta, Ixil and Tzeltil Maya, Papanga, Cambiva, Yaqui, Purepecha, Shoshone, Dine, Tsalagi, Hopi, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, and Keresan of North Central and South America. They balance a commitment to share dances with regional, national and international communities at venues as varied as festivals, Universities, elementary-high schools, Native wellness gatherings, youth leadership symposiums, art museums, desert canyons, dried river beds, and symposiums for social-environmental justice. DANCING EARTH inspires creativity and cultural consciousness through community art practice, energetic dance training workshops, site specific rituals and full length eco-productions.
Digital Performance at ASU Gammage
BTW US CyberSpace, PREVIEW
October 15, 2020
7:30pm PDT . 8:30pm MDT . 9:30pm CDT . 10:30pm EDT
7:30pm MST
Watch it LIVE at ASU Gammage or on this page.
We return to the awesome Arizona State University Gammage Hall virtually, to give you a rare behind the scenes glimpse at our work-in-progress. You get to meet the artists, see sneak previews, hear about the process, ask questions, and join us in a free style dance with star musician Quetzal Guerrero (yes, our original DE founding company member!). Once you catch a peek we know you will be excited to experience our November show!
photo © pauloT.
Movement of Dancing Earth w/ Rulan Tangen
Movement of Dancing Earth w/ Rulan Tangen
Sunday, September 20
10-11:30am PDT . 1-2:30pm EDT
Meeting ID: 838 7551 3878
Passcode: 079848
Reserve Your Tickets
Pay what you can to:
PayPal: Rulan@dancingearth.org
photo by Karla Flores at Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, NM
ABOUT THIS CLASS
This class invites people of all ages and abilities to build upon embodied knowledge of the previous classes, this time with a nonstop rhythmic flow based on the weight shift of walking. We start by grounding ourselves by articulating the feet, then try various rhythmic foot patterns, directions, coordinations and level changes. We counterbalance movements of the lower body with the upper body, left with right, forward and backward, past and future, bringing movement to counter isolation and celebrate our collectivity! Playlist includes tracks by Navajo DJ Randy B, Robert Mirabal.
photo by pauloT.
ABOUT DANCING EARTH
Dancing Earth gathers Indigenous collaborators, including: Nations of Blackfoot, Metis, Coushatta, Ixil and Tzeltil Maya, Papanga, Cambiva, Yaqui, Purepecha, Shoshone, Dine, Tsalagi, Hopi, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, and Keresan of North Central and South America. They balance a commitment to share dances with regional, national and international communities at venues as varied as festivals, Universities, elementary-high schools, Native wellness gatherings, youth leadership symposiums, art museums, desert canyons, dried river beds, and symposiums for social-environmental justice. DANCING EARTH inspires creativity and cultural consciousness through community art practice, energetic dance training workshops, site specific rituals and full length eco-productions.
Afro-Indigenous Empowerment, hosted by Dancing Earth
Afro-Indigenous Empowerment
Join Dancing Earth Afro-Indigenous Performers, Collaborators & Activists for a creative work sharing, perspectives, struggles & life stories of how these artists step into their POWER as Afro-Indigenous culture carriers.
Thursday, September 10th
6-7:30pm PDT . 9-10:30pm EDT
Join Us on Zoom Here!
Meeting ID: 851 8185 8792
Passcode: 003460
Artists Bios
KAYLA BANKS - (professional choreographer, dancer and actress) is from Denver, Colorado where she received her B.A. in Performing Arts and Business Administration from Colorado State University. She is of African indigenous and European descent. She has danced professionally with Impact Dance Company, Dancing Earth Indigenous Dance Creations and Cleo Parker Robinson. She has performed nationally in cities from LA to New York City at The Public Theater under the choreographic direction of Emily Bufferd. She has choreographed for dance festivals in Colorado, The Portland Musical Theatre Co., Anya Pearson: Shaking Tree Theatre, and New Expressive Works. She is also a dance teacher teaching in studios, outreach programs and dance schools such as Colorado Ballet, The Portland Ballet and Cleo Parker Robsinson. She is currently working as a project manager with Jacob’s Pillow online summer programming and project dancer with Dancing Earth. She is currently based in Denver, Colorado.
RAS K'DEE - from Sonoma County, California, is a Native California Pomo/African musician, community educator, and renowned lyricist, producer, & lead vocalist/keyboardist for Bay Area-based live world hip-hop ensemble, Audiopharmacy. For K’dee, his musical inspiration is deeply rooted from his experience as a cultural artist. Translating artistically through world music, hip-hop, rhymes and soulful melodies, K’dee invokes the songs and dances from traditional ceremonies of his native people, and tells stories of resistance, healing, community & empowerment that can be understood and felt universally by all people. He has been compared to the likes of Gil Scott Heron, and Marvin Gaye. Ras K’dee’s musical repertoire includes “Street Prison” (2005), which was awarded by East Bay Express as Best Local Album of The Year in 2006, co-production on Audiopharmacy album, “U Forgot About Us” (2009), and producing his first solo-project, “Cloudwriter” (2011), Audiopharmacy’s State of the Heart (2014) and Black Native (2016). K’dee has also had his hand in releasing, producing, and engineering 18 albums by local and international artists and has shared the stage with Arrested Development, Dead Prez, Michael Franti, Pharcyde, X-Clan, Bruno Mars, Goapale and many more who have influenced his own music.
K’dee has toured locally and internationally with Audiopharmacy for 16 consecutive years, traveling to Germany, Austria, UK, Holland, Switzerland, France, Japan, Indonesia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Ecuador, Morocco, Oman and Cyprus to share his music. In 2003, K’dee co-founded (and is the current director) of a Native youth media organization Seventh Native American Generation (SNAG) whose annual publication features the art, photos, music and writing of Indigenous Youth. K’dee leads summer workshops with Youth and is a producer and occasional co-host of the radio program “Bay Native Circle” on 94.1 FM in Northern California. K’dee has also been featured in Smithsonian Magazine (Summer 2010), and Native California news 2015, and his awards include; Most Earnest and Up And Coming Band (2005), KQED American Indian Local Heroes Award (2009), American Music Abroad Program - Cultural Ambassador (2013-14), American Indian Film Award - Best Animation Short Injunuity (2017). K'dee is currently building the first ever sustainably built, Indigenous led, multi-media center of its kind the NEST Community Arts Center in his Pomo homeland. With the completion of the first permanent structure this fall, the cob visual arts studio, K’dee is currently fundraising to build the main structure, which will house SNAG Magazine’s offices, innovation studios, dance studio, holistic healing space, communal living space, and music studio.
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Chishkale: Blessing Of The Acorn Screening
Chishkale: Blessing Of The Acorn Screening
Online screening and panel discussion.
Tuesday, September 8
5-6pm PDT . 8-9pm EDT
Join us for a free screening of the dance short, Chiskale: The Blessing of the Acorn, followed by a panel discussion with those who worked on the film.
Bernadette Smith, from the Manchester band of Pomo Indians, weaves the story of her Tan Oak conservation efforts in Northern California into a contemporary Indigenous dance piece created to honor the sacred, traditional food of California Natives. The "Acorn Dance" is performed on Sogorea Te' Land Trust in Huichin on Ohlone Territory (Albany, CA).
Chiskale: The Blessing of the Acorn is the third installment of The Acorn Project, a year-long collaboration between Dance Mission Theater and Costanoan Indian Research Inc, in partnership with Dancing Earth and Native One.
Panelists include dancer and activist Bernadette Smith, cultural bearer Kanyon Sayers-Roods, land steward Vitoria Montaño, choreographer Rulan Tangen, composer Esme Olivia, and others.
After the screening we will speak about sudden Oak death, the toxic use of “slash and spray” agriculture, land sovereignty, indigenous knowledge, living traditions, art as activism, and more.
To attend the event on Zoom, register in advance here.
Chiskale: The Blessing of the Acorn is a film by Hover Pictures and Produced by Dance Mission Theater in collaboration with Costanoan Indian Research Inc and Native One.
For more information visit DanceMissionTheater.org.
Screening: C5 - Cultural Collaborative Cyberspace Content Creation
Screening: C5 - Cultural Collaborative Cyberspace Content Creation
C5 Screening artist participant viewing party of digital dance work created during the Cultural Collaborative Cyberspace Content Creation. This dance video was Dancing Earth's 2020 online Summer Intensive participants.
C5 SUMMER INSTITUTE ARTISTS:
Gabriella SharpFish
Emma Dewey
Sarah Hogland-Gurulé
Nancy Valdiviezo
Melody Kauff
Franceska D'Oro
Jade Whaanga
Creative Direction: Rulan Tangen
Teaching Assistant: Esmé Olivia
Video Tech Assistance: Jon Sims & Azteca Sirias
Video Editing: Nancy Valdiviezo & Jade Whaanga
Movement of Dancing Earth w/ Rulan Tangen
Movement of Dancing Earth w/ Rulan Tangen
Sunday, August 23
10-11:30am PDT . 1-2:30pm EDT
Meeting ID: 838 7551 3878
Passcode: 079848
Reserve Your Tickets
Pay what you can to:
PayPal: Rulan@dancingearth.org
photo by Karla Flores at Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, NM
ABOUT THIS CLASS
This class invites people of all ages and abilities to build upon embodied knowledge of the previous classes, this time with a nonstop rhythmic flow based on the weight shift of walking. We start by grounding ourselves by articulating the feet, then try various rhythmic foot patterns, directions, coordinations and level changes. We counterbalance movements of the lower body with the upper body, left with right, forward and backward, past and future, bringing movement to counter isolation and celebrate our collectivity! Playlist includes tracks by Navajo DJ Randy B, Robert Mirabal.
photo by pauloT.
ABOUT DANCING EARTH
Dancing Earth gathers Indigenous collaborators, including: Nations of Blackfoot, Metis, Coushatta, Ixil and Tzeltil Maya, Papanga, Cambiva, Yaqui, Purepecha, Shoshone, Dine, Tsalagi, Hopi, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, and Keresan of North Central and South America. They balance a commitment to share dances with regional, national and international communities at venues as varied as festivals, Universities, elementary-high schools, Native wellness gatherings, youth leadership symposiums, art museums, desert canyons, dried river beds, and symposiums for social-environmental justice. DANCING EARTH inspires creativity and cultural consciousness through community art practice, energetic dance training workshops, site specific rituals and full length eco-productions.
NYC Battery Dance Festival w/ Live Stream
Dancing Earth Joins
Battery Dance NYC’s 39th Annual Battery Dance Festival - Live Stream
The festival brings together 52 filmed performances including 28 premieres from 19 countries. Themed evenings include World and U.S. film Premieres from the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Japan and North America.
Seed | In Protection of Mother Earth
Dancing Earth’s Indigenous cultural artists and filmmaker Marion Claire Wasserman of Elemental Designs created this film in collaboration with land, sky, water, and ancestral knowledge, including Havasupai medicine person Uqualla. We take responsibility as modern people to create performance as contemporary ritual for the issues of our times, rooting in connection with eco-sphere to imagine and embody a more balanced future. Seed was created as a commission for the exhibition “The Ecozoic Era: Plant|Seed|Soil” for the New Mexico State Capitol.
About the Company
Dancing Earth Indigenous Contemporary Dance Creations (DEC) represents an Indigenous contemporary dance theater ensemble that renews and revitalizes culture, community, and cosmology. Founded by Rulan Tangen, DEC gives hope and opportunity to Native talent who fall outside the dialogue of mainstream performance by confronting a lack of access as an organic constellation of largely self-taught Indigenous dancers, composers, costume and set designers, filmmakers, and spoken word artists.
Dancing Earth to be featured on Aug. 20!
@BatteryDance
August 14 - 22, 2020,
available online nightly 7-8pm EDT,via YouTube.
The link for the 7pm broadcast will be posted here the day of the event. The video will be available to watch for 10 days after the premiere, and will expire August 31st (midnight Eastern).
Register for Free for this event to receive reminders and bonus content.
Delbert Anderson releases mini videos of a jazz-like improvisation, with a dancer and DDAT!
Delbert Anderson releases mini videos of a jazz-like improvisation, with a dancer and D’DAT! Aug 17-21, 2020
The spirit of creativity - to inspire during this month usually filled with art markets and feast days!
Dancing Earth & D'DAT fused Indigenous Contemporary Dance with Diné Inspired Contemporary Melodies/Music. With spontaneity, hope and gutsiness we are honored to shared with you 5 mini films! D'DAT tracks with inspired improvisations by Dancing Earth Artists: Natalie Benally, Justin Giehm, Raven Bright, Ciera Budge and Lumhe Sampson. Featuring Indigenous Tribes of the First Nations, Dine, Mono, Seneca and Mvsvke Creek.
photo from Of Bodies Of Elements 2011, by Alan M Thornton