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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Strength & Conditioning w/ Trey Vision, hosted by Dancing Earth
Strength & Conditioning
w/ Trey Vision
Hello Dancing Earth Family -
We are sorry to notify you that Strength & Conditioning w/ Trey Vision on June 29th has unfortunately been cancelled. Due to family emergency we are not able to hold this event. We are really sorry to miss you, but please know that Dancing Earth is still hosting a number of online events and we hope to see you soon.
Upcoming in July
HOOP DANCE MASTERS SERIES
Taught by Sage Romero, Lumhe Sampson, Talavai Denipah-Cook, Sandra Lamouche.
Thursdays in July
4-5pm PDT . 7-8pm EDT
This 4 class series through the month of July will host a rotating lineup of Master's Hoop Dance teachers. Each teacher will be teaching with their personal style and personal philosophy of culture, dance and technique informed by their individual Native culture and teachings. Every class can be taken individually or as a series. Donations can be made directly to teachers.
Dancing Earth Summer Institutes:
Movement As Medicine - July 26 - July 30
C5 - Aug 2 - Aug 7
ABOUT THIS 1HR CLASS
"Balance" a class in Strength & Flexibility during trying times. To endure the world we must build endurance of the body and mind. This is my plug based on tuning in. Thank you for your patience with me as we dive into the Divine Recipe!
In days where fear plagues minds join this class to kick ass and break through barriers. This class offers an invigorating daily routine where we focus on igniting a warrior spirit. Set your fire free by building your mind, body, and spirit to endure these trying times. Set aside an hour and fifteen minutes five days a week to keep your sanity. Functional strength and endurance training will be a confidence boost for engaging the day. Track your progress over four to eight weeks in this Dynamic human development endeavor and pedagogy by Trey Pickett’s active lifestyle philosophy. This daily routine is sure to be a fun and challenging confidence boost for all ages.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Eugene Pickett III aka "Trey" born in Altadena, California now resides in Albuquerque New Mexico. He comes from a performing family and has 20 years of experience. He is of mixed heritage(West African,Cherokee,French, Irish) and shares love and culture through the arts.
Indigenous Two Spirit / IndigiQueer / Native Trans Talk Circle
What Is the Color Of Two Spirit?
Indigenous Two Spirit / IndigiQueer / Native Trans Talk Circle
Ceremony, Intersectionality, Afro-Native Trans Lives Matter, Making Tradition
"I think trans* peoples stole the sunset and made it their flag... They transformed day into night, night into day. I think the trans* peoples are more ancient than my mama's stories después de pan dulce y té con leche... They paint the sky before we can see it, in its prolific potentiality of transition. I think the trans* peoples birthed creator..." - Don'Té Omé Lauren
Cover Photo: Dip into Sunset - by Pablo Macho, of the House of Machos
About Dancing Earth
Visit Us: dancingearth.org
FB: @DancingEarthCreations
Instagram: @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.
Monday, June 29
5-6:30pm PDT . 8-9:30pm EDT
ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION
A Two Spirit /IndigiQueer/Native Trans Talk Circle - A Panel Presentation Exploring Ceremony, Intersectionality, Afro-Native Trans Lives Matter, Black Trans Lives Matter, Making of Two Spirit Tradition, Social Justice & much more.
Presenters: Shash Yázhí Charley, Fabiola Torralba, Cuauhtémoc Donté Lauren, Snowflake Calvert
Moderated By: Cuauhtemoc Peranda, M.F.A. Critical Dance Studies Ph.D. Student Fellow
About The Artists
Shash Yázhí Charley was raised on the Diné (Navajo) reservation in New Mexico. For the last 28 years Shash Yázhí, has implemented traditional Diné practices through working with activists and individuals who wish to create internal healing and balance in their lives. Shash Yázhí conducts individual sessions towards liberation and transformation to promote integrating and connecting the mind, body, heart and spirit.
Shash Yázhí has been at the forefront of advocating for LGBTQ-Two Spirit equality and justice. Currently Shash Yázhí is holding space of embodying a traditional gender society called Four Direction Fire Keepers - Dilbaa and Indigenous gender queer/trans male.
Fabiola Ochoa Torralba was born in Guerrero, Mexico and raised in the Westside of Yanaguana, San Antonio, Texas. Her experience as an activist, organizer, and cultural worker has led to collaborations with community groups, schools, galleries, and non-profit organizations for inner city youth to senior citizens, refugees, Spanish speakers, QTIPOC, and fine arts students. Their work has ranged from public dance actions to performance installations and theater productions hosted by Jump-Start Performance Company, Lady Base Gallery, Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, Mexic-Arte Museum, W-I-P San Antonio, and the Indigenous Choreographers Gathering at UC-Riverside.
Fabiola holds an A.A. in Dance, B.A. in Mexican American Studies and Anthropology, and an M.F.A in Dance. They have trained with leadership institutes by the Urban Bush Women, Dancing Earth Contemporary Creations, Dance/USA, F.I.E.R.C.E., Esperanza Peace and Justice Center and N.A.L.A.C. In addition to independent projects, they have worked as a performer, choreographer, project collaborator, and instructor with companies such as SpareWorks Dance, Dance Exchange, Safos Dance Theatre, Forklift Danceworks, Urban-15, and Dancing Earth Contemporary Creations. Her research engages intersectional politics, decolonial epistemologies, and (im)migrant identities. They enjoy facilitating dance making opportunities for movers of all backgrounds and interdisciplinary collaborations that explore performance and action. (*Photo Credit: Yasmín Parra Codina).
Cuauhtémoc Peranda (Mescalero Apache, Mexika-Chichimeca/Cano; & cihuaiolo butch queen) is a fifth-year Critical Dance Studies Ph.D. student at the University of California, Riverside (UCR). Their academic studies have been supported by the U.S. Department of Education Native American Studies Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (G.A.A.N.N.) Fellowship, the Dean’s Distinguished Doctoral Student Fellowship, and the Max H. Gluck Arts Fellowship. Their research focuses on the history of the United States’ House Ballroom Scene, in particular the West Coast Ballscene, and its involvement in how queer, trans* and two-spirit black, and blackened indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere have deployed the dance form of vogue (voguing/Performance) as a praxis of decolonization, anti-colonialism, transformational resilience, and queering indigenous knowledge reclamation. They have presented their research at the 2016 Congress on Research in Dance & Society of Dance History Scholars Joint Conference, the 2017 UC Davis Sixth Annual Native American Studies Graduate Student Symposium, Native American Studies Graduate Student Symposium, the 2017 UC Santa Cruz Queer and Trans People of Color Conference, and they were awarded the 2016 Lambda Graduate Student Service Award for their commitment to the success of the 2016 BlaqOUT Conference and the LGBT community at UC Riverside. They are the founder of the Graduate American Indian Alliance (GAIA) at UC Riverside, and were an organizing member of the UC Riverside 2018 ¡Presente! Summit, and with Cal-PEP & Father Zander Lauren, organized the 2019 World AIDS Day Ball and Community Panel, in Oakland,CA. As a dancer, they have performed throughout California, and has presented dance work in New York, Seattle, London, Honolulu, Berlin, Cambridge, and Tijuana, and have had the honor to teach and lecture at UCR, Stanford University, De Anza College, Pomona College, and California State University, Sacramento. They walk raise children in the West Coast Ballscenes, and they're known as "Overall Prince Don'Té Lauren" of The Legendary House of Lauren, International. They hold an M.F.A. in Dance from Mills College, and a B.A. in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity from Stanford University.
Snowflake Calvert is a Two-Spirit artist who serves as the Co-President of QUIL - Queers United for Intersectional Liberation. She produces queer events throughout California and Oregon that allow her to curate a vehicle for political, social, and cultural activism through the artistry of her radical queerness.
In addition, she is a professional dancer, teacher and entrepreneur. She was a member of The Haus of Towers, has worked with the BAAITS Powwow committee, teaches decolonization through movement workshops, is the former owner/director of The Dance Zone Studio, is hosting and participating in two-spirit talking circles.
Movement As Medicine w/ Rulan Tangen, hosted by Dancing Earth
Movement As Medicine w/ Rulan Tangen
Hello Dancing Earth Family -
We are sorry to notify you that Movement as Medicine w/ Rulan Tangen on June 27th has unfortunately been cancelled. Due to family emergency we are not able to hold this event. We are really sorry to miss you, but please know that Dancing Earth is still hosting a number of online events and we hope to see you soon.
Upcoming this Week
Native Hoop Dance Masters Class Series
Thursdays in JULY
This four class series through the month of July will host a rotating lineup of Master's Hoop Dance teachers. Each teacher will be teaching with their personal style and personal philosophy of culture, dance and technique informed by their individual Native culture and teachings. Every class can be taken individually or as a series. HOOPS NOT REQUIRED TO JOIN.
Dancing Earth Summer Institutes:
Movement As Medicine - July 26 - July 30
C5 - Aug 2 - Aug 7
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-Fusion Modern Dance w/ Kayla Banks, hosted by Dancing Earth
Thanks to Karyn & Park Hill Dance Company for the studio donation! https://parkhilldanceacademy.com
Afro-Fusion Modern Dance w/ Kayla Banks, hosted by DANCING EARTH
Friday, June 26
Traditional West African and indigenous dance movements that influenced modern dance today this class w/ recorded drum rhythm and sounds.
ABOUT THIS CLASS:
Come dance and learn some of the roots of modern dance. Stemming from traditional West African and indigenous movements that influenced modern dance today this class will be led with recorded drum rhythm and sounds.This class will enliven the human spirit and give perspective to the richness of drum culture and dancing bare footed.
SUPPORT KAYLA:
Venmo: @kaymarban - or-
PayPal: banksmovement@gmail.com
ABOUT KAYLA:
Bio: Kayla has trained with leading teachers, Mr. Bobby, Baba Chuck Davis, Cleo Parker, Charles Armagh son of Abo Addy and Rulan Tangen, that have nourished the knowledge of West African and native dance. She is versed in the Horton and Dunham modern dance techniques. This class will enliven the human spirit and give perspective to the richness of drum culture and dancing bare footed.
WHAT TO BRING:
Water bottle- Loose, comfortable clothing- Your booty & energy!
ABOUT DANCING EARTH
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 in every aspect of artistic collaboration - including dance, choreography, music, costume, lighting, video, stage managing, and arts administration.
Acorn Demonstration w/ Bernadette Smith & Pomo Youth
Project Team
Bernadette Antoinette Smith - Teacher/Facilitator: Northern Pomo, Mexica
Kanyon CoyoteWoman Sayers-Roods - Language & Place: Ohlone
Web: kanyonkonsulting.com
FB: Kanyon Consulting
Instagram:@KanyonKonsulting
Tiśina T. Parker - Program Manager: Yosemite Miwuk, Kashia Pomo, Mono Lake Paiute
Instagram: @NativeOne
Dance Mission - Presenter
About Dance Mission
Follow Dance Mission!!!
FB: Dance Brigade's Dance Mission
Instagram: @dancemissiontheater
Dance Mission connects and empowers diverse Bay Area communities and artists through all aspects of dance and dance theater, including the production of new works, instruction, and performance. We are an artist-driven, feminist organization dedicated to building community, addressing social justice issues, exploring cultural identities, promoting inclusivity, and creating a more peaceful world through collective action. Many female artists, artists of color, and culturally specific ensembles consider Dance Mission to be their artistic home. Master teachers of dance and music have created a thriving inter-generational community celebrating cultural traditions, welcoming students of all backgrounds. Dance Mission is also the home of Krissy Keefer’s Dance Brigade, San Francisco’s groundbreaking, feminist social-change modern dance company. ... learn more...
Acorn Demonstration w/ Bernadette Smith & Pomo Youth
Grinding demo & cultural talk about traditional, sacred food of California Natives. Presented by & for youth.
Thursday, June 25
6-7pm PDT . 9-10pm EDT
Bernadette Smith & Pomo Youth on Zoom HERE!
REINDIGENIZE: The Acorn Project is presented by Dance Mission as part of its WORD! series
About the Class
Join Bernadette and Pomo youth in a cultural discussion about Bernadette's and the Manchester Band of Pomo Indians work in protecting their sacred food source of Tan Oak Acorn in Northern California. Learn about this traditional, Indigenous food source as well as environmental and human impacts that threaten acorn in the Northern Pomo region of coastal California including slash and spray as well as environmental threats exacerbated by global warming such as sudden oak death.
This class will include an acorn grinding demo led by Pomo youth guided by Bernadette, techniques in processing as well as how acorn plays a role in contemporary Native culture, life, health, wellness and Native food sovereignty.
Downloadable acorn coloring sheet designed by Kanyon Sayers-Roods will include varietal illustrations, local Native name places, local tribal words for acorn.
Youth encouraged to attend!!!
Hozho in Motion w/ Natalie Benally, hosted by Dancing Earth
Hip Hop Fundamentals
w/ Natalie Benally
Hello Dancing Earth Family -
We are sorry to notify you that Hip Hop Fundamentals w/ Natalie Benally on June 25th has unfortunately been cancelled. Due to family emergency we are not able to hold this event. We are really sorry to miss you, but please know that Dancing Earth is still hosting a number of online events and we hope to see you soon.
Happening Tomorrow!
Afro-Fusion Modern Dance w/ Kayla Banks
Friday, June 26
Traditional West African and indigenous dance movements that influenced modern dance today this class w/ recorded drum rhythm and sounds.
Dancing Earth Summer Institutes:
Movement As Medicine - July 26 - July 30
C5 - Aug 2 - Aug 7
photo by Tachiinii Photography
ABOUT THIS 1HR CLASS
"Hozho" is the Diné philosophy of life. It means balance and harmony in all aspects of life. The class will be centered around finding hozho in our bodies, our minds, our hearts and our spirits.
For those of us who work with and for communities, taking time to release stress, rebuild our energy and rejuvenate our minds and bodies is essential. Some of us give a lot of ourselves to our work and the time and space to be home can be used to give ourselves a bit of love and attention. We will work with movement to undo and release any stress in the body and utilize breath and sound to give intention and healing to our whole selves and to each other. This class is for all ages.
photo by Kuuyam
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Natalie Benally is a Dine, Zuni, Ute and Mexican woman who holds a Bachelor’s degree in Theater- Performing and Directing from Fort Lewis College. She has been performing dance and theater for the last 10. She studied at the Dancing Earth Summer Institute and joined the company for touring of US and Norway. Some of her most notable work includes lending her voice to the lead role of Dory in the Navajo dubbed version of Disney/Pixar’s Finding Nemo and directing / choreographing a devised production entitled "I'm Native And..." for Fort Lewis College inaugural Indigenous Arts Festival. Natalie works as the Indigenous Programs Coordinator for the non-profit organization, Girls Incorporated of Santa Fe.
Strength & Conditioning w/ Trey Vision, hosted by Dancing Earth
Strength & Conditioning
w/ Trey Vision
Hello Dancing Earth Family -
We are sorry to notify you that Strength & Conditioning w/ Trey Vision on June 22nd has unfortunately been cancelled. Due to family emergency we are not able to hold this event. We are really sorry to miss you, but please know that Dancing Earth is still hosting a number of online events and we hope to see you soon.
Upcoming this Week
Afro-Fusion Modern Dance w/ Kayla Banks
Friday, June 26
Traditional West African and indigenous dance movements that influenced modern dance today this class w/ recorded drum rhythm and sounds.
Dancing Earth Summer Institutes:
Movement As Medicine - July 26 - July 30
C5 - Aug 2 - Aug 7
ABOUT THIS 1HR CLASS
"Balance" a class in Strength & Flexibility during trying times. To endure the world we must build endurance of the body and mind. This is my plug based on tuning in. Thank you for your patience with me as we dive into the Divine Recipe!
In days where fear plagues minds join this class to kick ass and break through barriers. This class offers an invigorating daily routine where we focus on igniting a warrior spirit. Set your fire free by building your mind, body, and spirit to endure these trying times. Set aside an hour and fifteen minutes five days a week to keep your sanity. Functional strength and endurance training will be a confidence boost for engaging the day. Track your progress over four to eight weeks in this Dynamic human development endeavor and pedagogy by Trey Pickett’s active lifestyle philosophy. This daily routine is sure to be a fun and challenging confidence boost for all ages.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Eugene Pickett III aka "Trey" born in Altadena, California now resides in Albuquerque New Mexico. He comes from a performing family and has 20 years of experience. He is of mixed heritage(West African,Cherokee,French, Irish) and shares love and culture through the arts.
Movement As Medicine w/ Rulan Tangen, hosted by Dancing Earth
Movement As Medicine w/ Rulan Tangen
Saturdays in June
12-1:15pm PDT . 3-4:15pm EDT
Join Rulan on Zoom HERE!
Meeting ID: 847 8510 7784
Password: 386462
Reserve Your Tickets
PAY WHAT YOU CAN 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.
REFLECTION POOL AFTER PARTY: Livestreaming I.F.: Indigenous Futurities: Dancing Earth in CyberSpace, presented by Toasterlab
REFLECTION POOL AFTER PARTY
IF: Indigenous Futurities Dancing Earth in Cyberworld Performance
RSVP EVENT - JOIN US!!!!
Thursday, June 18
7-8pm PDT / 10-11pm EDT
REGISTRATION LINK
Pre-registration required for attendance
Join Dancing Earth for Reflection Pool After Party for an interactive conversation about the creation and content of IF: Indigenous Futurities Dancing Earth In Cyberworld. This after party will be moderated by dance/theatre innovative professionals in the creative world.
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION
Together we will explore topics brought forth during the IF: Performance including:
- What messages would you give to fellow humans at this time?
- What messages would you give to Earth at this time?
- What are your dreams for the future?
MUSIC & DANCE PARTY
After discussion live music will be hosted by Quetzal Guerrero w/ a community dance party!
Livestreaming I.F.: Indigenous Futurities: Dancing Earth in CyberSpace
Collaborating artist visionaries reveal cyberspace as a realm of ritual, to reimagine the future.
Thurs, June 18, 2020
6:30pm PDT . 9:30pm EDT
Toasterlab presents I.F. : Indigenous Futurities : Dancing Earth in CyberSpace livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv.
Collaborating artist visionaries reveal cyberspace as a realm of ritual, to reimagine the future from the brink of collapse of the dominant system and re-emergence of Indigenous cosmologies. Technology is reclaimed to affirm connections between distant places and times. At a time of DisDancing: what is the message from human-to-human; what is the sacred invisible web that connects us? We reach into the constellations to remember ancestral stories of creation after destruction, to guide us forward.
We extend our gratitude to Colorado College 3X3 and Toasterlab for support of this vision! Read more about 3X3 Projects HERE.
About HowlRound TV
HowlRound TV is a global, commons-based peer produced, open access livestreaming and video archive project stewarded by the nonprofit HowlRound. HowlRound TV is a free and shared resource for live conversations and performances relevant to the world's performing arts and cultural fields. Its mission is to break geographic isolation, promote resource sharing, and to develop our knowledge commons collectively. Participate in a community of peer organizations revolutionizing the flow of information, knowledge, and access in our field by becoming a producer and co-producing with us. Learn more by going to our participate page. For any other queries, email tv@howlround.com, or call Vijay Mathew at +1 917.686.3185 Signal/WhatsApp. View the video archive of past events.
EXPLORING THE QUESTIONS
Ritual - to reimagine the future that we are stepping into, and what are are the superhero powers/innate purposes in life/guiding philosophies that we are conjuring and embodying to get there.
ReCreation post apocalypse: what are our creation stories that can teach us about resilience in the remaking of the world.
What is the Message from Humans to Earth of Love in a Time of Corona?
During these dark times, what is the light that each of us carries, as constellations?
At a time of DisDancing: what is the message from human-to-human; what is the sacred invisible web that connects us?
Can intuition, imagination, and Indigenous science that parallels quantum theory, bring us together over vast distances of places, time, difference to meet in the spaces between - the connective tissue, the flow, the infinite, liminal space, the life force energy we all share?
Artists
Tisina Parker : Social Impact Producer
Rulan Tangen : Director/Choreographer in collaboration with artists
QVLN : Music Director
Multi Artist Dancers/Vocalists/Speakers/ Cultural Collaborators:
Jade Whaanga
Eugene “Trey” Pickett III
Dakota Alcantara-Camacho
Lumhe Micco Sampson
Livestreaming I.F.: Indigenous Futurities: Dancing Earth in CyberSpace, presented by Toasterlab
Livestreaming I.F.: Indigenous Futurities: Dancing Earth in CyberSpace
Collaborating artist visionaries reveal cyberspace as a realm of ritual, to reimagine the future.
Thurs, June 18, 2020
6:30pm PDT . 9:30pm EDT
Toasterlab presents I.F. : Indigenous Futurities : Dancing Earth in CyberSpace livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv.
Collaborating artist visionaries reveal cyberspace as a realm of ritual, to reimagine the future from the brink of collapse of the dominant system and re-emergence of Indigenous cosmologies. Technology is reclaimed to affirm connections between distant places and times. At a time of DisDancing: what is the message from human-to-human; what is the sacred invisible web that connects us? We reach into the constellations to remember ancestral stories of creation after destruction, to guide us forward.
We extend our gratitude to Colorado College 3X3 and Toasterlab for support of this vision! Read more about 3X3 Projects HERE.
About HowlRound TV
HowlRound TV is a global, commons-based peer produced, open access livestreaming and video archive project stewarded by the nonprofit HowlRound. HowlRound TV is a free and shared resource for live conversations and performances relevant to the world's performing arts and cultural fields. Its mission is to break geographic isolation, promote resource sharing, and to develop our knowledge commons collectively. Participate in a community of peer organizations revolutionizing the flow of information, knowledge, and access in our field by becoming a producer and co-producing with us. Learn more by going to our participate page. For any other queries, email tv@howlround.com, or call Vijay Mathew at +1 917.686.3185 Signal/WhatsApp. View the video archive of past events.
EXPLORING THE QUESTIONS
Ritual - to reimagine the future that we are stepping into, and what are are the superhero powers/innate purposes in life/guiding philosophies that we are conjuring and embodying to get there.
ReCreation post apocalypse: what are our creation stories that can teach us about resilience in the remaking of the world.
What is the Message from Humans to Earth of Love in a Time of Corona?
During these dark times, what is the light that each of us carries, as constellations?
At a time of DisDancing: what is the message from human-to-human; what is the sacred invisible web that connects us?
Can intuition, imagination, and Indigenous science that parallels quantum theory, bring us together over vast distances of places, time, difference to meet in the spaces between - the connective tissue, the flow, the infinite, liminal space, the life force energy we all share?
Artists
Tisina Parker : Social Impact Producer
Rulan Tangen : Director/Choreographer in collaboration with artists
QVLN : Music Director
Multi Artist Dancers/Vocalists/Speakers/ Cultural Collaborators:
Jade Whaanga
Eugene “Trey” Pickett III
Dakota Alcantara-Camacho
Lumhe Micco Sampson
REFLECTION POOL AFTER PARTY
IF: Indigenous Futurities Dancing Earth in Cyberworld Performance
RSVP EVENT - JOIN US!!!!
Thursday, June 18
7-8pm PDT / 10-11pm EDT
REGISTRATION LINK
Pre-registration required for attendance
Join Dancing Earth for Reflection Pool After Party for an interactive conversation about the creation and content of IF: Indigenous Futurities Dancing Earth In Cyberworld. This after party will be moderated by dance/theatre innovative professionals in the creative world.
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION
Together we will explore topics brought forth during the IF: Performance including:
- What messages would you give to fellow humans at this time?
- What messages would you give to Earth at this time?
- What are your dreams for the future?
MUSIC & DANCE PARTY
After discussion live music will be hosted by Quetzal Guerrero w/ a community dance party!
Beloved Dancing Earth Community
Some of you have expressed interest in the interactivity, which we will be developing into various formats for this to be a collective and communal engagement, before during and after June 18th.
So, feel free to share writing in a doc, video of yourself speaking and//or moving, audio recording, photo of self or drawing or writing in response to ANY of the 4 prompts, with your name and location, or anonymous if you prefer.
opening dedication
names of people, places,
entities, invocations
msg Human to Humans at this time
msg of Humans to Earth at this time
your dream for the future
a concise summary
Hip Hop Fundamentals w/ Natalie Benally, hosted by Dancing Earth
Hip Hop Fundamentals
w/ Natalie Benally
Hello Dancing Earth Family -
We are sorry to notify you that Hip Hop Fundamentals w/ Natalie Benally on June 18th has unfortunately been cancelled. Due to family emergency we are not able to hold this event. We are really sorry to miss you, but please know that Dancing Earth is still hosting a number of online events and we hope to see you soon.
Happening Tonight!
If: Indigenous Futurities Dancing Earth in Cyberspace Thursday, June 18, 6:30-7:15pm PDT.
We will also be hosting an RSVP after party for this event. Please visit Dancing Earth FB for information on after party event.
Dancing Earth Summer Institutes:
Movement As Medicine - July 26 - July 30.
C5 - Aug 2 - Aug 7
photo by Cara Romero
ABOUT THIS 1HR CLASS
This class will cover the fundamentals and basics of hip-hop and freestyle. It will be geared toward learning how to utilize foundational movements and how to move your body with rhythm and grooves. There will be basic choreography to help practice, so this class is for beginner and intermediate levels of experience. I also will be teaching some popping as well. However, this will come later in the time frame.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Natalie Benally is a Dine, Zuni, Ute and Mexican woman who holds a Bachelor’s degree in Theater- Performing and Directing from Fort Lewis College. She has been performing dance and theater for the last 10. She studied at the Dancing Earth Summer Institute and joined the company for touring of US and Norway. Some of her most notable work includes lending her voice to the lead role of Dory in the Navajo dubbed version of Disney/Pixar’s Finding Nemo and directing / choreographing a devised production entitled "I'm Native And..." for Fort Lewis College inaugural Indigenous Arts Festival. Natalie works as the Indigenous Programs Coordinator for the non-profit organization, Girls Incorporated of Santa Fe.
Strength & Conditioning w/ Trey Vision, hosted by Dancing Earth
Strength & Conditioning
w/ Trey Vision
Hello Dancing Earth Family -
We are sorry to notify you that Strength & Conditioning w/ Trey Vision on June 15th has unfortunately been cancelled. Due to family emergency we are not able to hold this event. We are really sorry to miss you, but please know that Dancing Earth is still hosting a number of online events and we hope to see you soon.
Upcoming this Week
If: Indigenous Futurities Dancing Earth in Cyberspace Thursday, June 18, 6:30-7:15pm PDT.
We will also be hosting an RSVP after party for this event. Please visit Dancing Earth FB for information on after party event.
Dancing Earth Summer Institutes:
Movement As Medicine - July 26 - July 30.
C5 - Aug 2 - Aug 7
ABOUT THIS 1HR CLASS
"Balance" a class in Strength & Flexibility during trying times. To endure the world we must build endurance of the body and mind. This is my plug based on tuning in. Thank you for your patience with me as we dive into the Divine Recipe!
In days where fear plagues minds join this class to kick ass and break through barriers. This class offers an invigorating daily routine where we focus on igniting a warrior spirit. Set your fire free by building your mind, body, and spirit to endure these trying times. Set aside an hour and fifteen minutes five days a week to keep your sanity. Functional strength and endurance training will be a confidence boost for engaging the day. Track your progress over four to eight weeks in this Dynamic human development endeavor and pedagogy by Trey Pickett’s active lifestyle philosophy. This daily routine is sure to be a fun and challenging confidence boost for all ages.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Eugene Pickett III aka "Trey" born in Altadena, California now resides in Albuquerque New Mexico. He comes from a performing family and has 20 years of experience. He is of mixed heritage(West African,Cherokee,French, Irish) and shares love and culture through the arts.
Movement As Medicine w/ Rulan Tangen, hosted by Dancing Earth
Movement As Medicine w/ Rulan Tangen
Saturdays in June
12-1:15pm PDT . 3-4:15pm EDT
Join Rulan on Zoom HERE!
Meeting ID: 847 8510 7784
Password: 386462
Reserve Your Tickets
PAY WHAT YOU CAN 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-Somatic with Trey Vision & UxI 2020: Urban-Indigenous Futurism, hosted by Dancing Earth
Afro-Somatic with Trey Vision
Thurs, June 11
5pm PDT . 8pm EDT
African Disaporic, Mind Body Healing, Ancestral & Futuristic
Natalie Benally’s much anticipate workshop with UxI 2020: Urban-Indigenous Futurism on Thursday June 11 from 5-6pm PDT, will be joined by Dancing Earth warrior brother Trey Vision, of proud Afro-Native heritage. We send our love to Natalie Benally who returns home to Navajo Nation to be with family as her relatives moves into the ancestral realm. Assist Natalie’s Family cost HERE.
This nation is looking now towards black people: to support, ask for direction, and repair what has been broken. With strength, compassion and dignity Eugene Trey Pickett III will offer AFRO-SOMATICS!
Registration page notes Natalie’s class, but is for AFRO-Somatic with Trey Vision. photo © Jennifer Esperanza
Hozho in Motion
w/ Natalie Benally & UxI 2020: Urban-Indigenous Futurism
Thurs, June 11
5pm PDT . 8pm EDT
PAY WHAT YOU CAN Venmo: @Natalie-Benally
photo by Tachiinii Photography
ABOUT THIS 1HR CLASS
"Hozho" is the Diné philosophy of life. It means balance and harmony in all aspects of life. The class will be centered around finding hozho in our bodies, our minds, our hearts and our spirits.
For those of us who work with and for communities, taking time to release stress, rebuild our energy and rejuvenate our minds and bodies is essential. Some of us give a lot of ourselves to our work and the time and space to be home can be used to give ourselves a bit of love and attention. We will work with movement to undo and release any stress in the body and utilize breath and sound to give intention and healing to our whole selves and to each other. This class is for all ages.
photo by Kuuyam
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Natalie Benally is a Dine, Zuni, Ute and Mexican woman who holds a Bachelor’s degree in Theater- Performing and Directing from Fort Lewis College. She has been performing dance and theater for the last 10. She studied at the Dancing Earth Summer Institute and joined the company for touring of US and Norway. Some of her most notable work includes lending her voice to the lead role of Dory in the Navajo dubbed version of Disney/Pixar’s Finding Nemo and directing / choreographing a devised production entitled "I'm Native And..." for Fort Lewis College inaugural Indigenous Arts Festival. Natalie works as the Indigenous Programs Coordinator for the non-profit organization, Girls Incorporated of Santa Fe.
Strength & Conditioning w/ Trey Vision, hosted by Dancing Earth
Strength & Conditioning
w/ Trey Vision
Mondays in June
5pm PDT . 8pm EDT
Join Trey on Zoom!
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86262719837
Reserve Your Tickets
PAY WHAT YOU CAN
PayPal: @VIIZON, LLC Venmo: @Eugene-PickettIII
ABOUT THIS 1HR CLASS
"Balance" a class in Strength & Flexibility during trying times. To endure the world we must build endurance of the body and mind. This is my plug based on tuning in. Thank you for your patience with me as we dive into the Divine Recipe!
In days where fear plagues minds join this class to kick ass and break through barriers. This class offers an invigorating daily routine where we focus on igniting a warrior spirit. Set your fire free by building your mind, body, and spirit to endure these trying times. Set aside an hour and fifteen minutes five days a week to keep your sanity. Functional strength and endurance training will be a confidence boost for engaging the day. Track your progress over four to eight weeks in this Dynamic human development endeavor and pedagogy by Trey Pickett’s active lifestyle philosophy. This daily routine is sure to be a fun and challenging confidence boost for all ages.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Eugene Pickett III aka "Trey" born in Altadena, California now resides in Albuquerque New Mexico. He comes from a performing family and has 20 years of experience. He is of mixed heritage(West African,Cherokee,French, Irish) and shares love and culture through the arts.
Movement As Medicine w/ Rulan Tangen & UxI 2020: Urban-Indigenous Futurism
Movement As Medicine w/ Rulan Tangen & UxI 2020: Urban-Indigenous Futurism
Saturday, June 6
12-1:15pm PDT . 3-4:15pm EDT
Register HERE
PAY WHAT YOU CAN PayPal: Rulan@dancingearth.org
photo by Karla Flores
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.
Hip Hop Fundamentals w/ Natalie Benally, hosted by Dancing Earth
Hip Hop Fundamentals w/ Natalie Benally
Thurs, June 4 & 18
5pm PDT . 8pm EDT
Join Natalie on Zoom!
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85004321976
Reserve Your Tickets
PAY WHAT YOU CAN
Venmo: @Natalie-Benally
photo by Cara Romero
ABOUT THIS 1HR CLASS
This class will cover the fundamentals and basics of hip-hop and freestyle. It will be geared toward learning how to utilize foundational movements and how to move your body with rhythm and grooves. There will be basic choreography to help practice, so this class is for beginner and intermediate levels of experience. I also will be teaching some popping as well. However, this will come later in the time frame.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Natalie Benally is a Dine, Zuni, Ute and Mexican woman who holds a Bachelor’s degree in Theater- Performing and Directing from Fort Lewis College. She has been performing dance and theater for the last 10. She studied at the Dancing Earth Summer Institute and joined the company for touring of US and Norway. Some of her most notable work includes lending her voice to the lead role of Dory in the Navajo dubbed version of Disney/Pixar’s Finding Nemo and directing / choreographing a devised production entitled "I'm Native And..." for Fort Lewis College inaugural Indigenous Arts Festival. Natalie works as the Indigenous Programs Coordinator for the non-profit organization, Girls Incorporated of Santa Fe.
Strength & Conditioning w/ Trey Vision, hosted by Dancing Earth
Strength & Conditioning
w/ Trey Vision
Mondays in June
5pm PDT . 8pm EDT
Join Trey on Zoom!
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86262719837
Reserve Your Tickets
PAY WHAT YOU CAN
PayPal: @VIIZON, LLC Venmo: @Eugene-PickettIII
ABOUT THIS 1HR CLASS
"Balance" a class in Strength & Flexibility during trying times. To endure the world we must build endurance of the body and mind. This is my plug based on tuning in. Thank you for your patience with me as we dive into the Divine Recipe!
In days where fear plagues minds join this class to kick ass and break through barriers. This class offers an invigorating daily routine where we focus on igniting a warrior spirit. Set your fire free by building your mind, body, and spirit to endure these trying times. Set aside an hour and fifteen minutes five days a week to keep your sanity. Functional strength and endurance training will be a confidence boost for engaging the day. Track your progress over four to eight weeks in this Dynamic human development endeavor and pedagogy by Trey Pickett’s active lifestyle philosophy. This daily routine is sure to be a fun and challenging confidence boost for all ages.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Eugene Pickett III aka "Trey" born in Altadena, California now resides in Albuquerque New Mexico. He comes from a performing family and has 20 years of experience. He is of mixed heritage(West African,Cherokee,French, Irish) and shares love and culture through the arts.
