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In a year of social distancing and division, global Indigenous dance company Dancing Earth uses digital space for creative gathering and (re)generation. The art they make convening “here” feels like contemporary ritual. Dancing Earth’s current work, BTW US Cyberspace, constructs and inhabits a liminal realm between tradition and technology. The dancers forge a Mobius pathway through personal, political, ecological, and cosmological histories toward a vision of renewal. All of Dancing Earth’s work is rooted deeply in community. In previous years, the company has worked closely with seed savers and food and water justice groups. This year, Indigenous communities have been especially hard hit by COVID-19. “We are dancing for our lives and collectively for balance of life on the planet,” says Rulan Tangen, the company’s founder and artistic director. The company has been extraordinarily active and adaptive during the pandemic, creating and sharing innovative and healing performance art and workshops online. Read Full Article.
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