March 2005

Dancing Earth took our performances to Brazil! Our performance at the Teatro Nunes in Belo Horizonte was one of the highlights for many participants of the 5th annual ENCUENTRO. see www.hemi.nyu.edu and article in www.forrealism.com. The amazonian nations of maxacali, kaiapo, and pataxo were present to offer welcoming ceremonies and dances, and we were awed by the performances and presentations of incredible indigenous artists, activists and educators from north, central and south america, as well as new zealand and hawaii! We thank the Salt River Pima/Maricopa Indian Community for generously supporting Thosh Collins to attend this historic event.The Spielberg mini series "INTO THE WEST", being filmed just outside Santa Fe, features Raoul Trujillo as the historic Chief Red Cloud, Kalani Queypo as White Bird, and Brandon Oakes as Kicking Bear.Alejo and Thosh returned to Canada to dance alongside April Doxtator in Santee Smith's choroegraphy for the Aboriginal Achievement Awards in Saskaktchewan, where they danced on a stage designed by Cirque Du Soleil set designer! They reconnected with Tasha Hubbard, an emerging documentarian whose first feature was screened at the Encuentro in Brasil.