September 2007
DANCING EARTH lead dancer Jaco Cortes moved to San Francisisco where he is initiating DANCING EARTH BAY AREA - offering dance classes for community youth, focusing on Mexican Folkloric and contemporary dance training to develop the next generation of DANCING EARTH performance artists . ( Please contact us for more information on classes, or for referrals for workshops or performances by Mr Cortes)In New Mexico, we celebrated the end of summer at the Isleta Feast day, and a feast of agricultural self sufficiency at the Tesuque Pueblo, and the coming of fall at a spectularly beautiful San Geronimo Feast day at the Taos Pueblo.At the Justin Roberts Gallery, Rulan was featured on the cover and as writer of the foreward for the newly released art photography book "Human Landscapes" by Phil Miller.DANCING EARTH made an appearance at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles on September 20th; and while in California Rulan filmed outdoor beach footage as promotion for Kalani Queypo's first script , entitled "Ancestor Eyes".DANCING EARTH also performed and offered workshops at Native Wellness Institute's conference at Mystic Lake, Minnesota.