Events: 2004
Project HOOP - 3rd Annual Native American Theater and Performing Arts Conference
December 2-5, 2004
"Strengthening Our Communities Through Performing Arts"3rd Annual Project HOOP Theater and Performing Arts Conference
On the campus of UCLA. For more information, click here.
Pieces of Us: How the Lost Find Home
Time is running out for Adam, who must piece together evidence of the past to reassemble himself as a "Native" person. It's a tricky puzzle in a world where nothing is as it appears, and everyone else wants a slice of history. Pieces of Us: How the Los Find Home explores the issue of Native identity, mixed ancestry, and the "blood-quantum" policy of validating ethnicity. A new play by William S. Yellow Robe, Jr.
December 13, 2004
Trinity Rep, Dowling Theatre, 201 Washington St. Providence, RI
December 15, 2004
Rhode Island Indian Council, Algonquin House, 807 Broad St. Providence, RI
Project HOOP - 3rd Annual Native American Theater and Performing Arts Conference
December 4, 2004
"Strengthening Our Communities Through Performing Arts"
3rd Annual Project HOOP Theater and Performing Arts Conference On the campus of UCLA. For more information: 310-825-7315
Native Voices at the Autry Presents A Continent of Stories
November 12, 13, and 14, 2004
Native American Playwrights Bring Their Original Works to the Stage. For more details, please click here.
California Indian Conference and Gathering
October 1-3 Conference
Hesperia, CA. September 1 Submission Deadline. SSee conference web site for more details: http://drlamay.com/California%20Indian%20Conference.htm
Dramapalooza
September 18
Los Angeles, CA. A day-long extravaganza for playwrights, actors, directors and more! The Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights, a service and support organization, will bring playwrights, actors, directors, and other theatre practitioners together for a jam-packed day of networking, education and entertainment, on September 18, from 11 AM to 6 PM, held at the Community Center at Plummer Park, 7377 Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood. Full-day admission $5 / $3 for students with ID (free for ALAP members). To apply online, click here: http://harvardwood.snaphire.com/safelink=JSJDMM&O_p=E64e7&
Red Rhythms: Contemporary Methodologies in American Indian Dance
May 5-7, 2004 University of California at Riverside
For a full rundown please visit the official conference site at: http://ideasandsociety.ucr.edu/redrhythms/index2.htm
UC Riverside (with sponsorship from the Ford Foundation, the University of California Humanities Research Institute, and the UCR Center for Ideas and Society) hosted a 3 day event exploring American Indian dance as a vibrant, active, socio-cultural historical practice. Jacqueline Shea Murphy (UCR Dept. of Dance) and Michelle H. Raheja (Dept. of English) organized three jam-packed days of performances and panel discussions.
Performances ran the gamut from an Ohlone California Bear Dance (led by Toney Serta and Steve Cesenas) to a hip-hop fusion from San Francisco’s Earth Dance Theater. Others included Kalani Queypo (in a contemporary Anishnabe piece choreographed by Rulan Tangen for Earth Dance Theater), Wichozani Dance Theater (Plains Indian troupe led by Vincent Whipple), and Michelle Olson from Canada (in a multimedia piece “An Evening in Paris” about the life of Molly Spotted Elk in the ‘20s and ‘30s, choreographed by Muriel Miguel).
The culmination of the performance series was the Dance Showcase on Thursday night, at the Sherman Indian High School in Riverside. The large audience of mostly high school students saw a remarkable array of performance styles, executed with technical and creative authority. Performers included:
The Sherman Apache Dancers (traditional)
Rulan Tangen (“The Naming,” contemporary)
Geraldine Manossa (ISIKEW, contemporary)
Santee Smith (“Kaha:wi–Young Woman’s Dance”, contemporary)
Earth Dance Theater (“Thunderstomp”, hip-hop)
Daystar/Rosalie Jones (“No Home But The Heart”, contemporary)
Marla Bingham (“Amazing Grace”, ballet)
[Male ballet dancer—last-minute replacement] (“MDCXXC” , classical ballet choreographed by Belinda James)
Sandra Hughes and Abel Silva (“Loss of Endurance”, contemporary Pueblo mask piece)
Raoul Trujillo (“Ancestor Dream Medicine,” contemporary)Not surprisingly, the teenagers went wild over the hip-hop troupe and, also not surprisingly, they were at a loss when the half-naked male ballet dancer performed—but they paid attention. A compelling moment was when Daystar’s body-mic failed to work, making her words hard to hear in the large space; people leaned forward in their seats to hear her.
Panel discussions included (with certain key issues highlighted):
Inventing/Improvising Traditions (What is “traditional”? What are the cultural politics of stretching “tradition” into newer forms?)
First Person/First People: Dance as Autobiography (How does dance function as “autobiography” for individuals, families, tribes? How has it changed from earlier times to now?)
Dance as Prayer/Dance as Document (How does dance relate to the struggle for religious freedom? How are dances connected to specific lands, and what are the effects of removal from that land? How has the powwow circuit affected local, non-Plains traditions of dance? How does staged dance relate to ceremonial dance?)
Process and Production (What are the practical considerations of creating dance today? How does funding compare in the U.S., Mexico, South America, and Canada?)
Ghost Dance
Project HOOP from UCLA and the Institute of American Indian Arts presents...
Ghost Dance
A Play by Annette Arkeketa
Directed by Terry GomezPeformed at the IAIA Cool Side of Hell Theater
Friday, April 30, 2004, 7:30pm
Saturday, May 1, 2004, 7:30pm
Sunday, May 2, 2004, 7:30pmPanel discussions after the April 30, 2004 performance by renowned repatriation activits: Susan Shown Harjo, Cheyenne/Muscogee: Annette Arkeketa, Otoe-Missoura/Muscogee and Jimmy Arterberry, Comanche
At the James A. Little Theater (Located at the NM School of Deaf Campus), 1060 Cerillos Road, Santa Fe, NM.
Earth Day Entertainment
22 April, 2005 (Hilo, Hawai’I)
Free entertainment will go on all day in the Hawai’i Community College Library Lanai. Performers include Hawai’ian chanters, Hawai’ian hula, Samoan dance, hip hop, an all new Trash Fashion Show, jugglers, puppets, clowns, Frank De Lima, and the fabulous Hei Tiare Tahitian dancers. For more information on this event, please visit the following web site: www.hawaii.hawaii.edu/eday
First Americans in the Arts Awards
March 12, 2005
Los Angeles, CA. First Americans in the Arts will host its 13th Annual Awards ceremony at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. The event honors Native people in all aspects of the entertainment industry. For more information on this event, please visit the following web site: www.firstamericans.or
Hartwick College - Allison Hedge Coke Reading
October 6
Writer Allison Hedge Coke will read at Hartwick College. During the term she will be teaching a seminar on American Indian philosophy and a creative writing workshop. For info please check the date October 6 at the following web site: http://www.hanksville.org/cgi-bin/calendar/calendar.pl
Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics
The Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics invites you to propose performances, papers, performance-based scholarship (scholarship that attempts to enact what it describes), videos, installations, visual arts, Work Group topics, activist projects, hacktivist or virtual actions, and other forms that bring together performance and politics in the Americas to participate in our upcoming 5th Encuentro Performing Heritage: Contemporary Indigenous and Community-Based Practices co-sponsored with the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) in Belo Horizonte, Brazil March 11-20, 2005. The event main site available at the following address: http://hemi.nyu.edu/eng/seminar/brazil2005/index.html
November 15, 2004
Performer's Application Deadline for the 5th Encuentro , Performing Heritage: Contemporary Indigenous and Community-Based Practices. Click here for more information on the Performer's Application Requirements.January 5, 2005
Work Group Application Deadline for 5th Encuentro , Performing Heritage: Contemporary Indigenous and Community-Based Practices. Click here for more information on the Work Group Paper Submissions.March 11-20, 2005
strong>5th Encuentro , Performing Heritage: Contemporary Indigenous and Community-Based Practices co-sponsored with the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) will take place in Belo Horizonte, Brazil March 11-20, 2005.
LA's BEST After School Arts Program
LA’s BEST After School Arts Program is seeking qualified performing artists to participate in its residency program and introduce the children to the beauty and depth of American Indian culture. LA’s BEST is currently at 120 LAUSD elementary schools, most of which are open year-round, and within those sites they typically have 40 to 50 art residencies introducing the children to both the performing and visual arts.
Interested artist educators must have experience and enjoy teaching their discipline to children between the ages of 5 through 11. The artist must provide LA’s BEST with their resume and at least two professional references. Please feel free to contact Mario Davila or visit their website at www.lasbest.org .
Mario Davila
Associate Director
LA's BEST After School Arts Program
711 East 14th Place, Suite 1
Los Angeles, California 90021Tel: 213.745-1900 Ext. 52933
Fax: 800.267-0342
mariodlasbest.lausd.k12.ca.us
Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu (Hawai’ian dance troupe) - Upcoming Performances
August 14-17
New York
Three different shows / Free to the public
For info visit www.naleihulu.orgSeptember 18-19
San Francisco
Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center
Marina & Buchanan
Tickets: $25 General / $30 Reserved
Call (415) 345-7575October 23
San Francisco
Benefit Soiree for Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu
Building A, Fort Mason Center
Marina & Buchanan
For info visit www.naleihulu.org
National Museum of the American Indian (www.nmai.si.edu)
Grand Opening Celebration and First Americans Festival
September 21-26
The National Mall, Washington, DC, between 3rd and 7th Streets
All events (except September 27 First Nations Night) are free.
Click here for daily rundown.
Native Voices at the Autry - Festival of New Plays
November 12-14
The Festival of New Plays, a series of staged readings of Native American plays, will be held November 12-14, 2004 at the Wells Fargo Theater, Autry Museum, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027. For further information, please visit www.museumoftheamericanwest.org/visit/nativevoices.php
Northern California Indian Development Council
November 13
The Northern California Indian Development Council (NCIDC) is seeking Native American dance groups for their 23rd annual Northwest Intertribal Gathering Camp Elder's dinner. They are looking for various dance groups such as traditional California Indian style dances and pow-wow dancers.For more information please contact their office at (707) 445-8451 or e-mail your questions to dwoodman@ncidc.org
Project HOOP - 3rd Annual Native American Theater and Performing Arts Conference
Oct-Nov (Dates TBA)
The 3rd annual Project HOOP Native Theater and Performing Arts conference will take place over four days in October or November, 2004 at the University of California in Los Angeles, CA. Dates and pre-registration information will be posted to this website at a later date
Spirit - A Journey in Dance, Drums and Song (www.spirit7thfire.com)
July-October, 2004
Touring show based on the PBS programJuly 13-August 1 Omaha
August 19-September 10
MilwaukeeSeptember 18-October 9
Washington, D.C.