UC- Riverside 'Red Rhythms' Conference - May 5th, 6th, 7th
University of California Riverside presents:
Red Rhythms: Contemporary Methodologies in American Indian Dance
http://IdeasAndSociety.ucr.edu/redrhythms/
Announcing a conference exploring contemporary American
Indian dance as a vibrant, active, socio-cultural historical
practice.
This event will showcase some of the exciting new work that
contemporary Native American and Aboriginal dancers and
choreographers are doing now, and facilitate a way for these
artists to meet and network with one another. It will include
dance performances by local California Indian dance groups,
and an evening of Aboriginal and American Indian stage dance
featuring works by both established and emerging Native
dancers and choreographers.
The conference will also bring prominent scholars of Dance
Studies and Native American Studies to see this dance and to
participate in roundtable discussions about the complex
historical and theoretical issues it engages.
Sponsored by the Ford Foundation, The University of
California Humanities Research Institute, the Center for Ideas
and Society, the Gluck Fellows Program of the Arts at UCR, and
the UCR Department of Dance.
May 5, 6 & 7, 2004
Locations: UC Riverside Campus
and Sherman Indian High School: 9010 Magnolia
Avenue, Riverside, CA 92503
Admission: All events Free and Open to the Public.
Registration is not required.
Parking at UCR: Permits are available at Kiosks
Parking at Sherman Indian High School: The parking lot is
located at 9010 Magnolia Avenue, corner of Jackson. permits
are available for a small fee.
May 5th - Wednesday
4:00 pm - Conference Opening
Location: Performance Lab, UCR Arts Building, room 166
(seating is limited - arrive early to ensure entry)
Includes opening prayer by Earl Sisto, welcome by Cliff
Trafzer,
Short film "A Nation is Coming" introduced by Michael
Greyeyes.
Dancing by Wichozani Dance Theater, Terry Goedel, Kalani Queypo, and California Bear Dancers.
Reception, catered by the UCR Native American Students
Association.
May 6 - Thursday
8:00 - 8:30 am Coffee, welcome by Emory Elliott
Location: International Lounge, UCR Commons
8:30 - 10:15 am - Roundtable #1:
Inventing/Improvising Traditions
Location: International Lounge, UCR Commons
This panel will address the topic of "tradition" and the
issues of authenticity, purity and continuity that so often arise when "American Indian dance" is presented or discussed.
Monte Kugel, Chair: Susan Leigh Foster, Zoila Mendoza, Douglas Miles, Michelle Olson, Robert Perez, Priya Srinivasan, Tharon Weighill, Vince Whipple.
10:30 - 12:15 pm Roundtable #2:
First Person/First People: Dance as Autobiography
Location: International Lounge, UCR Commons
This panel will focus on the use of story (family story,
personal story, tribal story) in contemporary Native American
dance, and its relation to other forms of storytelling and
self-narration.
Michelle Raheja, Chair: Victoria Bomberry, Stephanie Fitzgerald, Daystar/Rosalie Jones, Susan Manning, Muriel Miguel, Craig Womack, Hertha Sweet Wong
12:15 - 2:30 pm Lunch Break
Book Sale; Exhibit and poster signing by Apache artist
Douglas Miles and the San Carlos skateboard team
1:00 pm - Outdoor performance by Coastanoan Humaya
Dancers
Location: Grass by P.E. Building
1:45 pm - Performance by Michelle Olson(choreographed with Muriel Miguel),
Location: Dance Studio Theatre, P.E. 102
2:30 - 4:15 pm Roundtable #3:
Prayer/Dance as Document
Location: International Lounge, UCR Commons
This panel will address the continuing, empowering practice
of Native American dancing despite centuries of religious,
military, and legal suppression, and explore this continuing
dance practice itself as "document" of this history and this
creative, vibrant resiliency.
Jacqueline Shea Murphy, Chair: Andrew Brother Elk, Tara Browner, Anita Gonzalez, Tanya Lukin-Linklater, Joel Martin, Marrie Mumford, Karen Pheasant, Anna Scott.
7:30 p.m. STAGE DANCE SHOWCASE
Location: Sherman Indian High School Theatre, 9010 Magnolia Ave, in Riverside
Performances by: The Sherman Apache Dancers, Rulan Tangen, Gerardo Tristan Alvarado, Geraldine Manossa.
DAYSTAR/Rosalie Jones
Earth Dance Theater (with Lyle Kochamp, Anthony Ch-Wl-Tas Collins, Quetzal Guerrero, and Alejandro Meraz)
American Indian Dance Theatre - Marla Bingham, Alejandro Ronceria, Dartanion Reed and Tobin Eason, choreographed by Belinda James, Santee Smith, John Jaramillo and Sandra Hughes, Raoul Trujillo.
May 7 Friday
9:00 - 1100 a.m. Roundtable #4: Process and Production
Location: International Lounge, UCR Commons
This panel will provide a chance to discuss the stage dance
showcase from Thursday night, and to address questions raised
by production and performance of American Indian/Aboriginal
dance, particularly in academic settings, more generally.
Wendy Rogers, Chair: Thomas DeFrantz, Hanay Geigomah, Michael Greyeyes, Alejandro Ronceria, Santee Smith, Rulan Tangen, Raoul Trujillo
11:00 - 11:30 - Closing
For more information please see:
http://IdeasAndSociety.ucr.edu/redrhythms/
Fwd: Red Rhythms: Contemporary Methodologies in America
(310) 206-7511
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/indi
Native Unity - A place for Native American Peoples to solidify their tribes to make a positive impact on the cultural, social, economic and political fabric of American society and a place for non-Natives to better understand the ways of the American Indian.
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Red Rhythms: Contemporary Methodologies in American Indian Dance
http://IdeasAndSociety.ucr.edu/redrhythms/
Announcing a conference exploring contemporary American
Indian dance as a vibrant, active, socio-cultural historical
practice.
This event will showcase some of the exciting new work that
contemporary Native American and Aboriginal dancers and
choreographers are doing now, and facilitate a way for these
artists to meet and network with one another. It will include
dance performances by local California Indian dance groups,
and an evening of Aboriginal and American Indian stage dance
featuring works by both established and emerging Native
dancers and choreographers.
The conference will also bring prominent scholars of Dance
Studies and Native American Studies to see this dance and to
participate in roundtable discussions about the complex
historical and theoretical issues it engages.
Sponsored by the Ford Foundation, The University of
California Humanities Research Institute, the Center for Ideas
and Society, the Gluck Fellows Program of the Arts at UCR, and
the UCR Department of Dance.
May 5, 6 & 7, 2004
Locations: UC Riverside Campus
and Sherman Indian High School: 9010 Magnolia
Avenue, Riverside, CA 92503
Admission: All events Free and Open to the Public.
Registration is not required.
Parking at UCR: Permits are available at Kiosks
Parking at Sherman Indian High School: The parking lot is
located at 9010 Magnolia Avenue, corner of Jackson. permits
are available for a small fee.
May 5th - Wednesday
4:00 pm - Conference Opening
Location: Performance Lab, UCR Arts Building, room 166
(seating is limited - arrive early to ensure entry)
Includes opening prayer by Earl Sisto, welcome by Cliff
Trafzer,
Short film "A Nation is Coming" introduced by Michael
Greyeyes.
Dancing by Wichozani Dance Theater, Terry Goedel, Kalani Queypo, and California Bear Dancers.
Reception, catered by the UCR Native American Students
Association.
May 6 - Thursday
8:00 - 8:30 am Coffee, welcome by Emory Elliott
Location: International Lounge, UCR Commons
8:30 - 10:15 am - Roundtable #1:
Inventing/Improvising Traditions
Location: International Lounge, UCR Commons
This panel will address the topic of "tradition" and the
issues of authenticity, purity and continuity that so often arise when "American Indian dance" is presented or discussed.
Monte Kugel, Chair: Susan Leigh Foster, Zoila Mendoza, Douglas Miles, Michelle Olson, Robert Perez, Priya Srinivasan, Tharon Weighill, Vince Whipple.
10:30 - 12:15 pm Roundtable #2:
First Person/First People: Dance as Autobiography
Location: International Lounge, UCR Commons
This panel will focus on the use of story (family story,
personal story, tribal story) in contemporary Native American
dance, and its relation to other forms of storytelling and
self-narration.
Michelle Raheja, Chair: Victoria Bomberry, Stephanie Fitzgerald, Daystar/Rosalie Jones, Susan Manning, Muriel Miguel, Craig Womack, Hertha Sweet Wong
12:15 - 2:30 pm Lunch Break
Book Sale; Exhibit and poster signing by Apache artist
Douglas Miles and the San Carlos skateboard team
1:00 pm - Outdoor performance by Coastanoan Humaya
Dancers
Location: Grass by P.E. Building
1:45 pm - Performance by Michelle Olson(choreographed with Muriel Miguel),
Location: Dance Studio Theatre, P.E. 102
2:30 - 4:15 pm Roundtable #3:
Prayer/Dance as Document
Location: International Lounge, UCR Commons
This panel will address the continuing, empowering practice
of Native American dancing despite centuries of religious,
military, and legal suppression, and explore this continuing
dance practice itself as "document" of this history and this
creative, vibrant resiliency.
Jacqueline Shea Murphy, Chair: Andrew Brother Elk, Tara Browner, Anita Gonzalez, Tanya Lukin-Linklater, Joel Martin, Marrie Mumford, Karen Pheasant, Anna Scott.
7:30 p.m. STAGE DANCE SHOWCASE
Location: Sherman Indian High School Theatre, 9010 Magnolia Ave, in Riverside
Performances by: The Sherman Apache Dancers, Rulan Tangen, Gerardo Tristan Alvarado, Geraldine Manossa.
DAYSTAR/Rosalie Jones
Earth Dance Theater (with Lyle Kochamp, Anthony Ch-Wl-Tas Collins, Quetzal Guerrero, and Alejandro Meraz)
American Indian Dance Theatre - Marla Bingham, Alejandro Ronceria, Dartanion Reed and Tobin Eason, choreographed by Belinda James, Santee Smith, John Jaramillo and Sandra Hughes, Raoul Trujillo.
May 7 Friday
9:00 - 1100 a.m. Roundtable #4: Process and Production
Location: International Lounge, UCR Commons
This panel will provide a chance to discuss the stage dance
showcase from Thursday night, and to address questions raised
by production and performance of American Indian/Aboriginal
dance, particularly in academic settings, more generally.
Wendy Rogers, Chair: Thomas DeFrantz, Hanay Geigomah, Michael Greyeyes, Alejandro Ronceria, Santee Smith, Rulan Tangen, Raoul Trujillo
11:00 - 11:30 - Closing
For more information please see:
http://IdeasAndSociety.ucr.edu/redrhythms/
Fwd: Red Rhythms: Contemporary Methodologies in America
(310) 206-7511
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/indi
Native Unity - A place for Native American Peoples to solidify their tribes to make a positive impact on the cultural, social, economic and political fabric of American society and a place for non-Natives to better understand the ways of the American Indian.
STOP SLAUGHTER OF YELLOWSTONE BUFFALO
Buffalo Field Campaign
www.wildrockies.org/buffalo
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