2010
November 2010
Thursday 11 November 2010
Thu 11 Nov, 8 pm. 280 Broadway, 2nd Floor, New York, 10007. 212-625-8369. Dance New Amsterdam - [email][events]
November 11 - 14 Performance Times: Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8:00pm, Sunday at 3:00pm Ticket Prices: $17 general, $12 DNA members, $14 students/seniors Walking in Two World Premiere Choreographed by Tom Pearson Performed by Tom Pearson, Donna Ahmadi, and guest artists Costume Design by Tom Pearson in collaboration with Karen Young Walking in Two is a tale spun from the cultural bloodlines of “performing” Indians, from the time of Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Shows to the present moment. Implicated in this trajectory, choreographer Tom Pearson and performer Donna Ahmadi (both Cherokee), examine the construction of Native identity through performance (here within a series of neo-vaudevillian antics) and the assimilation/exclusion politics which seeks
Ceremony
Choreographed and Performed by Tom Pearson
Through a multi-layered solo journey, choreographer and performer Tom Pearson (Cherokee) maps out a hybrid-identity to reconcile notions of cultural heritage, loss, and reclamation, re-negotiating identity, context, and politics.
Scalp Lock
World Premiere
Choreographed by Donna Ahmadi
Performed by Ahmadi with a trio of dancers
Scalp Lock is a live, mixed-modality performance including contemporary dance, traditional Native American concepts, puppetry, and structured improvisation. The work initiates an exploration of lines of social, spiritual, ethnic, and environmental connection through the metaphor of the Native American braid. Scalp Lock was initiated from experience, remembrance and storytelling inspired by the life and teachings of Tarin Chaplin.