Dancing in the Middle of Two Worlds

Natalie Benally, a dancer with the contemporary Indigenous company Dancing Earth, reflects on her desire to create narratives centered on the contemporary Native experience.

July 11, 2019  |  Read Article

Storytelling Between Worlds

Anne Pesata, a dancer with the contemporary Indigenous company Dancing Earth, discusses how storytelling is used to explore Native culture through dance.

July 8, 2019  |  Read Article

Actions and Iterations of An Indigenous Female-Led Future

BY JACQUELINE SHEA MURPHY This past July at the New Moon Ceremony in Berkeley, California – which was called for in the “Indigenous Women of the Americas Defending Mother Earth” treaty – treaty signer Pennie Opal Plant spoke of two things needed in this time of planetary crisis. We need […]

August 3, 2017  |  Read Article

Defining Indigenous Contemporary Dance, One Step at a Time

An Interview with Rulan Tangen BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Rulan Tangen is the artistic director and founder of Dancing Earth, an indigenous intertribal dance ensemble based out of New Mexico. Her work values movement as an expression of indigenous worldview, including the honoring of matriarchal leadership, dance as functional ritual for […]

May 22, 2017  |  Read Article