NY's noted Native American dance company, founded in 1963, is entering its 50th year, and the troupe is presenting its 38th annual Dance Concert and Powwow. The troupe's appearances benefit college funds for needy Native American students.
There will be dances, stories and traditional music from the Iroquois and Native Peoples of the Northwest Coast, the Southwest, the Plains, and the Arctic regions. Between 15
and 20 dancers will assemble for the event.
Highlights will include Storytelling by Matoka Eagle (Santo Domingo, Tewa), a Hoop Dance by Michael Taylor (Choctaw), a Caribou Dance (from the Inuit people of Alaska), a Buffalo Dance (from the Hopi people), a Grass Dance and Jingle Dress Dance (from the Northern Plains people), a Stomp Dance (from the Southeastern tribes), and a Shawl Dance (from the Oklahoma tribes). In the final section of the program, the audience will be invited to join in the Round Dance, a friendship dance.
Afterward, the cast will remain in the theater to personally meet the children attending and be photographed with them.
New York City, NY; NYC