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e. The Centre for Indigenous Theatre is a non-profit theater educational institution located in Toronto, Ontario. It focuses on performance art from an Indigenous cultural foundation. [1][2] The goal of the Centre "is to develop and implement educational programs that promote and foster an understanding of Indigenous Theatre while providing the ...
Muriel Miguel. Muriel Miguel (born August 15, 1937) is a Native American director, choreographer, playwright, actor and educator. She is of Kuna and Rappahannock ancestry and was born and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. [1] In 1976, Miguel founded the Spiderwoman Theater with her sisters, Gloria Miguel and Lisa Mayo (born Elizabeth Miguel). [2]
Native American drama. Early Native American culture was rich with ceremonies, rituals and storytelling. [1] The stories that inspire Native American theatre have been around for hundreds of years, but did not gain formal recognition by colonial America. [1] This lack of recognition lasted until the 1930s when Lynn Riggs, a playwright of ...
The Australian bush dance, which draws on traditions from English, Irish, Scottish and other European dance styles, is also a common community activity. Favourite dances include the Irish Céilidh "Pride of Erin" and the quadrille "The Lancers". Locally originated dances include the "Waves of Bondi", the Melbourne Shuffle and New Vogue.
Santee Smith. Santee Smith Tekaronhiáhkhwa CM is a Canadian Mohawk multidisciplinary artist, dancer, designer, producer, and choreographer. [2][3][4] She has used her voice and research to create dance works representing Indigenous identities. [5][6] She is an advocate for Indigenous performances and is one of Canada's most dominating dance ...
Michael Leslie is an Indigenous Australian dancer and choreographer. Career and achievements. Leslie was part of a team which created the following organisations: the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts; the Black Swan Theatre Company; Marrugeku Physical Theatre; and the NAISDA dance college. He also created the Michael Leslie Pilbara ...
Carole Yvonne Johnson (born 1940) is an African American contemporary dancer and choreographer, known for her role in the establishment of the National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA), and as co-founder of Bangarra Dance Theatre in Australia. Early in her career she became a lead dancer in the Eleo Pomare Dance ...
Bangarra Dance Theatre. Bangarra Dance Theatre is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance company focused on contemporary dance. It was founded by African American dancer and choreographer Carole Y. Johnson, Gumbaynggirr man Rob Bryant, and South African-born Cheryl Stone. Stephen Page was artistic director from 1991 to 2021, with ...