Lakota Sioux Indian Dance Theatre comes to campus Nov. 11
Released: November 7, 2006
The Lakota Sioux Indian Dance Theatre will bring its spectacular imagery to the Young Auditorium at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11. This three-part work celebrates the culture of the Lakota people through live accompaniment of traditional, sacred and courting songs.
This performance is supported in part by a $11,931 grant awarded to the Young Auditorium from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts' American Masterpieces Program. American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius is a major initiative to acquaint Americans with the best of their cultural and artistic legacy. Through American Masterpieces, the National Endowment for the Arts sponsors performances, exhibitions, tours and educational programs across all art forms that reach large and small communities in all 50 states. The performance also received support from the local business sponsor, North American Students Cooperation (NASCO).
Preceding the performance Henry Smith, artistic director, and Sheila Feay-Shaw, assistant professor, will be speaking as part of the "Sound Bites" lecture series in the Fern Young Terrace. The "Sound Bites" program allows patrons to learn in depth from scholars and performing artists. The discussion begins one-hour before the performance and is complimentary.
Feay-Shaw will also be visiting Theodore Robinson Elementary in Evansville, St. Joseph School in Fort Atkinson, Rockwell Elementary in Fort Atkinson and Central Denison Elementary in Lake Geneva to present a workshop to share important aspects of Lakota Sioux culture such as dancing, storytelling and beadwork with students. The workshop is intended to supplement the Horizons School Matinee Series performances that third through 12th grade students will attend on Friday, Nov. 10 at 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
On the evening of Friday, Nov. 10, the dance company members will host an informal dialogue and social gathering with University of Wisconsin-Whitewater's Native American Cultural Awareness Association (NACAA). NACAA is responsible for creating awareness and acknowledgement of the presence of Native American/Aboriginal student and indigenous cultures on the UW-Whitewater campus and the surrounding communities.
Tickets for the Saturday performance can be purchased by calling the UW-Whitewater ticket office at (262) 472-2222, or online at www.uww.edu/youngauditorium. Schools who wish to receive information about the Horizons Matinee Series performance should contact Coordinator of Education and Outreach Shannon Dozoryst at (262) 472-1432.- Amanda Otto,ottoae31@uww.edu
