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American Indian Dance Theatre performs for Lincoln area students at Lied Center .
mernber several ]hundred songs arid , --- by }3randy Satchell. --.dance sequenceis. . . . . .. . . >The Americ,an Indian Dance ·. Oh Tuesday, October&, a group •··Theatre was formed in May of 1987. ·_· of 66 LHS students and staffjourIt was developed by Barb,ara. , < ·. rteyed downtown to the Lied Center Sqhwei,a cortce1rt and theater pro- _·. for the Performing Arts to see the duc~r. and Hanay Geiogamah a re, highly acclaimed American Indian nowned direc-te>r _-and•playwright · Dance Theatre present songs, · from the Kiowa amd Delaware tribes · •dances and music from the numer- •• of Oklahoma. T'he members of the · · _ous irtdigen.ou~ tribes loc,at~d all __ ·company. come from all -acrbss · across the United States and . North America and are selected Canada. . .. ·_ .• . _ _ . . · • .. - from the most prestigious Native · The students and staff were American dance cornpetitions and · _privy t'o stunning dJsplays of festivals. The troupe strives to cross · strength and grace, ranging from · tribal barriers to create a harmonienergetic and fast-pa<::ed grass ous collection. of dan<::ers. singers dance to t]Je intricate complexity of and musicians. · , · the hoop dance. _ Since each dance and song is ·_. __ · Dance and music have always very sacred to the tribes that prac. played an integral role in tlie lives ·· tice. them, rtew'dances are added to of .Native· ·Americans .. · Native the show only wrtth th~ permission·_ · peoples. With few exceptions, have -··from the trtba.l lieaders. Often it is . passed clown the histories of entire · · the tribal leadrers or• elders ·who tribal nations orally through stories, · teach the company the dance steps.·_. · songs and dance. Because very-•··..The darrce company gtves Nattve._,_..,._.,,,L,..,t-oy_.d.,.._ Y,..,et""'t'""ew_,.·•-· -,-b.,..ir..,.cl.--o~fthec~ree tribe from Alberta;. Cartada,-performs a grass little or nothing is written down,,.the Americans a chance to share their ..·.·..· dance. In th-isdanc:e,th~ pt!rformer tries to emulate the movement of grass in . performers in the company must re-.._·. heritage with thie entire world. · · ···· the wind. , •- · · ·-··• ..· · · · · · ··
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