Indigenous Enterprise

courtesy of Indigenous Enterprise

Grant Recipient

courtesy of Indigenous Enterprise

Location

Gilbert, AZ

Digital Presence

Artist Website

Project Title

Indigenous Liberation

Fiscal Year Awarded

2022

Grant or Program

National Dance Project Production Grant

Grant Amount

$56,500

In partnership with the Joyce Theater in New York City, Indigenous Enterprise presents INDIGENOUS LIBERATION, an intertribal multimedia dance showcase featuring songs and dances from all over Turtle Island. Led by champion Fancy Dancer Kenneth Shirley (NBC's World of Dance), this new work will highlight traditional pow wow categories such as Fancy War Dance (Ponca), Jingle Dress (Ojibwa), Hoop (Taos Pueblo), Chicken (Blackfoot), Northern Traditional (Lakota), Fancy Shawl (Ponca), and Grass Dance (Omaha). Indigenous Liberation will share the healing spirit each song and dance holds and will invite people to see and understand Native people in ways they haven't before.

Indigenous Enterprise is located on the land of the Navajo Nation.

Estimated Artist Fee: $8,500/performance or $38,000/week long residency

This project has also received the following funding from NEFA:

Artists' Work

On a street, a dancer, in traditional Indigenous performance garb, jumps.

Outside the Sydney Opera House, a crowd watches four dancers do flips.

photo by Daniel Boud

On a city street, three dancers, in traditional Indigenous garb, lean and hold their arms out in motion.

Interested in presenting this work?

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Step 1: Contact the Tour Coordinator

Contact the tour coordinator listed below for information on this project’s tour dates, and to discuss joining a project’s NDP tour and receiving a Presentation Grant.

Kenneth Shirley, CEO
Indigenous Enterprise
Tel. (480) 594-665