stolen Tewa lands now known as Santa Fe, not quite in Santa Fe. Tangenwho identifies as mixed culturally, including Native, Polynesian, and European heritagesfounded and directs Dancing Earth: Indigenous Contemporary Dance . Someone reminded me gosh, I think artists can be weed sometimes. from all the work that weve done for 17 years. Rulans ancestral bloodlines include Kapampangan (aka Pampango and Pangasinan ethnolinguistic groups living in archipelago now known as the Philippines) on her maternal side, as well as Norsk (Norwegian), Irish, and French via Canada on her paternal side. She is a recipient of the Costo Medal for Education, Research and Service by UC Riversides Chair of Native Affairs, and an honoree of the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation for their first dance Fellowship for Artistic Innovation. Through her Dancing Earth company, Tangen collaborates with tribal leaders and dancers across the Four Corners region. was right before Dancing Earth was founded, which was with my battle with cancer. connection with all relations human and beyond. With a community relation letter from Marrie Mumford (Mtis), which highlighted Rulansservice, time, and community connection. We use cookies to provide you with a great experience and to help our website run effectively. afoot, that all of this decomposition time is leading to something different, and dance movement, really, in an effort to just not only give a little funding to keep Indigenous contemporary performing artists as cultural ambassadors and conduits for Class Descriptions. About. with or without funding for years, their strategies are what other people are turning founding artistic director. share with you, not necessarily what I learned but where I learned them from. their own sovereignty, doing things on their own. Theyre dried down to their essence. I dont know, I feel like it can also diminish the pain and Rulan Tangen is the Founding Artistic Director of DANCING EARTH. After the audience arrived to watch the show at Wise Fool, the first action of the work was a Tewa ritual to transform and Indigenize the space. It is my intention, and that of my mentors and chosen kin/adopted families, to generate good relations rather than provoke assumptions, triggers, or commit fraud. company, Dancing Earth Creations, off the ground, and 17 years later she remains its Even when they dry down, its still 1. and researched in the communities in which it works. putting in my 10th hour today because I do have a lot of energy. Food Trucks During Lunch. Rulan: Yup. Which brings me to my second teaching, which is about the dandelion. Rulan continues to fulfill Hunka ( meaning adopted) Grandma Geraldines cultural directives including to: Use her gifts to inspire subsequent generations with culture and creativity; Remember cultural histories, stories, lifeways and teachings as passed down by elders; Maintain principles embedded within a symbolic object she was gifted; and, Uphold Lakota As Founding Artistic Director/Choreographer have been in March. and Im going to actually bring this conversation to where I had to go. Unfortunately and this might 2006: Apocalypto Choreographer: Acting. enough for this conversation, I think. This making of relatives ceremony culminating in Rulans name-giving, application of symbolic paint, ritual preparation and eating of wasna, and acknowledgement through dance entry into the wacipi (powwow dance circle), as well as becoming a reciprocal member of Geraldines Lakota family, as witnessed by the community. lined up for touring, maybe the first year where wed had that much work in about in the room together, evolving what were going to be together, evolving what are Roots look like that, branches Rulan: Yeah, so I was feeling a lot of that weird goop for a lot of the early part of this Indigenous Contemporary Dance with Rulan Tangen DANCING EARTH ; INDIGENOUS CONTEMPRARY DANCE (2.5 hrs) INFLUENCES, CONTEXT, CONTINUUM AND CREATIVITY Session will begin with Interactive Lecture of Historical Influences on Dancing Earth's vision for Indigenous Contemporary Dance, with video clips, images, and movement Egos. Rulan's international dance career you could equate to a lining of gold that catches the light. with or without funding for years, their strategies are what other people are turning Im actually seeing that those small companies of hardy, resilient folks who managed I get irritated by the wind, and then of course farmers tell to. human that many folks have not been able to have access to. In 2004, after surviving a battle with cancer, dancer and choreographer Rulan Tangen started Dancing Earth Creations, a dance company committed to exploring indigenous rituals and movements that reflect contemporary native people. opportunities to create, like I said, that dandelion to make creative pathways, Dancing Earth is distinctive in its financial structure as it operates from a place of equity. comes to me with an opportunity, Ive always been like, Oh, can I try to bring others 3. Rulan Tangens life of constant movement began with birth in Oxford, England, to an American citizen expat mother who was protesting involvement in the Vietnam war. Explore books by Rulan Tangen with our selection at Waterstones.com. with you. I do not claim bloodline, enrolled membership, or citizenship to any North American tribal nations or First Nations. When a branch falls from a tree, the water has dried out and it takes this like Rulan Tangen's company, Dancing Earth, performed the culmination of a six-year project called SEEDS: RE GENERATION in Santa Fe this April. Rulan Tangen choreographed the piece, performed by Anne Pesata, which is inspired by Pesata's lived experiences as a Jicarilla Apache woman and fifth generation basket weaver. Artistic & Founding Director, Rulan Tangen Dancing Earth Creations To dance is to live To live is to dance Rulan Tangen TEDxABQ The Human Journey: Rulan Tangen of Dancing Earth By using this website, you agree to our use of cookies. She is the Founding Artistic Director and Choreographer of DANCING EARTH, noted in Dance Magazine as One of the Top 25 To Watch, and winner of the National Dance Project Production and Touring Grant, as well as the National Museum of American Indians Expressive Arts award. I feel thats part of It was March, Instead of dancers, I had bones and She has recruited and nurtured a new generation of Indigenous contemporary dancers and holds the belief that "to dance is to live, to live is to dance". Rulan: Yes. I certainly became one. Im actually seeing that those small companies of hardy, resilient folks who managed The footprints that wed left from all the work that After many years of teaching dance workshops to Native youth who live on reservations, forming DANCING EARTH has enabled Rulan to realize the heart of her work in a new way. She is the Founding Artistic Director and Choreographer of Dancing Earth, noted in Dance Magazine as "One of the Top 25 To Watch", and winner of the National Dance Project Production and Touring Grant, as well as the National Museum of American Indian's Expressive Arts award. I take that role to heart, Check out the latest pictures, photos and images of Rulan Tangen. opportunities coming from Dancing Earth. There was certainly a difference, a difference that I had Rulan: Yes, for sure. projects. When Rulan contacted Mr. Burdeau about this, he responded by affirming he sees Rulan as a relative not based on bloodline or documentation but out of respect for her, writing to her: Youre still my relative where it counts the most! Latest posts by 500 Nations . co-creators. In Fall 2009, Rulan's choreography was appointed as Visiting Distinguished Scholar at Washington University. [She laughs.] gosh, I think artists can be weed sometimes. In 2019, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Leadership funding allowed Dancing Earth to retain a part time management cohort (still paid at same rate as artists), and to secure and expand multi-disciplinary cultural arts education and training programs. 3) To provide any requested documentation or alternative documentation such as: Backgrounds of leadership and of artists, letter of support from specific Native community or advisors / These are designed to certify whether these opportunities are intended exclusively for Native American peoples, or are open more broadly. I looked at them, and I was like, You know, this was something live There was a shell. The first part that I learned was from the wind. 9. Class and Teachers' Information. There are plants that have been given the name weeds, but they really can move into Bio; Latest Posts; 500 Nations. Given that issues of kinship are complex and different with each First Nation, the response to challenges of identity are best addressed by not investing energy in that direction but rather by making a clear choice not to respond to critique, and instead continuing to show with ones life actions and how one is part of community. Then at a certain point lets call it the I was called to make with the bones did feel like that to me. also lead to other patterns that arent healthy. be doing. A lot of people coming forward to say, How can I help?. is very like you just have a little slice of it. And They dont need much to survive on. This is reflective in how staff, tech, and artists are paid at equal rates. People have always said, You know, if we just had a little bit more time to plan get paid the same rate, whether thats the director, the grant writer, the dancer.. I learned this accepting help, seeking help as being part of a reciprocal circle, So even though we werent actively producing programs, we were learning change in the world of dance? In the arroyo you also see bones These intentions are driven by her life experiences- not centered on her stories/personal narratives but commitments to the communities in which s she is deeply embedded. things out. With Rulans support in project conceptualization for proposals, the company continues to offer dignified arts work with ongoing applications for foundation, grant, and fundraising support to supplement earned income. 12 in an instant, Rulan and her collaborators learned to become even more limber than This has often led to community members reciprocating with attestations of cultural connections and relations. William "Bill" Evans. Rulan Tangen. Pier Carlo: Since were using the term weeds, the scrappy weeds are the ones that survive. I dont know, its a wonderful exercise, right? I found that to be quite inhumane. been my teachers, my teachers who are beyond human. people, to be able to get a performance, isnt normal for people who are immune-compromised at least in this country to a semblance of normalcy? That did come forward again in the winter of this year up until like, Keep this going! I honestly was like, Is dance still needed? lead me to maybe the eighth lesson except for me because as a founder you put in Rulan: When something in the arroyo falls lets say Im eating something and a crumb falls That might support the process together. These include: the Lakota name I was given, my sanctioned participation in powwows as a Northern Plains traditional dancer, the regalia gifted to me during Hunka ceremony, the language and songs I carry- all of which are part of my explicit responsibilities within those relations; as well as the designations of Mtis and Blackfeet/Kainai I used in ways I believed at the time to be appropriate. Dancing Earth is a mixed-heritage company that creates contemporary dance deeply rooted Im like, Hm, it got smooth from water over a long period of time, and even what Rulan Tangen's dance journey centers around the founding of DANCING EARTH CREATIONS (DE) in 2004. Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over 25. 7 Awards, Aboriginal Achievement Awards, Robert Mirabal's "Music from a Painted Cave" PBS television special and subsequent 80 city tour, and assistant to the Directors of 'Bones: Aboriginal Dance Opera'. This Lakota ancient ceremony means that Rulan carries the honor and responsibility to be recognized as a Hunka Lakota relative to Geraldines family, with the understanding that this does not confer membership status in the Lakota Nation. support, even for a moment, when they become even better leaders than they were before. It sounds like youve had to learn some important lessons about how you want to lead funding resources to support Native and Indigenous artists, culture carriers, and communities to compensate them for their creative time. Some Im saying that as were just at the verge of returning to some of our programs. Dancing Earth has thus inspired subsequent generations of cultural artists to expressecological themesin vital contemporary and experimental forms. So were life quickly, and theyre very resilient. Theres a constant cultivation of the light right now, and theyre still here. in? So theres a service thats there. Accompanists' Bio. I look at the smooth river rock, Act One begins with the dancers as constellations, pulsating out of and contracting back into . 12. 5. Pier Carlo: Let me ask you a very broad question, which is what would you like to see fundamentally For Native Americans, Health Care Is A Long, Hard Road Away - April 13, 2016; Family, friends hold vigil for Navajo woman killed by police - April 4, 2016; . getting paid the least and the people in the bottom were also the frontline workers, relation building, rooted in inclusion of diverse cosmologies from her own experience harrowing experience, she shifted her goals and committed herself to getting a brand-new Those bones Rulan Tangen: Thank you so much, Pier Carlo, for asking me this. Ohlone territory of Yelamu, now known as San Francisco; and in New Mexico, occupied, She is the Founding Artistic Director and Choreographer of Dancing Earth, noted in Dance Magazine as "One of the Top 25 To Watch", and winner of the National Dance Project Production and Touring Grant, as well as the National Museum of American Indian's Expressive Arts. that appropriation of Native identity has enacted - Rulan Tangen. wasnt that much admin support. trying again. Also in the dried riverbed that is now my big teacher youd see the footprints left As Rulan has consistently reached out to those who had adopted or claimed her, as well as to Native American/First Nations/global Indiegnous cultural mentors, elders, and associates for advice regarding matters, their advice consistently has covered these three main points: The work Rulan produces and co-creates with Dancing Earth -- or any Native association -- being listed alongside her name, Rulan contacted all funders, presenters, and educational invitations, including the funder, to address the concerns and invite dialogue about appropriate mutual action She is the director and choreographer of the internationally acclaimed Dancing Earth Indigenous Contemporary Dance Creations (www.dancingearth.org). Select from premium Rulan Tangen of the highest quality. Rulan Tangen. crises, one which was very personal for you and the other one being a pandemic. that water shape. they were beautiful as is, but this application of gold reminded me of the performance classes online. In this Episode we hear how Artist Rulan Tangen holds a deep and thorough understanding of dance as a cultural, artistic, educational and commercial medium that can renew culture, cross-pollinate other art forms, express diversity, inspire social, personal, environmental healing, strengthen communities, integrate language and can have a positive effect . FULL STATEMENT. DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global-indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness. We can talk about whatever we want, but until were OK, what worked, what didnt work? Popular; Airing Today; On TV; . strives to serve as functional ritual for transformation and healing, integrating With an unsteady childhood, Rulan often found herself staying with maternal grandparents who originally came from Luzon Island of Philippines and made their home in San Francisco after World War II. right? The funders were given new of documentation that directly conflicted with the previous understanding of Rulan, and Burdeau and Mumford, of Rulans heritage. 2. you are still important. And thats why Im still on this call, I guess, speaking Though Geraldine Ziegler has since passed, Rulan has continued to honor and acknowledge her Hunka Lakota family relations, and the Lakota lifeway teaching of Mitakuye Oyasin (we are all related). Her approach is: 1) To contact the funding agencies directly and ask for details of their definition of cultural eligibility (these might include: Enrolled/not enrolled, US States both mainland and island, US territories beyond US continental borders, Canada, Americas, mixed heritage, people living on original homelands, global Indigenous peoples), to understand if any or all of the below criteria would allow Rulan or Dancing Earth to be considered. playwrights who are also currently producing and writing TVs most exciting shows. 13. 868 Followers, 538 Following, 206 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Rulan Tangen (@rulantangen) Other family members and associates include Ha David, Anne Lei, Carolyn Fong, Mea Fong and Yannie Wong. 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