PERFORMANCE: KAPEMNI – DANCE 2023

South High School Performance – January 26, 2023

Native Skywatchers-Kapemni Dance Performance – is a celestial performance design that supports high school dance students at South High School to lead narrative change through movement, visuals, and audio in a multi-dimensional, experiential, live production. Premieres Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, 7 pm cst. Led by Annette S. Lee and Nancy Nair.

ANNETTE S. LEE & NANCY NAIR, GRACE GNRONFOUN, KSINYA DANIELS, JAVIER HEISLER-RAMIREZ, TARYN PRESTON, NANA BANGOURA, JADE MASIEE-ALBERS, SUZETTE GILREATH, EDWARD LEE, RAMONA KITTO STATELY, SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL, MINI SOTA MAKOCE (MINNESOTA), U.S.

TARYN PRESTON:

“There was so much human spirit in the room that it was palpable and electrifying. In the midst of all the brokenness and chaos in the world today, this was the pure magic of our humanity … captured in movement.“

KSINYA DANIELS, NANA BANGOURA, JADE MASIEE-ALBERS:

^{Performed by: NANA BANGOURA & JADE MASIEE-ALBERS, South High School Students, ©2023, All Rights Reserved}

“The performance reminded me of what it means to be human in the most profoundly positive way. Pure creative spirit.”

GRACE GNRONFOUN:

JAVIER HEISLER-RAMIREZ:

Native Skywatchers – Kapemni Dance – What is it?

A storytelling motion media dance performance featuring D(L)akota and Ojibwe Indigenous Astronomy in connection with the D(L)akota teaching Kapemni which translates ‘As it is above; it is Below’ (Ref. Albert Whitehat Sr). Immersive, experiential, interactive animation projection art along with sky and earth soundscapes tells the story through movement that ‘We come from the stars’ and ‘Kapemni -As it is Above; It is Below’. Also translated Waŋkátaŋhaŋ (As Above) Khútanhan (is Below).

A unique Native Skywatchers project supporting collaborative work between, Artist/Astronomer/Indigenous Knowledge holder Annette S. Lee, South High School Dance Instructor Nancy Nair, and the South High School Dance Students.