Roundtable on Indigenous Culture and Contemporary Performance Held 5/30

Spiderwoman Theater and Loose Change Productions invite you to: Indigenous Culture and Contemporary Performance: A round table discussion moderated by Louis Mofsie, Director of the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers.

Participants include Diane Fraher of AMERINDA; Danielle Soames of Mixed Phoenix Theatre; Joe Cross of Leaf Arrow Theater; Muriel Miguel, Lisa Mayo, and Gloria Miguel, founding members of Spiderwoman Theater.

Native artists in theater, art and film are doing riveting, cutting-edge work - much still, surprisingly, operating under the radar. This eye-opening panel will introduce the audience to some of the most interesting practitioners in this community - and will include a heartfelt discussion about challenges faced: how does Native theater cope with stereotypes and clichés that still exist, surprisingly, even in this supposedly "aware" post-Colonial world. (Neil TK's film "Reel Injun" at MoMA in June will explore the question of clichés in the world of cinema.)

WHEN:
Sunday, May 30, 2010, 4:30-6:00pm
Immediately following the 2:30 performance of Spiderwoman Theater's "Red Mother"

WHERE:
La Mama E.T.C.
First Floor Theatre
74A East 4th Street, NYC

Admission is free and light refreshments will be served.

"Red Mother" runs May 27 through June 6, 2010.

For more info on "Red Mother," please see:
http://lamama.org/archives/2010/RedMother.html

To buy tickets, please see:
https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/733085