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American Indian Dance Theater

  • Sunday, 14 October 2007 00:00
  • Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 June 2009 13:35 )
  • Written by American Indian Dance Theater

Excerpts from
DANCES FROM A TRIBAL LIFE
The American Indian Dance Theatre

Excerpts from
DANCES FROM A TRIBAL LIFE
featuring THE FANCY SHAWL DANCE
The American Indian Dance Theatre

What's New in Summer 2008

New Production from American Indian Dance Theatre To Dramatize Environmental Crisis Threatening Earth

The American Indian Dance Theater announces plans to produce a new full-length dance drama, Ceremony for Mother Earth: A Healing. The production will dramatize in dance, music, storytelling and ceremonial performance one of the most compelling challenges facing the human race today: the impending destruction of the earth's environment by pollution, global warming, human failure and greed. Featuring 18 dance production numbers in two acts and eleven scenes, Ceremony for Mother Earth: A Healing will be performed by a company of 25 professional American Indian dancers, singers and musicians representing tribes from across Indian Country. American Indian Dance Theater will begin rehearsals for this exciting new spectacle in October, 2008, and present the premiere performances in early November. Rehearsals and the premiere performances will be at the New Los Angeles Theater Center, where the company is now one of six ethnic performing arts groups are in residence.

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Dances from a Tribal Life

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What's "News"

  • Wednesday, 09 May 2007 16:00
  • Last Updated ( Friday, 18 July 2008 09:17 )
  • Written by American Indian Dance Theater

The internationally-acclaimed American Indian Dance Theater has a new home and a new Website and e-mail address.

The 18-member dance company, now in its 21st year of performing and touring, has moved to the West Coast and is now in residence at the NEW Los Angeles Theater Center, in the heart of a revitalized downtown Los Angeles.

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L.A. Times Review

  • Saturday, 27 October 2007 04:00
  • Last Updated ( Friday, 18 July 2008 09:18 )
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Native American folklore, past and present American Indian Dance Theatre's performance incorporates elements of modern culture.

By Lewis Segal ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

Cast as a Native American shaman or seer, Doug Scholfield used the smoke from a clump of burning sage to consecrate the stage of the Tom Bradley Theatre on Thursday -- opening night not only of a four-performance engagement by American Indian Dance Theatre but also of the newly reconstituted and upgraded Los Angeles Theatre Center downtown.

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