Panel: Native Artists in the Performing Arts
Featured Artists AH
Amrita Hepi is an award winning first nations choreographer and dancer from Bundjulung (Aus) and Ngapuhi (NZ) territories. Her mission as an artist is to push the barriers of intersectionality and make work that garners multiple access points through allegories. An artist with a broad...
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Christopher K. Morgan is Executive Artistic Director of Dance Place in Washington, D.C., where he curates 40 weekends of performances annually, oversees a school for youth and adults, and continues Dance Place’s role in creative placemaking. Morgan’s leadership is deeply connected...
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David Williams is a descendant of the Wakka Wakka people. His skills as a didgeridoo player have taken him around Australia and internationally to Beijing, Shanghai, New Zealand and San Francisco. Through his didgeridoo performances and traditional style paintings, he aims to further...
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TY DEFOE (Giizhig) is from the Oneida and Ojibwe Nations. He is an interdisciplinary-hyphenated artist, writer, and shape-shifter. As a two-spirit person, Ty aspires to an integral approach to artistic projects, social justice, indigeneity, and environmentalism. Ty’s frequents his...
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