MYTHIC DANCE CYCLES

Mythic Dance Cycles is a concert performance of variable length,
consisting of stories from the Native American oral tradition,
as it comes down to us through
tribal mythology and personal and written history.

Segments included are:
(Photo Credit: Murray Haynes, unless otherwise stated)



WOLF
A inter-tribal masked dance of transformation
Dancer: John Jaramillo (Isleta Pueblo)



THE WOMAN WHO FELL FROM THE SKY
A Six Nations story of creation and the birth of the Sacred Twins
Dancer: Daystar/Rosalie Jones
Photo Credit: Norm Regnier


THE TWINS
Continuing the Six Nations story, with the birth of the Sacred Twins
Dancers: John Jaramillo (Isleta) and Monte Deer (Creek)

THE CORN MOTHER A rendering from the Eastern Cherokee story of a mother's sacrifice Dancers: Monte Deer (Creek), Carlos Jones, Aileen Natalia (Inuit)

THE WILD BOY Continuing the Eastern Cherokee story Dancer: Monte Deer (Creek)

 

LA MALINCHE: THE WOMAN WITH THREE NAMES A Mayan woman is caught in the crossroads of time: the mistress of Cortez gives birth to a new world Dancer: Daystar/Rosalie Jones

 

THE LEGEND OF THE BLACK BUTTERFLY A woman of the Maidu finds and loses a glittering treasure in the Valley of the Butterflies Rebecca Silverman, Christopher Walker (SUNY College at Brockport - Dance Department, Jim Dusen, photo credit)

A NOTE ABOUT
DAYSTAR COMPANY PERFORMERS

Daystar Company members are truly "intertribal"; they hail from many tribes
across the United States and Canada - Blackfeet, Chippewa, Navaho, Pueblo, Creek, Mohawk, Apache, Lakota, and Metis, to name a few. They are dancers, actors, martial arts practitioners, artists, musicians and teachers.
Photographs of past and current performers
can be seen throughout this website. Each one of them has
contributed to the history of contemporary native dance in this country.

 

Daystar is currently teaching at:

Trent University
Indigenous Studies
Performance Studies
Peterborough, Ontario
Canada

Office:  705-748-1011 x7922

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For more information, contact Daystar at;

1473-6 Stowell Dr.
Rochester, NY 14616
Ph: 705-748-1011 x7922 / Fax: 585-865-0447

Email: rosaliejones@trentu.ca

 

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