Rulan Tangen is 54 years old and was born on 01/05/1967. be doing. A lot of people coming forward to say, How can I help?. Rulan Tangen. On parts of them she did a light Rulan: When something in the arroyo falls lets say Im eating something and a crumb falls still doing that. Life is about striving for balance with each step we take which makes us kinetic by nature, where everything changes with each breath we take.. Well, for a long time there wasnt an admin; until the last few years there really Thats something Im All of these existential questions that probably every arts leader finds themselves Indigenous contemporary dance is our way to connect, heal, learn, discuss, grow and engage, and to create and redistribute power in the wake of a devastating history. That said [laughing], Im already Theyre dried down to their essence. As a performer and choreographer, she has worked in ballet, modern dance, circus, TV, film, theater, opera and Native contemporary productions in the USA, Canada, France, Norway, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. 5 so happy about. Local Restaurants. get paid the same rate, whether thats the director, the grant writer, the dancer.. New Mexico An Interview with Rulan Tangen - Dancing Earth Creations This is just one of the 14 segments that make up our . thats coming forward to say, Dance is still important, Dancing Earth is still important, now, really starting to shift to reflect that community thats really actually global Rulan Tangen is an internationally recognized trailblazer in the contemporary dance world and the founder of Santa Fe, New Mexico-based Dancing Earth: Indigenous Contemporary Dance Creations.. William "Bill" Evans. Indigenous Contemporary Dance with Rulan Tangen DANCING EARTH ; INDIGENOUS CONTEMPRARY DANCE (2.5 hrs) INFLUENCES, CONTEXT, CONTINUUM AND CREATIVITY Session will begin with Interactive Lecture of Historical Influences on Dancing Earth's vision for Indigenous Contemporary Dance, with video clips, images, and movement Egos. and dancer when in 2004 she survived a bout with Stage 4 cancer. and those of the artists with whom she co-creates. we had been doing meant that there were a lot of groups that were reaching out to To live is to dance ; to dance is to live .. View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro, First Nation and indigenous people's Actors/Actresses. So many folks came forward: Lift up, prop it back up, heres what you should people, to be able to get a performance, isnt normal for people who are immune-compromised classes online. to what that is because like I said I want it to evolve from our time together. Classic - larry price photogra. In the arroyo you also see bones either propelled by the artist or demonstrated by artists? So who better from all the work that weve done for 17 years. We are reclaiming spaces beyond what we could have imagined." particularly in Indigenous communities. Rulan Tangen is seen in a post on social media advertising a recent virtual class titled "Movement As Medicine: Walking In Balance." The bulk of this letter is intentionally misleading. Rulan Tangen is an internationally accomplished dance artist, choreographer, and director with over three decades of experience in multiple movement genres. the people Ill say, I have; Ive been always putting them in front. Rulan Tangens life of constant movement began with birth in Oxford, England, to an American citizen expat mother who was protesting involvement in the Vietnam war. The photographer's over-2,000 published portraits of Native Americans, representing more than 80 tribes, or what Curtis called the "vanishing race," and constituting his iconic magnum opus The North American Indian, have, over the past century, shaped American perspectives on First Nations peoples. necessarily what it would be. Using those as templates. Dancing Earth is a grassroots and project-based organization, who collaborates with a convergence of artists, farmers, cultural advocates, and activists across the Nation and Internationally. strategic plan and a little organizational mapping, because the priority for me is 1 She has recruited and nurtured a new generation of Indigenous contemporary dancers and holds the belief that "to dance is to live, to live is to dance". and other Native languages whenever possible. the art-making and the artists . 3) To provide any requested documentation or alternative documentation such as: Backgrounds of leadership and of artists, letter of support from specific Native community or advisors Whats normal in the arts field, particularly for people of If someone request programming. ASU Campus Map. I looked at them, and I was like, You know, this was something live The views and opinions expressed by speakers and presenters in connection with Art She is the Founding Artistic Director and Choreographer of Dancing Earth, noted in Dance Magazine as "One of the Top 25 To Watch", and winner of the National Dance Project Production and Touring Grant, as well as the National Museum of American Indian's Expressive Arts award. people might find it to be poetic or metaphor, but I actually found it to be very There was a shell. From that My sense of cultural inclusion (as a diasporic mixed woman of color in America) is through personal and extended familial connections. process. In that reflection time I think youll be hearing from a lot of artists, especially strives to serve as functional ritual for transformation and healing, integrating Publicity Listings of being busy! But I think I find it very difficult to say no when people are reaching In 2018, birth certificates from Rulans patriarchal line confirmed a conflict with the surname spelling, with Burdo and Bordeau instead coming from Irish sources. Pier Carlo: When did you make this commitment to pay equity? Over 20 years he developed scores of new works for the theater View Rulan Tangen's record in Santa Fe, NM including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. Artist portrait Daniel Quat Photography for Dancing Earth. Rulan's work values movement as integral as functional ritual for transformation , and as expression of energetic connection with all forms of life on earth. Her contemporary dance practice The funders were given new of documentation that directly conflicted with the previous understanding of Rulan, and Burdeau and Mumford, of Rulans heritage. Her approach is: 1) To contact the funding agencies directly and ask for details of their definition of cultural eligibility (these might include: Enrolled/not enrolled, US States both mainland and island, US territories beyond US continental borders, Canada, Americas, mixed heritage, people living on original homelands, global Indigenous peoples), to understand if any or all of the below criteria would allow Rulan or Dancing Earth to be considered. Winston-Salem, NC Through her Dancing Earth company, Tangen collaborates with tribal leaders and dancers across the Four Corners region. carriers, lectures by native elders who have been the founders of the native contemporary opportunities to create, like I said, that dandelion to make creative pathways, In Fall 2009, Rulan's choreography was appointed as Visiting Distinguished Scholar at Washington University. Tangen is a director and choreographer at San Francisco-based Dancing Earth, which can be described as an "inspirational array of Indigenous contemporary dance artists who work as a collaborative ensemble to embody the unique essence of indigenous identity and perspective by creation and renewal of artistic and cultural rituals." Rulan: Yes, for sure. In fact, the research at the time didnt even indicate that Zoom was With a vision for inclusion, she cultivates a new generation ofculturaldancers, through creative practices that explore collaboration as an expression of functional diversity. Dancing Earth serves Indigenous communities by co-creating dance productions of environmental, social or cultural themes, and under the guidance of Native and Indigenous elders. out for dance or movement because I feel like thats really what can make us fully Im holding in my hand is not inanimate. Dancing Earth is distinctive in its financial structure as it operates from a place of equity. Rulans positioning in the arts world is to provide creative-cultural-contemporary experiences for Native youth, and to make opportunities for Indigenous dancers (and all aspects of production) through paid professional activities such as workshops, touring and performance making. Did you seek and accept help [during the pandemic] in a way you hadnt before? Food Trucks During Lunch. Rulans financial contribution supported the needs of families involved in Standing Rock. Rulan's work values movement as an expression of indigenous worldview, including the honoring of matriarchal leadership, dance as functional ritual for transformation and healing, the process of decolonizing the body, and the animistic energetic connection with all forms of life on earth. Explore books by Rulan Tangen with our selection at Waterstones.com. Rulan Tangen of Dancing Earth explores her personal path to embrace and embody heritage of humanity in her dance , dedicating her work to nurturing creativity , communities and cultures through her artistic practice. perhaps years but certainly in the last few months, where they started to take on Rulan Tangen: Thank you so much, Pier Carlo, for asking me this. So were These eight different directions or mini-seasons that came to me: The first one would So March 6th is when were starting to try to figure projects. essentially glued back together, with gold. Restart are their own, and not an endorsement by the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for With Rulans support in project conceptualization for proposals, the company continues to offer dignified arts work with ongoing applications for foundation, grant, and fundraising support to supplement earned income. The common business knowledge that I was actually given felt that reciprocity. Of heritage including Kampampangan/Pangasinan of Luzon Island Philippines, and Norsk/Eire Europe, she has recruited and nurtured new generations of innovative cultural dancers and holds the belief that"to dance is to live, to live is to dance. After the audience arrived to watch the show at Wise Fool, the first action of the work was a Tewa ritual to transform and Indigenize the space. dancers is centered on her intention to visibilize and strengthen vibrant, diverse, contemporary Native and Indigenous peoples, to facilitate creative opportunities for them and for the land, and to support and strengthen Native and Indigenous communities. FamousFix profile for Rulan Tangen including biography information, wikipedia facts, photos, galleries, news, youtube videos, quotes, posters . Over 20 years ago Rulan met George Burdeau (Blackfeet); George's last name -- Burdeau 2006: Apocalypto Choreographer: Acting. Jan Erkert. This making of relatives ceremony culminating in Rulans name-giving, application of symbolic paint, ritual preparation and eating of wasna, and acknowledgement through dance entry into the wacipi (powwow dance circle), as well as becoming a reciprocal member of Geraldines Lakota family, as witnessed by the community. was right before Dancing Earth was founded, which was with my battle with cancer. The right of each cultural community to self-determine kinship terms, self-determinations that are diverse and can change over time, and that this is not appropriate for external monitoring. Dancing Earth explores and links themes of ecological and social health and wellness, Rulan Tangen is a lifelong dance artist living in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. at least in this country to a semblance of normalcy? theyd been before, finding evermore inventive ways to engage with their audiences and antlers. She has also been formally (ceremonially), and informally, adopted or claimed by specific Native families within North America. What is normal for 2018: Woman Walks Ahead as Susan McLaughlin: Clear; All . FESTIVAL San Francisco The Mission Jen Chien She has been a contributor to All Things Considered, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, BBC/PRI's The World, Making Contact, SF Public Press, East Bay Express, New America Media, and KPFA in Berkeley, where she took part in the First Voice . trying again. I dont want to name it yet because I want to let it become what it wants to become. Rulan Tangen. Tangen is the founding artistic director of Dancing Earth, a dance company " respectfully based in Ogaa Po Ogeh occupied Tewa territory known as Santa Fe, NM and Yelamu occupied Ohlone. author. leaders making creativity for themselves but also for others. Were 10. 12. How that plays out now, even though there is some DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global-indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness. period of time where there was a lot going on that was invisible to the eye, whether Everything I chose on stage was with the incredible multi-artist playwrights who are also currently producing and writing TVs most exciting shows. Rulan: Yes. new business, which doesnt sound so new now but I didnt know anything about doing Through third party media or in descriptive writing, the term Indigenous or Native have been used interchangeably, this clarifies the preferred term and intention. Pier Carlo: Where were you? With these community kinship ties, I and others have inaccurately associated my identity as North American Native. After its founding in 2004, the Dancing Earth company worked for six years on a shoestring budget from basic earned income, then with project-based support including: During times when theres been a lack of grant and income, Dancing Earth has been powered by in-kind support from a loving community. Ive facilitated as the Artistic Director for Dancing Earth, a lot of it is community-sourced, The third choreographer, Rulan Tangen, also uses dance as a platform to raise awareness about disposability. 868 Followers, 538 Following, 206 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Rulan Tangen (@rulantangen) The care, leadership, embodiment, and connectivity is what makes up the identity of Dancing Earth and these are deeply rooted in relationship-building. Rulan has maintained long ties to Canada (cited as birthplace of her paternal grandmother), and is where she continues to facilitate collaborative projects as a choreographer. Im saying that as were just at the verge of returning to some of our programs. Here are protocols used by Dancing Earth and Rulan when considering applying for any funding opportunities. founding artistic director. It becomes this weird goop, and then it becomes a butterfly, is very like you just have a little slice of it. Given that issues of kinship are complex and different with each First Nation, the response to challenges of identity are best addressed by not investing energy in that direction but rather by making a clear choice not to respond to critique, and instead continuing to show with ones life actions and how one is part of community. This Lakota ancient ceremony means that Rulan carries the honor and responsibility to be recognized as a Hunka Lakota relative to Geraldines family, with the understanding that this does not confer membership status in the Lakota Nation. Rulan: Thats still emergent, yeah. Later, in Canada, Rulan met others who carried relationship to the Burdeau name, such as Olivia Tailfeathers, who also cited oral networks connecting the Burdeau family to extended families of Blackfoot, Blood, and Kainai, and who encouraged Rulan to own her name and be proud of this lineage. gosh, I think artists can be weed sometimes. if you dont tour, you dont have expenses and so you just let the dancers go; theyll Popular; Now Playing; Upcoming; Top Rated; TV Shows. life into creating this work. During the decade she was there, she found an . There was certainly a difference, a difference that I had Devoted towards developing the innovative field of global Indigenous contemporary dance, Rulan has taught extensively in Native communities throughout the hemisphere, including youth and community projects under the auspices of the Native Wellness Institute and the National Dance Institute. In this interview with Pier Carlo Talenti, Rulan describes how she and her company I think that thats a certain type of equity and justice that I havent been able that comes from creativity, that creativity requires. That didnt seem right to me. Rulan's decades of credit as a dance artist include ballet and modern dance companies in New York (Michael Mao Dance, Peridance, New York Grand Opera), Vancouver (Karen Jamieson Dance), Santa Fe (Moving People, Dancing One Soul) and California (Marin Ballet and Redwood Empire Ballet), and appearances with the One Railroad Circus, as well as extensive yoga training, and powwow trail experiences as a Northern Plains Traditional Women's dancer as learned through adopted family. Act One begins with the dancers as constellations, pulsating out of and contracting back into . being an older artist, to be able to take relationships and opportunities to create, FULL STATEMENT. reservations, and to date the company has included artists from 28 First Nations as RULAN TANGEN IS the founder, lead choreographer, and creative director of Dancing Earth, a contemporary indigenous dance-theater company. For Native Americans, Health Care Is A Long, Hard Road Away - April 13, 2016; Family, friends hold vigil for Navajo woman killed by police - April 4, 2016; . life quickly, and theyre very resilient. Principle participants were Native community members from the rural Four Corners region. harrowing experience, she shifted her goals and committed herself to getting a brand-new She is the Founding Artistic Director and Choreographer of DANCING EARTH, noted in Dance Magazine as "One of the Top 25 To Watch," and winner of the National Dance Project Production and Touring Grant, as well as the National Museum of American Indian's Expressive Arts award. we were, were planting all the seeds. my arms right now, theyre making this twisted shape, and if I was to pantomime branch A dreamvisioner and creatrix, her work values movement as an expression of plurality ofancestral and futuristicworldviews, interpreted through dance as functional ritual for transformation and healing, and the energetic connection with all forms of lifeon earth. OK, what worked, what didnt work? As Founding Artistic Director/Choreographer of DANCING EARTH, she has passionately cultivated successive generations of Indigenous contemporary performing artists, and bodies Her belief in dance as purposeful center of continuance of life. common mundane part of this story is that we all were completely out of work, I think Because oftentimes what was presented to me as a really effective business model Her own heritage is mixed, including . at a time here and there, but we didnt have a team or a system because I was centering I also am very clear that no matter what we envision or discuss or plan with a little implodes and collapses. led to the founding of Dancing Earth in 2004. if I looked at it, it was a pyramid structure where the people on the bottom were Weve received generous support from farmers offering locally grown produce, kind neighbors offering spare beds, studio space discounts, and other services. The company allowed me to not just amplify my voice and of others in the company, but it has amplified the voices of all our communities during this time. Emerging from the because we had been doing a lot just flying by the seat of our pants, make it happen. I felt like I had fallen down and so many folks came out towards me and they were Rulan Tangen choreographed the piece, performed by Anne Pesata, which is inspired by Pesata's lived experiences as a Jicarilla Apache woman and fifth generation basket weaver. Class Registration Forms. things out. 13. Comment Share. dance movement, really, in an effort to just not only give a little funding to keep like rocks.. After seeing how much the children in it looked up to Rulan, Geraldine requested tribal elder Garfield and wife Bertha Grassrope as well as Floyd Hand, to give the Lakota ceremony through which two persons adopt the Hunka social change. Artistic Director Rulan Tangen is an Indigenous Rulan Tangen's dance journey centers around the founding of DANCING EARTH CREATIONS (DE) in 2004. In 2019, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Leadership funding allowed Dancing Earth to retain a part time management cohort (still paid at same rate as artists), and to secure and expand multi-disciplinary cultural arts education and training programs. We have a full Biography, Photos, Theatre Credits, and more! 1533 South Main St. perhaps with video performance or maybe they already had those skills, they had different coating of gold, and I actually am thinking about . We encourage you to enable Javascript to enhance your enjoyment of our website. salon/playwriting group, the Writers Workshop, counts among its alumni/ae extraordinary I think theres a metaphor in there about continuance. If you see any errors, please contact us.contact us. part-time staffing, is that Ive really put my feet on the ground and said, We all Photo by Kate Russell . Against a Feathered Headdress: A Tale of Two Performance Festivals and Native American Voices, Creative Brand and Web Development: Tsang Seymour. It's expecting a mostly non-Native audience to be paralyzed by the mysterious rules of Native American spirituality and kinship customs. So the are constantly being creative in challenging and changing circumstances. Class Descriptions. Rulan: Yeah, so I was feeling a lot of that weird goop for a lot of the early part of this me, Oh well, thats how pollination happens. As that came through, I felt this pollination. darkness. by the some of the countrys most innovative theater artists, and his combination - IMDb Mini Biography By: at least in this country to a semblance of normalcy? concurrent universes of ancient futurities in the moment of now, expressing energetic see. So for Dancing Earth, I think that took the form of appearing inactive for a I get irritated by the wind, and then of course farmers tell not sure what I have to say, like continued transformations and collaborations that 8 4. Rulan Tangen is an internationally accomplished dance artist and choreographer. There are plants that have been given the name weeds, but they really can move into And That to remove kinship citations would be to devalue the cultural honor that was the ceremonial purpose of being named, or the kinship connection of being welcomed as family by community members. Yeah, from the beginning. Theyve now gained skills and confidence, But for me its about first just being fully human in our bodies. Some of their work includes Apocalypto. Rulan: Oh, from the beginning. relation building, rooted in inclusion of diverse cosmologies from her own experience I take that role to heart, Rulan Tangen is an internationally accomplished dance artist and choreographer. People would be like, Gosh, your version of being quiet is other peoples version In 2010, she was invited by Stanford University to lead an inter-departmental semester project titled "Race And Environment." Rulan comes from a strong dance lineage, starting as a teenager as a very rare dance student of color in the Marin Ballet. hive working together that both of those moments occurred during moments of health Ive been told so many times that we would have a more stable company if there was enough for this conversation, I think. relationship toward each other. I had to receive help and really the time to slow down from that and really get better situated and ground ourselves Adjudicators' Bio. After many years of teaching dance workshops to Native youth who live on reservations, forming DANCING EARTH has enabled Rulan to realize the heart of her work in a new way. with or without funding for years, their strategies are what other people are turning Some of the dancers had put three years of their seeds : ReGeneration built upon a four-year consultation process with Native leaders and direct involvement of community members, leading towards collaborative dance rituals respondent to community concerns through the embodiment of Native worldviews. When outside research into her genealogy in 2018 raised questions about having Mtis There are plants that have been given the name weeds, but they really can move into Her work explores movement as an evolving language of global Indigenous and inter-cultural can imagine your feet in a very fast staccato rhythm. Photo: Randi Lynn Beach. moving into flowering or the wind pushing pollination, I decided to invent a whole She is a recipient of the Costo Medal for Education, Research and Service by UC Riversides Chair of Native Affairs, and an honoree of the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation for their first dance Fellowship for Artistic Innovation. Rulans role in many of these endeavors has been as a creative conduit for Native and Indigenous diasporic community members, and as a bridge across divides bysupporting their desires to tell their stories. like I said, that dandelion, to make I keep using the word opportunity; Im kind during different seasons to the desert and the dried riverbed, which many look at Theres a beautiful Japanese This is reflective in how staff, tech, and artists are paid at equal rates. As Founding Artistic Director/Choreographer What lessons from that experience are you planning to continue now that were returning I want to learn and grow, which involves the pain of change but also trying, failing, I learned from the wind. Through its workshops and dances, that water shape. Rulan S Tangen are some of the alias or nicknames that Rulan has used. She is the Founding Artistic Director of Dancing Earth, which has been noted in Dance Magazine as "One of the Top 25 To Watch", and selected for the National Dance Project Production and Touring Award, as well as the National Theater Project Production and Touring award. lined up for touring, maybe the first year where wed had that much work in about Someone reminded me We can talk about whatever we want, but until were life quickly, and theyre very resilient. With an unsteady childhood, Rulan often found herself staying with maternal grandparents who originally came from Luzon Island of Philippines and made their home in San Francisco after World War II. The ReGeneration project began with recording a weekend spent at Ghost Ranch with the Grand Canyon Trust gathering of elders and activists working to conceive and develop Rulan's choreography . Rulan Tangen. Yes. I feel thats part of that shines on me; how can I get it to bounce on to others? Next to a rock youll often see a branch, and thats my next teacher, the fourth teacher. In Fall 2009, Rulan's choreography was appointed as Visiting Distinguished Scholar at Washington University. 35 Years in 2020; Contact; People; Opportunities; Fiscal Sponsorship; Accessibility; Critical Resources. I and others have inaccurately associated my identity as North American Native Earth distinctive... 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