2025 EVENTS
FEBRUARY 27 Stretch & Movement Class for Healthcare Workers Responder Respite Series virtual
FEBRUARY 23 WIND Multi-media Performance & Artist Talk The Auditorium at Woodneath Library Center Osage Nation homelands (aka Kansas City, MO, USA)
FEBRUARY 22 Native Community Performance Workshop Kansas City Indian Center Osage Nation homelands (aka Kansas City, MO, USA)
FEBRUARY 11 - canceled due to inclement weather Artist Talk & Storytelling at Kansas City Culture Night Osage Nation homelands (aka Kansas City, MO, USA)
OCTOBER 2024 - JUNE 2025 Resident Artist Houston MET Dance Akokisa Ishak homelands (aka Houston, TX)
OCTOBER 2024 - FEBRUARY 2025 WIND performance project This project is supported by a grant from the MAP Fund Virtually and in Osage Nation homelands (aka Kansas City, MO, USA)
JANUARY 31 & FEBRUARY 1 Dancer for Elisa Harkins Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago Traditional homelands of the Anishinaabe, also home to Myaamia, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Sac and Fox, Peoria, Kaskaskia, Wea, Kickapoo, and Mascouten nations (aka Chicago, IL, USA)
JANUARY 14 WIND Excerpt Performance First Nations Performing Arts/Performance Space New York Winter Party Performance Space New York LENAPEHOKING (aka NewYork, NY, USA)
2024 EVENTS
NOVEMBER 30 Body Paint Model ABC Body & Paint For the Culture Brewing Akokisa Ishak homelands (aka Houston,TX USA)
NOVEMBER 17 - 19 Native American Heritage Month Guest Artist Native American/Indigenous Student Alliance (NAISA) Duke University Eno, Tutelo, Saponi and Occaneechi homelands (aka Durham, NC USA)
OCTOBER 30 & 31 Guest Dancer with Pilot Dance Company Pre-Launch & Opening Day Performances Meow Wolf Houston Akokisa Ishak homelands (aka Houston,TX USA)
AUGUST 25 Dancer for Elisa Harkins Five Moons Dance Festival University of Oklahoma “Hasinais” Caddo Nation and “Kirikirʔi:s” Wichita & Affiliated Tribes homelands (aka Norman, OK, USA)
JULY 22 ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ HAWINADITLV (beneath) short film screening Camera Oscura at the VORTEX theatre Tonkawa homelands (aka Austin, TX, USA)
JULY 16 ARTS. WORK. LIFE. - A podcast from APAP Episode featuring Maura García, Azadi Amaan, Heidi Latsky, Chloë Zimberg Online
JUNE 3 Honey Body Workshop American Indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation territory (aka San Antonio, TX, USA)
MAY 24 DEMIL Art Fund Spring Cohort Amayetli (aka USA)
APRIL 20 - 21 Performance Presentation & Artistic Response Serpentine Whispers Research Residency Presented by Young Lungs Dance Exchange at Ace Art Inc. Treaty 1 territory (aka Winnipeg, MB. Canada)
APRIL 15 Movement Lab with Special Guest Maura García Serpentine Whispers Research Residency Drop-in Dance Winnipeg Treaty 1 territory (aka Winnipeg, MB. Canada)
APRIL 8 - 21 Serpentine Whispers Research Residency Young Lungs Dance Exchange Treaty 1 territory (aka Winnipeg, MB. Canada)
FEB Step This Way dance film release
JAN 26 “Hey Google!….2” Showcase Performance Club PuSh - Performance Works co-presented by Talking Stick Festival and the Frank Theatre Traditional territories of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh & Musqueam Nations (aka Vancouver, BC. Canada)
JAN 21 Kinship Working Group Panelist First Nations Performing Arts Convening Homelands of the Lenape & Matinecock peoples (aka NY, NY USA)
2023 EVENTS
NOV 25 Gogo Dance Performance Bonham Exchange Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan territory (aka San Antonio, TX. USA)
NOV 12 Lecture Demo with Maura García and Mark Gabriel Little Ackland Art Museum Occaneechi Saponi territory (aka Chapel Hill, NC. USA)
NOV 10 “Step This Way” premiere - MGL & Maura García Commissioned by the Ackland Art Museum At the pARC sculpture installation Occaneechi Saponi territory (aka Chapel Hill, NC. USA)
OCT 17 Youth cultural workshop Guilford Native American Association Revolution Mill Occaneechi Saponi territory (aka Greensboro, NC. USA)
SEPT 23 “A Woman Who Moves” dance film premiere for live musical performance by Madeline McNeill Spokane Arts Awards 2023 Gonzaga University Homelands of the Spokane people (aka Spokane, WA. USA)
AUG 20 ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ hawinaditlv (beneath) dance-film-in-progress screening Rhizomatica: Glitch in the Crossroads performance offering ᎡᎶᎯ ᏗᏝ (aka Earth)
MAR 25 - AUG 19 Residencias Rhizomaticas, Cycle #3 cohort member Virtual, ᎡᎶᎯ ᏗᏝ (aka Earth)
FEB 16 - AUG 20 Future Visioning Break - Bone Regrowth Homelands of the Tuscarora (aka eastern Raleigh, NC. USA)
FEB 4 Gogo Dance Performance Gay 90’s BDEÓTA OTHÚNWE (aka Minneapolis, MN. USA)
2022 EVENTS
DEC 11 “Australia” Shareback Event International Indigenous Cultural Exchange: Phase II Panoramic Dreams Recording Homelands of the Spokane people (aka Spokane, WA. USA)
DEC 2 MAV Ahead of the Curve Workshop Series Moss Studios NAARM (aka Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
NOV 25 MAV Ahead of the Curve Workshop Series Moss Studios NAARM (aka Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
NOV 18 MAV Ahead of the Curve Workshop Series Dancehouse NAARM (aka Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
NOV 14 - DEC 4 International Indigenous Cultural Exchange: Phase I NAARM (aka Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
FALL “Decolonizing The Conditional” featured essay Petit Mort Magazine, Volume 6 Fall/Winter 2022 Homelands of the Lenape & Matinecock peoples (aka NY, NY USA)
OCT 1, 21, 22, 28, 29 & NOV 4 Gogo Dance Performance The Globe Homelands of the Spokane people (aka Spokane, WA. USA)
OCT 7, 12, 16 Striptease Show Deja Vu Showgirls Homelands of the Spokane people (aka Spokane, WA. USA)
SEPT 28 Aniwisvsgo’i dance film screening SOVEREIGN BODIES GOING INTERSTELLAR: NAIC-NY Northeastern Native Arts Festival Rattlestick Playwrights Theater LENAPEKOHING (aka NY, NY. USA)
SEPT 14 -17 First Nations Performing Arts Gathering Homelands of the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin, Kalapuya and Molalla nations (aka Portland, OR, USA)
AUG 31 Land-based Movement Practices - a sharing of work from 3 Indigenous dance artists Western Arts Alliance Annual Conference Traditional Treaty 7 Territory (aka Calgary, AB, Canada)
AUG 30 Independent Showcase Western Arts Alliance Annual Conference Traditional Treaty 7 Territory (aka Calgary, AB, Canada)
AUG 19 - 21 Intimate Healing Sessions Private audiences Virtual, ᎡᎶᎯ ᏗᏝ (aka Earth)
JULY 29 Re-embodiment: Intercultural Indigenous Dance Showcase BANFF Centre for Arts and Creativity Traditional Treaty 7 Territory (aka Banff, AB, Canada)
JULY 10 - 30 Intercultural Indigenous Choreographer’s Creation Lab BANFF Centre for Arts and Creativity Traditional Treaty 7 Territory (aka Banff, AB, Canada)
JUNE 21 Live at the Beach! - dance & music follow-improv with musician composer Mark Gabriel Little IG live at 8:30pm EST
JUNE 10 Petit Mort Magazine Photo Shoot Highland Park Homelands of the Lenape & Matinecock peoples (aka Queens, NY USA)
JUNE 1 -5 Guest Dance & Cultural Presenter Kansas City Indian Center Summer Camp Homelands of the Osage people (aka Lee's Summit, MO USA)
MAY 23 Maura The Dancer performance Monday Mass House of Worship - Indigenous-owned CYBER SINFERNO Virtual Strip Club
MAY 18 Spirit Coalescent (multi-disciplinary ensemble production) Conservation Lands Foundation Friends Summit 2022 Homelands of the Pueblo of Sandia (aka Albuquerque, NM. USA)
MAY 14 Gogo Dance Performance The Globe Homelands of the Spokane people (aka Spokane, WA. USA)
SPRING “Freeing My Body” featured essay Dance Current Magazine - Volume 25, Issue 2. Spring 2022 Homelands of the Lenape & Matinecock peoples (aka NY, NY USA)
APRIL 8 - 9 Spirit Coalescent (multi-disciplinary ensemble production) Farmington Civic Center Homelands of the Diné people (aka Farmington, NM. USA)
MARCH 26 Burlesque Performance The Copper Lounge Homelands of the Pueblo peoples (aka Albuquerque, NM. USA)
FEBRUARY 13 - 20 Matriarch’s Uprising Festival Workshop, Discussion & Performances Traditional territories of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh & Musqueam Nations (aka Vancouver, BC. Canada)
FEBRUARY 6 - 10 Maura García Pre-Development Residency Site Visit Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography (MANCC) TALLAHASSEE (FL. USA)
JANUARY 31 - FEBRUARY 5 Maura García & Ahyoka Youngdeer Artists’ Residency Guest Lectures, Dance workshops, Meet & Greets, Q&A and “Ꮟ ᎠᏂᏬᏂ They Are Still Talking” Performance Presented by the Laura C. Harris Series at Denison University Homelands of the Shawnee people (aka Granville, OH. USA)
2021 EVENTS
DECEMBER 15 - 26 SEXY SOLSTICE DANCE Sensual Dance Video (limited time offer)
DECEMBER 6 Maura’s stripshow debut! Monday Mass House of Worship (Indigenous-owned) CYBER SINFERNO Virtual Strip Club
NOVEMBER 4 “Traditional Dancer” to Erotic Artist Erin Pompa interviews Maura García on the Dance Boss Podcast
OCTOBER 25 -31 Dance Film, Artist Talk & Panel Discussion PRELUDE 2021: Start Making Sense! (virtual)
LENAPEKOHING (aka New York, NY. USA)
OCTOBER 11 Official music video release of “Lorena" by BEVERLEE featuring Maura García TOVAANGAR (aka Los Angeles, CA. USA)
SEPTEMBER 17-19 Delegate at the First Nations Performing Arts convening Homelands of the Chinook, Clackamas, Cowlitz, Kalapuya, Kathlamet, Multnomah, Molalla, Tualatin and Wasco peoples (aka Portland, OR. USA)
SEPTEMBER 18 Cancelled due to Covid-19 precautions Dance film for Madeline McNeil live performance Spokane Arts Awards at the Lucky You Lounge
Homelands of the Spokane peoples (aka Spokane, WA. USA)
SEPTEMBER 10 - OCTOBER 7 DESIRE (18+ only, NSFW) Online show featuring erotic art videos starring and created by Maura Maura’s Erotic Gallery (virtual)
AUGUST 21 Music video shoot for “Lorena" by BEVERLEE TOVAANGAR (aka Los Angeles, CA. USA)
AUGUST 8 Spirit Coalescent work-in-progress performance Farmington Civic Center Homelands of the Diné people (aka Farmington, NM. USA)
AUGUST 1 - 9 Spirit Coalescent development residency Farmington Civic Center Homelands of the Diné people (aka Farmington, NM. USA)
JUNE 18 Dancing With Our Ancestors Featuring Christine Friday, Maura García & Rebecca Sadowski Talking Stick Festival 2021 (virtual) Traditional territories of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh & Musqueam Nations
APRIL 29 Native Artist Breakout Co-facilitator Native Residency Digital Gathering Dance Place (virtual)
APRIL 29 Maura García American Portrait Featured in the PBS World Dance Day Collection Amayetli
APRIL 28 IndigenousWays Wisdom Circle with Maura García Presented by IndigenousWays Virtual Events Navajo Nation
APRIL 24 Maura García's burlesque premiere! The B is Back show Presented by Lucy Furr Productions Tulsa Spotlight Theater Muscogee Creek Nation
APRIL 23 Speaking of Dance: Women Weaving Stories of Transformation Virtual Circle Conversation Presented by Matriarchs Uprising in partnership with DanceHouse and SFU Woodward Traditional territories of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh & Musqueam Nations
APRIL 15 Virtual Performance with Just Jamez & Tony Louie ”Wade in the Water" Evergreen Equity Symposium Evergreen State College Homelands of the Squaxin Island Tribe
MARCH 22 YouTube Premiere of “Horizons” music video
MARCH 20 World Premiere of “Horizons” music video “Freedom, We're On It" Livestream Event
MARCH 11 The State of Dance - A Panel Discussion (online) Making Moves Traditional territory of the Osage Nation
JANUARY 20 Premiere of “Rivers Run to the Sea” dance film OZCast Online Series CACHE (Creative Arkansas Community Hub & Exchange)
JANUARY 9 Maura Garcia Dance showcase APAP Interdisciplinary Dance Showcase Hosted by The Fourth Wall on youtube LENAPEKOHING (New York, NY USA)
JANUARY 8 Maura Garcia Dance showcase APAP 2021 AIP Indigenous Showcase Hosted by Four Mortals Productions online LENAPEKOHING (New York, NY USA)
2020 Events
DECEMBER 18 Screening of “In Tongue” Music Video Member’s Appreciation Virtual Gathering Bunnell Street Arts Center Homer, AK USA
DECEMBER 5 - 13 IndigenousGround Dance Training Cohort Leader (virtual) Raven Spirit Dance Vancouver, BC Canada
OCTOBER 7 Music Video with Just Jamez Funders for Adolescent Science Translation (FAST) Annual Conference Virtual, USA
OCTOBER 6 Dance Welcome Video Indigenous welcome conference opening Arts Midwest & Western Arts Alliance Joint Virtual Conference San Diego, CA USA
OCTOBER 3 - 25 TikTok Dance Video "Get Out the Vote" Native voter initiative Western Native Voice Idaho & Montana, USA
AUGUST 14
Downtown Variety
Presented by La Mama & CultureHub on LiveLab Virtual Platform
New York, NY USA
JULY 10
New Music Video
Indigenous Artist Collaboration
ON VIMEO
JUNE 26
Inspiration & Adaption online discussion
"Dancing Alone"with Bunnell Arts Center
Homer, AK USA
JUNE 20
Talking Truths:
Circle Conversation
with O.Dela Arts & Guests
ONLINE
Vancouver, BC Canada
MAY 14
Performance Demo
Making Moves Series
ONLINE
Kansas City, MO USA
APRIL 27
Guest Lecturer (virtual)
Dept. of Dance
University of California
Riverside, CA USA
MARCH 4 - 10
Artist in Residence
Efland Cheeks School
Mebane, NC USA
FEBRUARY 29
Open Studio Performances
Caldera Artist Residency
Sisters, OR USA
FEBRUARY 28
Performance
Youth Center
Warm Springs Reservation
Oregon, USA
FEBRUARY 28
Community Workshops
Various Sites
Warm Springs Reservation
Oregon, USA
FEBRUARY 24
Dance Master Class for Artists
Caldera Artist Residency
Sisters, OR USA
FEBURARY 13
NACHMO Performance
The Capsule
Kansas City, MO USA
JANUARY 22
Performance & Class
Connecticut College
New London, CT USA
JANUARY 20
M.R. at the Judson Church
Excerpt Performance
New York, NY USA
JANUARY 13
APAP Showcase
Carriage House
New York, NY USA
JANUARY 12
Performance
Reflections of Native Voices
La MaMa
New York, NY USA
JANUARY 11
Performance
Reflections of Native Voices
Next Door at NYTW
New York, NY USA
JANUARY 10
APAP Showcase
Ailey Studio Theatre
New York, NY USA
2019 Events
DECEMBER 20
Open Rehearsal
Lawrence Arts Center
Lawrence, KS USA
DECEMBER 4
Storytelling Workshop
Culture Night
Kansas City Indian Center
Kansas City, MO USA
NOVEMBER 26
Indigenous Roadshow Open Rehearsal
Bunnell Street Arts Center
Homer, AK USA
NOVEMBER 25
School Performance with Indigenous Roadshow ensemble
Nanwalek Village, AK USA
NOVEMBER 21
Community Performance
Indigenous Roadshow Residency at Bunnell Street Arts Center
Homer, AK USA
OCTOBER 7 - 11
Artist in Residence
Central Elementary School
Hillsborough, NC USA
OCTOBER 5
Workshop & Showing
Living Arts Collective
Durham, NC USA
SEPTEMBER 15 - 17
Indigenous Artist Delegate
International Indigenous Touring Network
Ottawa, ON CANADA
SEPTEMBER 13
Artist Talk
Urban Aboriginal Alternate High School
Ottawa, ON CANADA
AUGUST 27
Performance Showcase
Western Arts Alliance
2019 Annual Conference
Los Angeles, CA USA
AUGUST 8
Aniwisvsgo'i
Vines Art Festival
Vancouver, BC CANADA
AUGUST 7
Guest Performer
Raven Spirit Dance Waguri project
Vancouver, BC CANADA
JULY 25 - 26
Visioning Meeting Team
American Indian
Resource Center
Park Hill, OK USA
JUNE 24
Garden Dance Workshop
Moberly Cultural Centre
Vancouver, BC CANADA
JUNE 20 - 22
They Are Still Talking
Matriarch's Uprising
presented by O.Dela Arts
Scotiabank Centre
Vancouver, BC CANADA
JUNE 10
Meditation & Mindfullness Class at 1pm
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Bentonville, AR USA
JUNE 9
Aniwisvsgo'i
presented by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Veteran's Memorial Park
Fayetteville, AR USA
JUNE 8
Aniwisvsgo'i
Garden Party
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Bentonville, AR USA
JUNE 7
Gallery Talk at 1pm
Dancing Stories Workshop at 7pm
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Bentonville, AR USA
JUNE 6
They Are Still Talking
Making Moves series
Kansas City, MO USA
JUNE 3 - 5
Maura Garcia Dance
in residence at the
Kansas City Indian Center Culture Camp
Lee's Summit, MO USA
JUNE 2
Aniwisvsgo'i
presented by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Lake Atalanta, Rogers, AR USA
MAY 25
Hey Google!
Maura Garcia Dance the FUNdraiser: an immersive performance experience
The Carrack
Durham, NC USA
MAY 18
Dancing Stories Workshop
Artful Play Family Day
North Carolina Museum of Art
Raleigh, NC USA
MAY 9 - 27
Guest Artist with Artist-in-Residence Megan Yankee
The Commons - Carolina Performing Arts
Chapel Hill, NC USA
APRIL 28
Dancing Stories Workshop
presented by Jessica McMann
Evergreen Community Spaces
Calgary, AB CANADA
APRIL 24 - 28
Uniyetsgo'i
("They Are Still Talking" excerpt)
presented by
Cloudsway Dance Theatre
West Village Theatre
Calgary, AB CANADA
2018 Events
DECEMBER 6 & 13
Dance Classes
Lawrence Arts Center
Lawrence, KS USA
DECEMBER 5
Youth Workshop
KC Indian Center, MO USA
NOVEMBER 15
They Are Still Talking
Weesageechak 31
Native Earth, Aki Studios
Toronto, ON CANADA
NOVEMBER 9-11
Guest Performer
Rethink: I Am A Veteran
Lawrence Arts Center
Lawrence, KS USA
NOVEMBER 7
Youth Workshop
KC Indian Center, MO USA
OCTOBER 19
Performance &
Artist Talk Potluck
Studio 720
Lawrence, KS USA
OCTOBER 3
Youth Workshop
KC Indian Center, MO USA
SEPTEMBER 15-16
They Are Still Talking
OPEN SPACES
Arts Biennial
Kansas City, MO USA
SEPTEMBER 6
Indigenous Arts Panel
Arts Midwest Conference
Indianapolis, IN USA
JULY 29 - AUG 7
Tallgrass Prairie Artist Residency
AUGUST 4
Contemporary Dance & Traditional Songs workshop
with guest Mr. Jimmy Reeder of the Tawakoni band of the Wichita Tribe
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Strong City, KS USA
JULY 10
Understanding Poetry Through Movement Workshop
A Day with Bojan Louis
Haskell Indian Nations University
Lawrence, KS USA
JUNE 17
Dance-Story Workshop
ONKWEHÓN:WE – The Original Peoples Festival
Woodland Cultural Centre
Brantford, ON CANADA
JUNE 16
Maura Garcia Dance performance
ONKWEHÓN:WE – The Original Peoples Festival
Woodland Cultural Centre
Brantford, ON CANADA
JUNE 6
Youth Workshop
KC Indian Center, MO USA
MAY 16
Aniwisvsgo'i
Open Performance Recording Session
Hobbs Park
Lawrence, KS USA
JANUARY - APRIL
Maura Garcia Dance
Development Residency*
Kansas City, MO
Chapel Hill, NC
Durham, NC
Topeka, KS
APRIL 27
Int'l Dance Day Celebration
Kansas City Indian Center
Kansas City, MO USA
APRIL 12
Time After Time: Renown KC Artists Discuss Work & Process
Johnson County Library
Overland Park, KS USA
APRIL 4
Youth Workshop
KC Indian Center, MO USA
MARCH 30
Dance at the Center
Development Residency Event*
KC Indian Center, MO USA
MARCH 16
Dance at the Center
Development Residency Event*
KC Indian Center, MO USA
MARCH 9
Open Rehearsal
Development Residency Event*
Gage Park
Topeka, KS USA
MARCH 7
Youth Workshop
KC Indian Center, MO USA
FEBRUARY 23
Dance at the Center
Development Residency Event*
KC Indian Center, MO USA
FEBRUARY 8
Dance at the Center
Development Residency Event*
KC Indian Center, MO USA
FEBRUARY 7
Youth Workshop
KC Indian Center, MO USA
JANUARY 24
Choreography Workshop
Development Residency Event*
Kenan-Flager Business School
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC USA
JANUARY 23
Open Rehearsal
Development Residency Event*
Duke University
(across the street from ADF)
Durham, NC USA
JANUARY 3
Youth Workshop
KC Indian Center, MO USA
2017 Events
DECEMBER 6
Youth Workshop
KC Indian Center, MO
DECEMBER 2 & 3
Special Pre-Show Site-Specific Performance
InHEIRitance Project
The Sarah Play presented by The White Theatre
Leawood, KS
NOVEMBER 3
Lecture & Demo
Travois Art Gallery
Kansas City, MO
NOVEMBER 1
Youth Workshop
Kansas City Indian Center, MO
OCTOBER 28-31
Dance/USA Institute for Leadership Training Site Visit
New Orleans, LA
OCTOBER 4
Youth Workshop
Kansas City Indian Center, MO
AUGUST 4
Core Dancer for
Jeramy Zimmerman's INSCRIBED
Art in the Loop Series
Kansas City, MO
JULY 6
Dance Invocation
The World is One Place panel
Haskell University
Lawrence, KS
JUNE 15
Maura Garcia Dance presents
Story-telling Dance Party
Charlotte Street Pop-Up
JUNE 9
Sustainable Development Panel
2017 Dance/USA Conference
Kansas City, MO
JUNE 3
Core Dancer for
Merce Cunningham's Field Dances
Walker Art Center
Minneapolis, MN
JUNE - DECEMBER
2017 Dance/USA Institute for Leadership Training Mentee
MAY 27
Aniwisvsgo'i
Pre-Show Dance Performance "What Would Crazy Horse Do?"
KC Repertory Theatre
Kansas City, MO
MAY 12
Master Class
Empowerment Summit
Haskell Indian Nations University
Lawrence, KS
APRIL 21 & 22
Residency Performance
EMEREGENCE 2017
Lawrence Arts Center
Lawrence, KS
APRIL 21
Adult Modern Class
Lawrence Arts Center
Lawrence, KS
APRIL 5
STEAM Dance Class
Lawrence Arts Center
Lawrence, KS
MARCH 29
STEAM Dance Class
Lawrence Arts CenterLawrence, KS
MARCH 10-17
Maura Garcia Dance
Call for Dancers
Lawrence, KS
MARCH 8
ARTSPEAK RADIO Interview
90.1FM KKFI Community Radio
Kansas City, MO
MARCH 5
Showing & Discussion
Oyate Okodakiciyapi:
A Festival of Native Contemporary Dance/Art
Cowles Center, Minneapolis, MN
MARCH 4
Master Class
Ikidowin Acting Ensemble
Oyate Okodakiciyapi:
A Festival of Native Contemporary Dance/Art
Minneapolis, MN
FEBRUARY 18
Folk Alliance International
New Audiences & First Folk Panel
Kansas City, MO
FEBRUARY 11
Working Culture Workshop
Dance & Movement
Kansas City Indian Center, MO
FEBRUARY 11
Working Culture Workshop
for culturally-based organizations
Kansas City Indian Center, MO
FEBRUARY 10
Full Moon Dances
Chico Sierra & Maura Garcia
Cider Gallery, Lawrence, KS
JANUARY 12
Full Moon Dances
Featuring local artists
Cider Gallery, Lawrence, KS
JANUARY - APRIL 2017
Artist in Residence
Lawrence Arts Center, KS
2016 Events
DECEMBER 14
Community of Dance Professionals:
Paragraph Art Gallery
Kansas City, MO
DECEMBER 9-11
We Are the Landscape Premiere
The Arts Asylum
Kansas City, MO
NOVEMBER 26-DECEMBER 3
Working Culture Residency: Part 1
Raven Spirit Dance Society
Vancouver, BC CANADA
SELECT DATES Nov-Dec.
Artspace Teacher
Lawrence Arts Center
Lawrence, KS
NOVEMBER 7
Community of Dance Professionals: KC/Lawrence Meet-up
Lawrence Arts Center
Lawrence, KS
OCTOBER 26
What Works Wednesday Presenter
Kansas City, MO
OCTOBER 20
Movement Response Workshop
North Kansas City Public Library
Kansas City, KS
OCTOBER 12-19
University of Kansas
Visiting Artist Professor
Department of Dance, Lawrence, KS
OCTOBER 1
Harvest Moon Festival
dance accompanist to
Brings Plenty Band
Kansas City, MO
SEPTEMBER 24
Fall Festival
dance accompanist to
Amado Espinoza & Karen Lisondra
Downtown Overland Park, KS
SEPTEMBER 10
Dance, Story, Song Workshop
Harmony Project KC
Kansas City, MO
AUGUST 25
Aniwisgvsgo'i
Art in the Loop 2016
Kansas City, MO
JULY 29-30
Daughter of the Sun
performed by OCDF dancers
OK Contemporary Dance Festival
Oklahoma City, OK
JULY 22
We Are the Landscape Sneak Peak
Paragraph Gallery
Kansas City, MO
JULY 15
Movement Response Workshops
Maple Woods YMCA
Kansas City, MO
JULY 11-13
Guest Choreographer
OK Contemporary Dance Festival
Oklahoma City, OK
JUNE 25
First Movements Dance Performance
Woodland Cultural Centre
Brantford, Ontario CANADA
JUNE 18
Interactive Dance Demo
SWAN Arts Festival
Ottawa, KS
JUNE 12
We Are the Landscape Fundraiser
St. Mark's Church
Kansas City, MO
JUNE 11
Center of the Universe
Public Presentation
Kansas City Indian Center, MO
June 7, 8, 14 &15th
Rhythm of Language Programming
with Ahyoka Youngdeer
Kansas City & Lawrence
MAY 18
Dancing Stories Workshops
Quincy Elementary, Topeka, KS
MAY 14
Center of the Universe Session
Community Arts Project
Kansas City Indian Center, MO
APRIL 29 & 30
K'OA In-Progress Performance
Annual Open Studios
Downtown Kansas City
APRIL 30
Center of the Universe Session
Community Arts Project
Kansas City Indian Center, MO
APRIL 26
ArtSpace! Class
Lawrence Arts Center
Lawrence, KS
APRIL 21
ALT. LECTURE KC
Front Space
Kansas City, MO
APRIL 19
Moving Stories Arts Integration Workshop
Neosho County Community College
Ottawa, KS
APRIL 16
Celebratory Closing Event
N.A.P.T. Annual Conference
Unity Village, MO
APRIL 16
Center of the Universe Session
Community Arts Project
Kansas City Indian Center, KCMO
MARCH 26
Center of the Universe Session
Community Arts Project
Kansas City Indian Center, KCMO
MARCH 12
Center of the Universe Session
Community Arts Project
Kansas City Indian Center, KCMO
FEBRUARY 25
"Color of the Earth" Performance
ArtsKC Awards Luncheon
Kansas City, MO
2015 Events
MAY 1
ArtsKC Block Party
Kansas City, MO
APR. 10
Choreography Workshops
Indigenous Empowerment Summit
Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, KS
FEB. 27
Community Masterclass
Scotiabank Dance Centre, Talking Stick Festival, Vancouver, BC Canada
FEB. 26
Ahwisgvsgo'i: "Color of the Earth" & "Ode to the Sun II" Premiere at Convergence III, Roundhouse Theatre, Vancouver, BC
FEB. 25
School Workshop
Talking Stick Festival, Vancouver, BC
FEB. 24
Ahwisgvsgo'i: "Ode to the Sun I" Work-in-Development Performance & Artists' Talk-Balk at the Roundhouse Theatre, Talking Stick Festival, Vancouver, BC Canada
FEB. 24
Indigenous Dance Dialogue
Holiday Inn, Talking Stick Festival, Vancouver, BC Canada
FEB. 23
Sharing Perspectives
Musqueam Cultural Centre, Talking Stick Festival,
Full Circle First Nations Performance, Vancouver, BC Canada
FEB. 20, 21, 22
Dance Development Lab (by invitation)
Talking Stick Festival, Vancouver, BC Canada
FEB. 19
School Workshop
Full Circle First Nations Performance, Vancouver, BC Canada
FEB. 18
School Workshop
Full Circle First Nations Performance, Vancouver, BC Canada
JAN. 20
Strengthen & Stretch Video Shoot
Legacy School of the Arts, Lenexa, KS
(Page header photo by Erik Zennstrom)