ADIRONDACK REMNANTS

Conceived, Created and Directed by:

Rose Pasquarello Beauchamp -- Co-Director, Choreographer, Costume Design, Production 

Trish Corcoran — Co-Director, Writer, Storyteller, Naturalist, Tonawanda Onondowaga

Andrea Anderson Gluckman — Co-Director, Photographer, Videographer, Visual Artist

Stella Wang — Co-Director, Story Collector, Writer

Anaar Desai-Stephens — Music Director

Music conceived by Greg Woodsbie

 

***All choreography + text was created in collaboration with the dancers***

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Land Acknowledgement and Welcome

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Thanksgiving Address (Abbreviated Version)

Trish Corcoran, Tonawanda Onöndowa'ga

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Three Sisters

Dancers: Yaa-Adenike Cunningham, Missy Pfohl Smith, Donetta Tchoroleev

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Skywoman

Speaker — Eva Nielsen, Tonawanda Onöndowa'ga​​

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What if we Lean to your Motionless Movement?

Speakers — Missy Pfohl Smith, Donetta Tchoroleev, Anne Harris Wilcox

Text by — Stella Wang

 

Woods and Water

Speakers — Trish Corcoran and Eva Nielsen 

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The Peacemaker

Speaker — Bjarne Nielsen, Tonawanda Onöndowa'ga

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Tread Gently on the Path

Speaker — Donetta Tchoroleev

Dancer on the path — Sarah Jacobs

Text by — Stella Wang

 

The Sentinels

Dancers — Yaa-Adenike Cunningham, Ripp Greatbatch, Sarah Jacobs, Noelle Niegsch, Missy Pfohl Smith, Donetta Tchoroleev, Anne Harris Wilcox

Speaker — Missy Pfohl Smith

Text by — Stella Wang

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Forever Wild

Dancers — Yaa-Adenike Cunningham, Ripp Greatbartch, Sarah Jacobs, Noelle Niegsch, Missy Pfohl Smith, Donetta Tchoroleev, Anne Harris Wilcox

​Speakers — Yaa-Adenike Cunningham, Ripp Greatbartch, Noelle Niegsch

Text by — Stella Wang

 

​Our Grandmothers

Speakers — Trish Corcoran, Bjarne Nielsen, Eva Nielsen

 

At the Crossroads

Speakers — Trish Corcoran, Bjarne Nielsen, Eva Nielsen

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Breaths

Led by Anaar Desai-Stephens with Yaa-Adeinke Cunningham and Hannah Gluckman

Poem by Birago Diop 

Music by Ysaye Maria Barnwell 

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Wampum Belts and Original Instructions

Speakers — Trish Corcoran, Bjarne Nielsen, Eva Nielsen

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​​​​​​​CAST

Dancers

Yaa-Adenike Cunningham, Ripp Greatbatch, Sarah Jacobs, Noelle Niegsch, Missy Pfohl Smith, Donetta Tchoroleev, Anne Harris Wilcox

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Musicians

Yaa-Adenike Cunningham, Anaar Desai-Stephens, Hannah Bloesch (Gluckman)

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Speakers

Trish Corcoran, Bjarne Nielsen, Eva Nielsen