Land, Through Dance: connecting land-based dances + well-being

The first pub­lic pro­gram of in·corpus’ res­i­den­cy with Amer­i­can Indi­an Com­mu­ni­ty House (AICH) on Gov­er­nors Island, this pan­el will explore the links between land-based dances and well-being. Fea­tur­ing Louis Mof­sie (Thun­der­bird Amer­i­can Indi­an Dancers) + Potri Ran­ka Man­is (Kind­ing Sindaw).

The pan­el dis­cus­sion will explore sev­er­al dis­cus­sion questions:

• How are humans con­nect­ed to land?
• What is the role of this con­nec­tion in our health and well-being?
• Why do humans dance?
• How do land-based dances strength­en our con­nec­tion to land?

in·corpus will be in res­i­den­cy with Amer­i­can Indi­an Com­mu­ni­ty House for Sep­tem­ber and Octo­ber 2024. Dur­ing the res­i­den­cy, in·corpus will work to estab­lish a frame­work for research­ing the chan­nels through which land-based dances ampli­fy the human experience(s) of con­nec­tion + well-being. This research will inform the ongo­ing evo­lu­tion of in·corpus’ Sig­na­ture Workshop. 

AICH is one of the 2024 Gov­er­nors Island Arts Orga­ni­za­tions in Residence