greenland— A Welcome Welcome. Tervetuloa. Bienvenida. Shalom. Ласкаво просимо. Greetings in a hundred ways. We are so glad you have taken the time to join us tonight for this performance of greenland. greenland is an abstract, large-scale dance collaboration between many people—the directors, the performers, the sound, set, and costume designers, and many others. Although not narrative, it is about Scale, Impact, Land, and the Mass of Community that can shape Change, both good and bad. It hints to migrations, finding home, coming in, taking homeland, diminishing and changing spaces, and the shifting lands beneath our feet. It acknowledges the artifice of manicured spaces that take the place of natural landscapes and habitats. It acknowledges that the land beneath our feet and the air above our heads are rapidly changing due to human impact. We invite you to watch, listen and experience––and hope that it propels us to take care of each other, the land, and our ancestors.
greenland— An Acknowledgement, An Invitation Take a moment to consider this space. We sit together in a contemporary theater, with seats and lights and walls, that sits on land that had until recently been under the stewardship of the Ute, Paiute, Goshute, Shoshone, and Diné peoples. We wish to begin this show, which considers ideas of shifting landscapes in abstracted, danced, ways, by acknowledging that the physical land we are sitting on was stolen around 200 years ago from Native peoples, who had been living on, and protecting this land for tens of thousands of years before colonial settlers arrived. We as members of the Salt Lake and Utah communities continue to benefit from the use and occupation of this land since the arrival of colonial settlers. We also acknowledge millions of displaced peoples, refugees, and migrants throughout the world, and how industrial practices are causing rapid climate and land use change that affect people’s abilities to claim and remain in homelands. We invite you to consider where you come from––who are your people? How did you
land here? We invite you to consider how earth suffers from overuse and extraction due to capitalist practices, which override and displace sustainable land stewardship that is practiced by Indigenous peoples. When we think about keeping ecosystems balanced, whole, green, and reviving, we acknowledge that industrialism threatens the place-based knowledge of the Ute, Paiute, Goshute, Shoshone and Diné peoples, which has been practiced for millennia. We acknowledge that their examples of land stewardship offer good practices in preservation and sustainability and offer a call to action to better build relationships with local Native communities and ultimately support the return of Indigenous lands. Consider acknowledging and giving thanks to Native communities, Refugee communities, and all disenfranchised communities and their elders both past and present, as well as future generations. Join us in acknowledging our own elders, their wisdom, and their appreciation for the land. In this acknowledgment we invite a renewed call towards actions to sustain our lands and communities.
greenland Directors:
Daniel Clifton, Natalie Desch, Pamela Geber Handman, Eric Handman, Satu Hummasti
Choreography and Movement:
Daniel Clifton, Natalie Desch, Pamela Geber Handman, Eric Handman, Satu Hummasti, in collaboration with the Performers
Performers:
Rebecca Aguilar Constance Anderson Chloe Barry Angeline Bourgeault Katherine Boyce Susan Burnap Jamie Chen Elijah Cook Kaitlyn Daigle Haley DeCamara Mya Dixon Lauren Ellsworth Erin Humiston Cameran Hurst Kimberly Johnson Anna Kazwell Terra Killpack-Knutsen Jersey King Josie Kolbeck
Emily Marsh Madeline Nelson Marlee O’Toole April Radford Ellie Russell Jade Sakelaris Kelly Scott Allison Shafter Esther Simmons Bri Skaggs Charlotte Stehmeyer Marlee Stephens Shelby Strickler Cooper Sullivan Sean Sullivan Keily Tafiti Madi Taylor Max VanNockenWitmer
Music Composition, Live Instruments/ Whistling, Programing, and Recording: Daniel Clifton
Singing: Daniel Clifton and Satu Hummasti
Opening track inspired/adaptation of Claude Debussy’s La Cathédrale Engloutie
Costume Shop Manager/Designer: Christopher Larson Draper: Madeleine Mann First Hand/Wardrobe: Clover Kelly Sticher/Wardrobe: Makayla Cussen Lighting Design: Emily Bertelli Set Design: William Peterson Stage Management: Rebecca Johnson Stream Director: Benjamin Sandberg Videography: Leo Lynn, Courtney Landry Design/Marketing: Tyler Kunz Stage Crew: Colby Carpenter, Luna Esmerode, Zephan Holt, Kate Whitfield Costume Shop Work Study: Sofia Marie Lusitana, Katie Winslow Daniel, Natalie, Pam, Eric, and Satu would like to express enormous gratitude for everybody who collaborated on this event. We appreciate everyone’s commitment, creativity, and willingness to work as a community on so many levels in the process of making the work. We want to give a special thanks to the amazingly talented dancers who put many hours of hard work into this piece. We couldn’t have realized it without your imagination and contributions. Thank you! *This piece includes theatrical haze.
Beyond Land Acknowledgements:
Resources
Do you know whose Indigenous lands you live on? native-land.ca Support the Land Back movement: landback.org/donate Educate: Take time to read about these organizations, their work, and their stories. Consider making a donation. MMIWHOISMISSING mmiwhoismissing.org National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center niwrc.org Sovereign Bodies Institute sovereign-bodies.org/donate Illuminative illuminative.org/donate/ The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition boardingschoolhealing.org/about-us/ donate Indigenous History Lessons patreon.com/Otaes
Native American Rights Fund narf.org/about-us International Rescue Committee: rescue.org Doctors Without Borders: doctorswithoutborders.org Support Local Indigenous Organizations in the Salt Lake Area: Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake uicsl.org/support Utah Diné Bikéyah Bringing Healing to People and the Earth utahdinebikeyah.org/take-action Restoring Ancestral Winds Ending Violence on Indigenous Relatives restoringawcoalition.org Get to Know Utah’s Tribal Nations: visitutah.com/things-to-do/historyculture/tribal-cultures/utah-native-tribes Readings: “Decolonization is not a metaphor” by Eve Tuck and Wayne K. Yang (2012) “Rethinking the Practice and Performance of Indigenous Land Acknowledgments” by Dylan Robinson (2019)
THE PEOPLE OF THE SCHOOL OF DANCE FACULTY Christopher Alloways-Ramsey – Assistant Professor, Ballet Recruitment Director Melissa Bobick – Assistant Professor Douglas Corbin – Professor (Lecturer), Musical Director Daniel Clifton – Assistant Professor (Lecturer), Modern Dance Minor Advisor Joselli Deans – Associate Professor Natalie Desch – Assistant Professor, Modern Dance Recruitment Director Pamela Geber Handman – Professor Eric Handman – Associate Professor, Associate Director for Graduate Studies Molly Heller – Assistant Professor Satu Hummasti – Associate Professor, Associate Director for Undergraduate Studies Jay Kim – Associate Professor, Associate Director for Faculty, IBSI Director Kym McDaniel – Assistant Professor, Screendance Program Head Christine McMillan – Assistant Professor (Lecturer), Ballet Program Head Melonie Murray – Associate Professor, Director, School of Dance Pablo Piantino – Assistant Professor, Assistant Director for Student Support Sara Pickett – Associate Professor (Lecturer), Modern Dance Program Head Ben Sandberg – Assistant Professor (Clinical), A/V Specialist Brent Schneider – Professor Mary Ann Walton Lee – Associate Professor (Lecturer), Artistic Director Tanner Dance Maggie Wright Tesch – Professor (Lecturer), UBSI Director Luc Vanier – Professor Constance Anderson – MFA Candidate Kimberly Fulmer – MFA Candidate Stephanie García – MFA Candidate Roxanne Gray – MFA Candidate Rebekah Guerra – MFA Candidate Carly Herrmann – MFA Candidate Irishia Hubbard – MFA Candidate Joshua Mora – MFA Candidate Thea Patterson – MFA Candidate Tyler Schnese – MFA Candidate Kellie St. Pierre – MFA Candidate Samantha Stone – MFA Candidate Bené Arnold – Distinguished Professor Emerita, Distinguished Alumna Ellen Bromberg – Distinguished Professor Emerita Jacqueline Clifford - Professor Emerita Abby Fiat - Professor Emerita Barbara Hamblin - Associate Professor Emerita, Distinguished Alumna
Phyllis Haskell - Professor Emerita, Distinguished Alumna Stephen Koester - Professor Emeritus Sharee Lane - Associate Professor Emerita Conrad Ludlow - Associate Professor Emeritus Loabelle Mangelson - Clawson, Professor Emerita Shirley Ririe - Professor Emerita Jon Scoville - Associate Professor Emeritus Donna White - Professor Emerita Joan Woodbury - Professor Emerita
ADMINISTRATION Melonie Murray - Director Will Maguire - Administrative Officer Tyler Kunz - Marketing & Design
COSTUME SHOP Christopher Larson – Costume Shop Director Madeleine Mann – Technician, Draper Clover Kelly – Technician, First Hand Makayla Cussen – Technician, Stitcher
ACCOMPANISTS Amy Bach – Accompanist Vilena Barekyan – Associate Instructor, Accompanist Mark Chaney – Accompanist Wayne Coons – Associate Instructor, Accompanist Jordan Fajardo-Bird – Accompanist Max Hall – Accompanist David Herrmann – Accompanist Tristan Moore – Accompanist Brian Pappal – Accompanist Tatsiana Rasmussen – Accompanist Sarah Richards – Accompanist John Rukavina – Accompanist Stephen Valdean – Accompanist Wachira Waigwa-Stone – Accompanist Kimball Whitaker – Accompanist
PT/ATC Trina Bellendir – Physical Therapist Christopher Michaels – Athletic Trainer
PRODUCTION Production Director – Emily Bertelli Technical Director – William Peterson Video Director – Ben Sandberg Stage Manager – Rebecca Johnson Stage Crew – Colby Carpenter, Luna Esmerode, Zephan Holt, Kate Whitfield Videographers – Courtney Landry, Leo Lynn
The School of Dance acknowledges and thanks the following donors for their generous support during fiscal year July 1, 2021- June 30, 2022 INVESTORS $15,000+
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Satu Hummasti
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