Art, Teaching, and Nature With Daystar Rosalie Jones
North America has a rich history of revering and engaging with nature. From subsistence ways of living among indigenous tribes, mythos, and spiritual regard, to the modern-day movement to care for and connect to the natural world, it has been a hub of pro-environmental ideology. But things change. Capital and commerce leave us with a strained connection to the natural world we call home, at a time when caring for our climate and environment is paramount.
How do we inspire our communities to care for the earth? The answer is far from singular. Whether it is teaching, creating art, writing, or dancing, Daystar Rosalie Jones tells us that our tools are right at our feet. Having lived in many parts of North America –– travelling, performing, teaching, and creating –– Jones provides a unique, powerful perspective, opening our eyes to the ways in which we can care for our world.
More about Daystar Rosalie Jones
Rosalie Mae Jones, known professionally as Daystar, is a dancer, choreographer, educator and artistic director born on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana with Pembina/Chippewa ancestry. She has been distinguished as an artist and educator through an IAIA Lifetime Achievement Award, multiple award winning performances in dance, choreography, and story, as well as the establishment of DAYSTAR dance company: Contemporary Dance-Drama of Indian America. Through Daystar dance company, Rosalie produces modern dance performances featuring Native American stories and oral histories. Being the first of its kind, DAYSTAR was the first US modern dance company featuring all native performers. Her work, both in performance and teaching, has been centered around a mission of ‘encourag[ing] and train[ing] Native American talent in the performing arts, and to teach others to approach respectfully, the dance, music, and art of Native Americans.’ In addition to Daystar Dance Company, Rosalie has also been the chair of the Department of Indigenous performing arts at The Institute of American Indian Arts, and has taught in the Indigenous Studies program at Trent University in Canada. Through high profile dance performances across decades, trailblazing work in University education, and international recognition, Rosalie continues to be a tireless advocate and artist, building a vision of respect, advocacy, and knowledge of indigenous culture and nature
Cost, free
Released on Youtube in October
The Anishinaabe Medicine Wheel: A Presentation by Daystar Rosalie Jones
Educational Talk
From the stages of life, the center of life, the seasons, to the four directions, the Anishinaabe Medicine Wheel has been a source of perspective, guidance, and history among North American Indigenous tribes for more than a thousand years. Passed down through generations, this sacred and revered knowledge has been and continues to be a part of indigenous culture, religious practices, and faith. Its intricacy and complexity has been studied for decades in University institutions with new publications still being written. Although originating from the Ojibwe people, the medicine wheel has become a part of indigenous culture among many tribes in North America, and has been shared by many leaders, elders, and speakers.
Daystar Rosalie Jones has shared her extensive knowledge of the medicine wheel at a multitude of Universities, literary centers, public schools, tribal institutions, and libraries. We are immensely proud to share that she will be sharing this knowledge in an online talk with us.
More about Daystar Rosalie Jones
Rosalie Mae Jones, known professionally as Daystar, is a dancer, choreographer, educator and artistic director born on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana with Pembina/Chippewa ancestry. She has been distinguished as an artist and educator through an IAIA Lifetime Achievement Award, multiple award winning performances in dance, choreography, and story, as well as the establishment of DAYSTAR dance company: Contemporary Dance-Drama of Indian America. Through Daystar dance company, Rosalie produces modern dance performances featuring Native American stories and oral histories. Being the first of its kind, DAYSTAR was the first US modern dance company featuring all native performers. Her work, both in performance and teaching, has been centered around a mission of ‘encourag[ing] and train[ing] Native American talent in the performing arts, and to teach others to approach respectfully, the dance, music, and art of Native Americans.’ In addition to Daystar Dance Company, Rosalie has also been the chair of the Department of Indigenous performing arts at The Institute of American Indian Arts, and has taught in the Indigenous Studies program at Trent University in Canada. Through high profile dance performances across decades, trailblazing work in University education, and international recognition, Rosalie continues to be a tireless advocate and artist, building a vision of respect, advocacy, and knowledge of indigenous culture and nature
Released on Foghorneducationcenter.com in October