SHARING HISTORY: COMPARING NATIVE AND EURO-AMERICAN WAYS OF PRESERVING AND TELLING HISTORY. CONSIDERING WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO TELL THAT HISTORY TOGETHER.
June 12, 2017 Cody, WY – To kick off this season’s Wild West Show, join Rocky Mountain Dance Theatre (RMDT) in a Community Discussion and performance about how we remember. Lakota historian and great-grandson of Sitting Bull, Ernie LaPointe, will join Western American historian and curator of the Buffalo Bill Museum, Jeremy Johnston, in a conversation about our shared histories. The two will discuss how our cultures remember our pasts differently and how we can come together to hear the stories we share from each other’s perspective.
RMDT director, Elizabeth Fernandez, recognizes that we have entered a new era for telling the story of American Indian experience as they lost their traditional lands and lifestyles. This workshop represents an opportunity for contemporary dancers to explore and restore the power and place of American Indian culture in shaping the encounter that Buffalo Bill mythologized in his Wild West Show.
The lecture will take place June 20th from 7:00-8:30pm at the Downtown Cody Theatre and is free and open to the public.
Rocky Mountain Dance Theatre’s Wild West Show unique performance created by Rocky Mountain Dance Theatre’s Artistic Director, Elizabeth Fernandez, blends the art of acting with the art of dance. Everything from the language in the script to the custom-made costumes are historically-accurate representations of the time period.
The show will run June 28 through July 29, Wednesday-Saturday evenings at 8:00pm and Saturday afternoons at 2:00pm. RMDT’s Wild West show is supported by the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Blue Ridge Fund.