Bizhiki Culture & Dance Company was founded with the purpose of people’s understanding of Indigenous cultures, and they will be spending a week in Champaign-Urbana thanks to Krannert Center and Native American House.
From the press release:
The dedicated professionals of Bizhiki, many of whom are members of Lake Superior Ojibwe nations, engage audiences of all ages through intricate stories, traditional and contemporary dance and song, and demonstrations of traditional ecological knowledge, guiding participants to a better understanding of cultural resiliency and revitalization. The company has performed and presented powwow dance exhibitions throughout the United States and Canada.
There will be a powwow exhibition on September 20th at 7:30 p.m. in the Tryon Festival Theatre that is open to the public. You can find tickets for that here. In the week leading up to the performance they will be doing school performances, leading classes in the School of Music and Dance at Illinois, meeting with students in American Indian Studies and the Native American and Indigenous Student Organization; just to name a few of the community and campus engagement activities.
Photo from the Facebook event