Weave
(2018-2020)
Visit the Weave website at rosysimasweave.com
Weave is a dance project drawn from the interwoven and interdependent nature of our world. In Weave, individual and embodied stories are the vibrant threads that mesh in a performance woven of story, dance, moving image, and quadrophonic sound. The Weave team brings together an international gathering of Native, feminist, queer, transgender, and people of color artists, working together through the creative leadership, vision, and direction of Seneca chorographer, Rosy Simas.
“Rosy Simas understands water. She understands the human is water. That water is human. That understanding becomes movement in Weave.” — Marcie Rendon (White Earth Ojibwe Author/Poet)
Above images from the premiere of Weave in January 2019 at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, St. Paul, MN. Photos by Lila Hurwitz/Doolittle+Bird.
Weave Tour 2019–2020
January 12, 2019
The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
In collaboration with O’Shaughnessy
Saint Paul, MN
Choreography, set and film: Rosy Simas. Original sound score composed and performed: François Richomme. Created in deep collaboration with performers: Zoë Klein, Sam Aros Mitchell, Valerie Oliveiro, Leslie Parker, George Stamos and community performers Sam Johnson, Pedro Pablo Lander, Lela Pierce, Jeffrey Wells, Taja Will. Production assistance: Eric Larson. Text: Sam Aros Mitchell. Lighting design: Carolyn Wong. Writer/Community Engagement: Heid E. Erdrich. Community Engagement/Dialogue: Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán.
January 25, 2019
Alabama Dance Council
Birmingham, AL
Choreography, set and film: Rosy Simas. Original sound score composed and performed: François Richomme. Created in deep collaboration with performers: Zoë Klein, Sam Aros Mitchell, Valerie Oliveiro, Leslie Parker and community performers … Text by Sam Aros Mitchell. Lighting design by Carolyn Wong. Community Engagement/Dialogue: Zoë Klein, Sam Aros Mitchell, Valerie Oliveiro, and Leslie Parker. Tour Management: Lila Hurwitz/Doolittle+Bird.
January 31, 2019
Alabama Dance Council and the Poarch Creek Band of Indians
Atmore, AL
Choreography, set and film: Rosy Simas. Original sound score: François Richomme. Created in deep collaboration with performers: Zoë Klein, Sam Aros Mitchell, Valerie Oliveiro Text: Sam Aros Mitchell. Lighting: Valerie Oliveiro. Production: Eric Larson, Valerie Oliveiro with assistance from Zoë Klein, Sam Aros Mitchell and Rosy Simas. Community Engagement: Zoë Klein and Sam Aros Mitchell.
March 8 & 9, 2019
Intercultural Journeys
Philadelphia, PA
Choreography, set and film: Rosy Simas. Original sound score: François Richomme. Created in deep collaboration with performers: Zoë Klein Sam Aros Mitchell, Rosy Simas and community performers Kimya Imani Jackson, Jung Woong Kim, Mehgan Abdel-Moneim, and Aya Razzaz. Production: Eric Larson. Text: Sam Aros Mitchell. Lighting: Dan Weiermann & Zoë Klein based on original lighting design by Carolyn Wong. Community Engagement/ Dialogue: Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán. Tour Management: Lila Hurwitz/Doolittle+Bird.
November 2019
Maui Arts & Cultural Center
Kahului, HI
Choreography, set and film: Rosy Simas. Original sound score composed and performed: François Richomme. Created in deep collaboration with performers: Sam Aros Mitchell, Valerie Oliveiro, Leslie Parker, Lela Pierce, Rosy Simas and community performers .... Text: Sam Aros Mitchell. Lighting: David Robertson based on original lighting design by Carolyn Wong. Tour Management: Lila Hurwitz/Doolittle+Bird.
Future Presentation
Dance Place
Washington, D.C.
Above images from the Philadelphia iteration of Weave in March 2019 presented by Intercultural Journeys. Photos by Aidan Un.