Founded in 2007 by Afro-Indigenous artist Mar Parrilla, Danza Orgánica is a Boston-based dance theater company whose work is centered around equity, social justice, and decolonization. Danza Orgánica’s rich history with Jacob’s Pillow includes leading Berkshire area Dance for Social Justice™ workshops, a process-based model that uses movement to generate conversations and create art around social justice issues in a community. Âs Nupumukômun (We Still Dance) is a theatrical composition created in close collaboration between Danza Orgánica and members of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe. Adhering to Indigenous storytelling, dance, song, and installation, Âs Nupumukômun explores what it means to be Native today by highlighting traditional and contemporary stories of the Aquinnah Wampanoag People.
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