I’ll dance in Emily Johnson/Catalyst’s Being Future Being again, a work I’ve been a part of since 2021!

Celebrated for a distinguished body of dance works, Yup’ik artist Emily Johnson creates performance gatherings that center reworlding practices, Indigenous knowledge, and the sovereignty of communities, land and more-than-humxn kin. Being Future Being conjures present joy and delves into the power of creation to build an aural, visual and ancestral landscape of Indigenous power.  

Featuring a stellar cast of performers and an original score in collaboration with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Raven Chacon, Being Future Being is a multilayered performance for the stage, and beyond—a portal, a care processional, a site for transformation. As it (re)builds new visions of the forces that brought this world into being, Being Future Being invites audiences to become part of creating a radically-just and Indigenized future, one we can live in now and foster for generations to come. Info and Tickets

Created with and performed by Ashley Pierre-Louis + Brandi Norton + Stacy Lynn Smith + Sugar Vendil
Music composed by Raven Chacon
Lighting Design Itohan Edoloyi
Mask, Wearables, Portal Design and Construction and Production Manager IV Castellanos
Quilt Beings Design Korina Emmerich
Quilts Design Maggie Thompson
Portal Tattoos Holly Mititquq Nordlum
Costume Design Raphael Regan
Costume Draping Cathleen O’Neal
Management Support George Lugg
Additional contributors to the creation process Zachary Crumrine + Joelly Dundorf + Kevin Holden + Sara Lyons + Drew Michael + Tyler Rai + Joseph Silovsky.