Yupiulleq Nutem: Celebrating Statehood Tundra Style
Interview-based interdisciplinary performance event bringing together over 100 participating community members from across southwest Alaska, sharing stories, songs, and traditional dance, interpreting the memories and experiences of their elders from the time before and during Alaska’s statehood movement. Facilitated and directed by Ryan Conarro.
Yupiulleq Nutem: Statehood Tundra Style
YUPIULLEQ NUTEM is an interview-based interdisciplinary performance event bringing together over 100 participating community members from across southwest Alaska. Young people from 11 different Alaska Native Yup’ik villages share stories, songs, and traditional dance interpreting the memories and experiences of their elders from the time before and during Alaska’s statehood movement.
Director, curator, lead interviewer, and lead teaching artist: Ryan Conarro | Music: Patrick Murphy | Traditional dance and drumming: Stephen Blanchett (Yup’ik) | Scenic design: Sarah Conarro | Producer: Beverly Williams
Commissioned by the Lower Kuskokwim School District Pilinguat Project. Presented at the Orutsararmiut Native Council Hall, Bethel, Alaska, 2009.
