Native Skywatchers – Kapemni Dance

Kapemni: As Is It Above; It Is Below 

At the Doorway of Light, Sound, Space, and Movement

Join Bell Museum for a storytelling motion media dance performance featuring D(L)akota and Ojibwe Indigenous astronomy with immersive, experiential, interactive animation projection art, and sky and Earth soundscapes. The performance explores the D(L)akota teaching Kapemni, which translates “As it is above, it is below” (trans. Albert White Hat Sr.).

Students in the Dance Program at South High School tell the story through movement that “we come from the stars” and perform their interpretation of the Kapemni concept, as shared by Annette S. Lee, in this collaborative piece.

This project is a collaboration between Native Skywatchers and South High School’s Dance Program and its All Nations Program, supporting students to lead Native narrative change.  Dance team led by Instructor Nancy Nair, Animation and Sound Design by Annette S. Lee.

This is an in-person performance at the Bell Museum and included in the cost of regular admission.