ᎠᏫᏍᎬᏍᎪᎢ (Ahwisgvsgo'i)
means she/he is always planting in the Cherokee language. It's the name of Maura Garcia Dance's multi-media project about Indigenous planting
traditions, the elements and our places in the world. This blog explores the inspiration for the project, the developing parts and the creative process of putting it all
together. Ahwisgvsgo'i was born in the spring and is still developing, changing and growing.
More about the project - who, when, why...
When: now in progress and developing naturally
Who: Initiated by Maura Garcia Dance, the project includes the creative influences of Nyla Carpentier, Yvonne Chartrand, Olivia C. Davies, Kuei-ming Lin, Shade Little, Sara Morgan, Lisa C. Ravensbergen, Sylvia, Welosi, Julia White Bull, Rebecca Navarro, and Sierra Two Bulls. Soundartist MGL has created two tracks towards a original score. Artists Marma Rogers, Alyssa Hinton, Christy Long and MGL have also been part of project discussions.
We are looking for people interested in responding to and adding on. We are awaiting your story, your voice and your input. Contact Maura Garcia directly to find ways to participate.
Why: to explore the process of growing; to strengthen our connection to the natural world and one another; to uplift Cherokee, Mattamuskeet and other southeastern Indigenous traditions; to create great art; to tell good stories
When: now in progress and developing naturally
Who: Initiated by Maura Garcia Dance, the project includes the creative influences of Nyla Carpentier, Yvonne Chartrand, Olivia C. Davies, Kuei-ming Lin, Shade Little, Sara Morgan, Lisa C. Ravensbergen, Sylvia, Welosi, Julia White Bull, Rebecca Navarro, and Sierra Two Bulls. Soundartist MGL has created two tracks towards a original score. Artists Marma Rogers, Alyssa Hinton, Christy Long and MGL have also been part of project discussions.
We are looking for people interested in responding to and adding on. We are awaiting your story, your voice and your input. Contact Maura Garcia directly to find ways to participate.
Why: to explore the process of growing; to strengthen our connection to the natural world and one another; to uplift Cherokee, Mattamuskeet and other southeastern Indigenous traditions; to create great art; to tell good stories
Inspiration: The idea for Ahwisgvsgo'i came from a desire to make work about my personal, family & tribal stories about food cultivation, to honor our traditions of how to work with the land, to collaborate with other southeastern Indigenous artists and communities and to respond to ORIGI-NATION: Roots & Seeds, a Rulan Tangen eco-production focusing "on the theme of SEED as a metaphor for
individual potential, mentorship, and the value of Native plants and foods."
Process: Thoughts, ideas and developments are outlined in the posts. Here is the process we are using to create the music, dance and design:
1. original source of inspiration (sun, seeds, family stories, etc)
2. poems written in response to inspiration
3. compose music in response to poems
4. hold dance workshops with groups of Indigenous peoples about place, personal growth and/or planting traditions. Participants make their own movement.
5. ask people to share their family and tribal planting traditions
6. create choreography in response to the music (step 3), the movements made by the workshop participants (step 4) and their stories
7. create costumes, videos, narratives, sets and props in response to steps 1 - 7
8. share and repeat all steps
Process: Thoughts, ideas and developments are outlined in the posts. Here is the process we are using to create the music, dance and design:
1. original source of inspiration (sun, seeds, family stories, etc)
2. poems written in response to inspiration
3. compose music in response to poems
4. hold dance workshops with groups of Indigenous peoples about place, personal growth and/or planting traditions. Participants make their own movement.
5. ask people to share their family and tribal planting traditions
6. create choreography in response to the music (step 3), the movements made by the workshop participants (step 4) and their stories
7. create costumes, videos, narratives, sets and props in response to steps 1 - 7
8. share and repeat all steps
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