Thunderbird American Indian Dance Concert And Pow-wow

Thunderbird American Indian Dancers in Hoop Dance. Photo by Lee Wexler/Images for Innovation.

What: The Thunderbird American Indian Dancers are the oldest resident Native American dance company in New York. The troupe was founded in 1963 by a group of ten Native American men and women, all New Yorkers, who were descended from Mohawk, Hopi, Winnebago and San Blas tribes. 

A Pow-Wow is more than just a spectator event: it is a joyous reunion for native peoples nationwide and an opportunity for the non-Indian community to voyage into the philosophy and beauty of Native culture.
Highlights will include Storytelling by Matoka Eagle (Santo Domingo, Tewa), a Hoop Dance by Marie Ponce (Cherokee), a Buffalo Dance (from the Hopi people), a Grass Dance and Jingle Dress Dance (from the Northern Plains people), a Stomp Dance (from the Southeastern tribes), and a Shawl Dance (from the Oklahoma tribes). In the final section of the program, the audience will be invited to join in the Round Dance, a friendship dance. 
 
When: Friday, January 31st, 2014 at Various times

Repeating every week — Sunday, Friday, and Saturday through Sunday, February 9th, 2014 

Fridays 8 pm, Saturdays 3 and 8 pm,  Sundays 3 pm

Where: Theater for the New City: 155 First Avenue
Cost:  $10 Adults, $1 Children Under 12 (Matinees only, must be accompanied by paying adult)