Words of Encouragement
from Dancers & Elders

We asked dancers and elders how they were taking care of themselves, their families, and their dance community kin as year two of the pandemic in the U.S. unfolds. What stories, challenges, and practical wisdom tips can they share? How can we as a family take care of ourselves and one another?

This new video project is intended to inspire, motivate, and stimulate us to look at things differently, to encourage us to reconnect with one another, mending the web of life once again.

“This is uplifting, this is leadership, this is mentoring. A clear path is calming in times of great shake-up. Re-calls me to step up, go deep! We are the ones we have been waiting for. We are the branches of the Tree.” — Deb Austin

Participants

Those who were able to step up on short notice include Aster Max, Clyde Hall, Dickie Antelope, Eileen & Charlie Patton, Hollis Melton, Jeffrey Blagg, Joan Henry, Lini Wilkins, Malama MacNeil, & Wolf Martinez.

OUR QUESTIONS

  • What have the challenges been for you during the pandemic?

  • How has the dance helped to inform you to be taking care of yourself, your families, your friends?

  • What practical wisdom tips do you have for living in today’s world?

  • What are the gifts, what good has come from the pandemic?

  • What words of encouragement do you have for us?

  • What prayers do you have for us all?

MESSAGE FROM CLYDE HALL 2022
EILEEN & CHARLIE PATTON FULL INTERVIEW
LINI WILKINS FULL INTERVIEW
MALAMA MACNEIL FULL INTERVIEW
3 MIN. TRAILER — EXCERPTS
JEFFREY BLAGG FULL INTERVIEW
ASTER MAX FULL INTERVIEW
DICKIE ANTELOPE FULL INTERVIEW
ENCOURAGING OUR CHILDREN W/CLYDE & JOAN
HOLLIS MELTON FULL INTERVIEW