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About this work

Yödoishëndahgwa'geh (a place to rest) is an inter-sensorial installation of moving images and sounds by Seneca artist Rosy Simas and her collaborative composer François Richomme. The intention of the installation is to contribute to the healing of generations on the river behind us—our ancestors, and in front of us—generations yet to be born. In this micro-short film, Sam Aros-Mitchell dances within the installation, connecting future, past, and present through movement born out of deep listening.  

Heidi Eckwall and Sam Aros-Mitchell provided advice and technical assistance and made this iteration of Yödoishëndahgwa'geh (a place to rest) possible.

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Credits

Installation design, film work, and choreography:

Rosy Simas


Performer:

Sam Aros-Mitchell


Lighting Design:

Heidi Eckwall

Composer:

François Richomme

Installation site:

All My Relations Arts Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Images

Tour Locations

2021:

  • Screening, Haudenosaunee Micro-Short Film Program, Seneca Nation Casino Niagara Falls, NY

  • Screening, Haudenosaunee Micro-Short Film Program, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY

  • Installation, Colorado College Department of Theater and Dance, Colorado Springs, CO

2022:

  • Installation, RSD three thirty one space, Minneapolis, MN

Acknowledgements

(Coming soon)

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Photo credits:

yödoishëndahgwa'geh
(a place to rest)
a micro short film

2021

Premiere: All My Relations Arts, Minneapolis, MN

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