Tom Pearson with the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers at Theater for the New City

Tom Pearson in Ceremony; Photo by Richard Termine, © 2003

Tom Pearson will perform his contemporary dance solo, Ceremony, which originally premiered in 2003, as part of this year's Thunderbird American Indian Dancers Concert and Powwow at Theater for the New City.

In addition to Ceremony, which deals with issues of identity, inheritance and reclamation, Pearson also performs in several of the traditional works on the program including a special Hoop Dance duet with Donna Ahmadi.

For more information on the full program, or for tickets, contact information, and directions click through to Theater for the New City.

PLEASE NOTE: Ceremony will only be performed on the evening programs, not the 3pm Children's Matinees. See dates, times, and ticket prices below.

More About Ceremony:

Describing the work in 2003, The New Yorker wrote: "In 'Ceremony,' the evening's standout piece, Pearson (who is part Cherokee and Muskogee) grapples with his Native American heritage. Emerging from an over-sized dream catcher, he twists abruptly, responds to the chants of a drum circle, hinges backward to the ground, and finally returns to his dream catcher sanctuary, where family photographs rain down on him." Additionally, Tobi Tobias praised the work in The Village Voice, describing it as "...a brief, ritualistic solo that combined a rapt mood with movement suggesting a fierce form of martial art." For more on Ceremony and the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers concert this month, read Eva Yaa Asantewaa's current interview with Tom Pearson on InfiniteBody.

Theater for the New City
155 First Avenue
(between 9th and 10th Streets)
New York

Friday - Sunday, January 29 - February 7, 2010
Friday - Saturday at 8pm
All Tickets $10 Adults

Children's Matinees Saturday & Sunday at 3pm
$1 Children Under 12
(Must be accompanied by paying adult)

NOTE: Ceremony will only be performed on the evening programs, not the 3pm Children's Matinees.
Video Trailer of Ceremony as performed in 2005: