Kanopy Dance Present POLARIS

Kanopy Dance Presents Polaris

October 10-12, 2024, at the Overture Center for the Arts

Guest Starring Daniel Fetecua Soto, Former Soloist, Limón Dance Company

With a special appearance by Daystar/Rosalie Jones, Founder of the first Indigenous Modern Dance Company in the U.S.

Celebrated Choreographer and Dancer Daniel Fetecua Soto presents two original works and performs “WOLF: A Transformation”, an indigenous masked dance, choreographed and narrated by Daystar/Rosalie Jones

Madison, WI…September 11, 2024. Guest artist Bogotá, Colombian born Daniel Fetecua Soto (Fetecua), the magnificent former soloist with the Limón Dance Company, opens Kanopy’s 2024/25 season October 10-12,2024, at the Overture Center for the Arts in Polaris. The concert offers area audiences a rare opportunity to see the choreographic work of the first indigenous modern dance company in the U.S., Daystar: Contemporary Dance Drama of Indian America, founded by Daystar/ Rosalie Jones, (Daystar).

Fetecua will perform an indigenous masked dance, “WOLF: A Transformation”, gifted to him by the choreographer, Daystar, to preserve its cultural legacy and the tradition of its performance for future generations. The masks for the dance were custom created for Fetecua by renowned Hopi woodcarver Timothy Talawepi. In a special appearance for this production, Daystar will introduce and provide narration for her iconic work.

“WOLF: A Transformation” is inspired by the Anishinaabe/Ojibway story of the traditional recognition of the wolf as the first companion of the first man. This solo dance begins with an intertribal men’s traditional dance, in full regalia, but as the story unfolds, the dancer transforms, wearing artful masks, into the shaman of youth and then finally into the shaman of age.

Fetecua will also present two of his original choreographies featuring an interplay of Currulao (Afro-Colombian rhythms, that originated in the Colombian Pacific coast), American modern dance techniques, and the German Tanz Theater.

They are “Rejoice: Returning Home”, a group ensemble for 10 dancers, that addresses the significance of ancestral memories and oral traditions as a celebration of life from one generation to the next; and Pacha-Mama,” a solo and homage to “Mother Earth”, that Fetecua will perform exploring the importance for us to reconnecting with the earth.

Polaris Oct 10-12, 2024,

Overture Center for the Arts Overture.org (608) 258-4141

10/10 Thursday,7PM;10/11, Friday, 7:30 PM;10/12, Saturday, 3 & 7:30 PM

Tickets (reserved seating): $40; Groups: 4 or more: $35; Seniors 62+: $30; Ages 18 & under and Students: $20. A reception to meet the artist will follow the Friday evening performance.