Featuring celebrated choreographer and dancer Daniel Fetecua Soto, former soloist with Limón Dance Company, directing his original choreography, combining Colombian traditions, Modern Dance techniques and German TanzTheater, + performing “Wolf: A Transformation,” an indigenous masked dance choreographed by Daystar/Rosalie Jones.
Guest artist, Bogotá, Colombian-born Daniel Fetecua Soto, the magnificent former soloist with the Limón Dance Company, opens Kanopy’s 2024/25 season in “Polaris.” The concert offers audiences a rare opportunity to see the choreographic work of the first indigenous modern dance company in the United States, Daystar: Contemporary Dance Drama of Indian America, founded by Daystar/Rosalie Jones (Daystar) in 1980.
The masked dance, “Wolf: A Transformation,” was expressly gifted to Fetecua by Daystar to continue its legacy in the spirit of the honored American Indian custom of preserving and passing on important cultural traditions to future generations. The masks for the dance were custom created for Fetecua by renowned Hopi woodcarver Timothy Talawepi. In a special guest appearance for "Polaris," Daystar will both introduce and provide narration for the signature work.
Fetecua will also present two original choreographies channeling his native Colombian roots with an interplay of modern dance techniques, including that of José Arcadio Limón: “Pacha-Mama,” a solo, and “Rejoice: Returning Home,” a group ensemble.