FAMILY LEGACY
In the 1940's my Great-grandfather Daniel Brings Plenty would travel around the country with his sons whom are my grandfathers Benjamin & Abraham Brings Plenty doing exhibition Lakota Dancing. My grandfather's would dance while their father sang with a hand drum. One of their dances featured them picking up quarters from the ground with their teeth because they danced so low. They also performed traditional dances called the Butterfly Dance as well as the Grass Dance.
Photo: "Fear of Oatmeal" at Theater For The New City
"One must agree as Raymore’s role is incredibly physically demanding. In addition to the show’s non stop comedic dialogue and pace, Raymore also dances, and even rollerblades on stage during the show. His execution of the show’s physical comedy was indeed worthy of the opening night standing ovation. A skill Raymore now attributes to none other than the inspiration of Spiderwoman Theater."
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Photo: "Trail of Tears" NUYORICAN POETS CAFE
"The piece is bookended with grass dance performances by Sheldon Raymore, a man whose movement is so light and free that it can appear completely improvised and true (despite the incredible amount of technique that is obviously involved). Raymore dances while an audio recording plays, describing his own struggle as a gay Cheyenne man who has dealt with bigotry and ignorance but has managed to persevere – a personal narrative that reflects the collective story of Native American history that the play means to convey."
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CURRICULUM VITAE
THEATRE PRODUCTIONS
- January - March 2019 Ajijaak on Turtle Island Tour - NYC's The New Victory Theater, Providence, Rhode Island's FirstWorks Frontier Series, Baraboo, Wisconsin's Al Ringling Theater, Chicago International Puppet Festival
- June 9th-24th, 2018 Theatre for the New City - Actor/Dancer - Amerinda in association with Spiderwoman Theater “Fear of Oatmeal”- NYC
- May 23 - June 3, 2018 New Ohio Theatre - Cultural Consultant - Erica Fae’s “Saved Again and by Him” - NYC
- January-March, 2018 LaMamma Theatre - Actor/Dancer - Ibex Puppetry’s “Ajijaak on Turtle Island” - NYC
- 2018 Pearlman Theater Kimmel Center - Actor/Dancer - Ibex Puppetry’s “Ajijaak on Turtle Island” - Philadelphia, PA
- 2017 Lied Center for the Performing Arts - Actor/Dancer - Ibex Puppetry’s “Crane: On Earth, in Sky” - Lincoln, NE
- 2016 Theatre for the New City - Dancer - “Thunderbird American Indian Dance Concert” - NYC
- 2015 LaMamma Theatre - Actor/Dancer - Ibex Puppetry’s “CRANE, On Earth, In Sky” – NYC
- 2015 Nuyorican Poets Café - Actor/Co-Choreographer - Eagle Project and Rebel Theater’s “Trail of Tears” - NYC
LIVE PERFORMANCE ART
- April 11th, 2019 The Concert Hall at New York Society for Ethical Culture - Carnegie Hall's Migrations Festival "Urban NDN's" - Articles of a Treaty song debut.
- June 18th, 2018 Playroom Theater - International Human Rights Art Festival - “Grass Dance” - NYC
- 2017 Stewart Hotel Grand Ballroom - LGBT In My Mind Conference Rainbow Event: PrEPahHontoz “Rainbow Crow” Live - NYC
- 2017 The Concert Hall at New York Society for Ethical Culture - PrEPahHontoz “Take The Pill” - NYC
- 2017 Newark Museum - Second Sundays Native American Festival Day - “Fancy Dance” Newark, NJ
- 2017 Flynn Center for the Performing Arts - “Grass Dance” - Burlington, VT
- 2015 The Apollo Theatre - Producer, Dancer - AICH’s “World AIDS Day Opening” - NYC
2015 World AIDS Day Opening: Apollo Theater
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