Sheldon Raymore is a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Nation.  He's a multidisciplinary performance artist, actor, choreographer, cultural consultant, costume designer, fashion designer, visual artist, and an award -winning grass dancer.  A member of Actor's Equity Association, the New York City Native just finished touring with Ibex Puppetry's "Ajijaak on Turtle Island" 2019 theatre production.  He played "Thunder" in the legendary Muriel Miguel of Spiderwoman Theater's show "Fear of Oatmeal" (2018) at Theater for the New City.  Captivating and moving, Sheldon also starred in ABC’s television series Born to Explore, “Legend of Dance” with Richard Weiss, where he was the featured grass dancer at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. Sheldon's brilliant technique and spellbinding execution prompted New York's Indigenous Based Theater Company Eagle Project, to recruit the visionary to work his magic and Co-choreograph Eagle Project's (2015) production of "Trail of Tears", at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Bringing both Native and Non-Native audience members to their feet every evening with tears in their eyes. The Sioux performer was recently awarded the 2019 First Peoples Fund "Cultural Capital" Fellowship.  Ever the consummate keeper of tradition, he continues to cultivate his artistry, with the upmost integrity, humility, and authenticity, letting the love for his culture shine through in all that he does.

ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION IS THE LABOR UNION REPRESENTING AMERICAN ACTORS AND STAGE MANAGERS IN THE THEATRE.  

Actors' Equity Association, founded in 1913, represents more than 51,000 professional Actors and Stage Managers nationwide. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of society and advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, improving working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Actors' Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. #EquityWorks.

• 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

• 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