Name:
Blacklight Jingle Showcase by Sarah Ortegon
Date:
August 15, 2023
Time:
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM MDT
Event Description:
Artist, actress, and dancer Sarah Ortegon (Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho), who is artist-in-residence in the Buffalo Bill Center of the West's Plains Indian Museum from August 14–18, presents a Blacklight Jingle Showcase the evening of August 15.
Join us in the Coe Auditorium to view the short film, "Wyoming Women to Watch," which features Sarah, and then watch as she demonstrates jingle dress dancing under black lights for an amazing visual effect. Then enjoy a public reception hosted by Sue Simpson Gallagher and Ann Simpson.
Sarah says, "The black light performance was something that I had initially envisioned as an entire powwow. The black light illuminates the figure that holds the soul, which in turn shows the light that comes from within when we dance. I see it as another way to share our way of life, from a different point of view."
