she who lives on the road to war
she who lives on the road to war is an immersive installation and dance performance created by Rosy Simas in response to global loss and the collective need to come together in peace and reconciliation.
she who lives on the road to war takes its title from one of the names of Haudenosaunee historical figure Jigonhsasee, whose wisdom and vision helped Hiawatha and the Peacemaker bring the Nations together as the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.
she who lives on the road to war is a place for visitors to rest, grieve, condole and meditate.
The project will had a dual premiere in 2022 in Minneapolis in the heart of the Native community at All My Relations Arts and the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis.
she who lives on the road to war toured to the Oneida Arts Program in July 2023 and can next be seen at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center March 21, 2024.
yödoishëndahgwa'geh
is inter-sensorial space of moving image and sound by Seneca artist Rosy Simas and her collaborative composer François Richomme. The intention of the space is to contribute to the healing of generations on the river behind us - our ancestors, and in front of us - generations yet to be born.
Heidi Eckwall and Sam Aros Mitchell provided advice and technical assistance and made this iteration possible.
Read an interview HERE of Rosy Simas and performer Sam Mitchell by Juleana Enright on Simas’ yödoishëndahgwa'geh installation at All My Relations Arts.
This iteration is supported by Rosy Simas Danse and research funds Simas has received from Carleton College and the Weisman Art Museum. This iteration is a bridge to Simas project she who lives on the road to war.
Simas’ research for yödoishëndahgwa’geh was supported by a 2021 Pamela Beatty Mitchell Residency in Contemporary Dance at Colorado College Department of Theater and Dance.
WEave:HERE
WEave: HERE is a movement, projection and image-based interactive art performance and installation.
Lead artist and choreographer Rosy Simas (Seneca) directs performers in sculptural costumes, highlighted by projection, as they move through the crowd in a procession along The Native American Cultural Corridor on Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis during Northern Spark 2019. The hour-long performance moves to an installation curated by Heid E. Erdrich (Ojibwe) and Jonathan Thunder (Ojibwe).
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Weave
Weave (2019) is a dance project drawn from the interwoven and interdependent nature of our world. In Weave, individual and embodied stories are the vibrant threads that mesh in a performance woven of story, dance, moving image, and quadraphonic sound.
World premiere at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, Jan 2019. Set/choreography/film Rosy Simas; music François Richomme; lighting Carolyn Wong. Performers: Zoë Klein, Sam Mitchell, Val Oliveiro, Leslie Parker, and George Stamos. Community Performers: Sam Johnson, Pedro Pablo Lander, Lela Pierce, Jeffrey Wells, and Taja Will.
Skin(s)
Skin(s) (2016) is a dance, a visual arts exhibit, a film, and a web media project celebrating the diversity of how Native people identify. The Skin(s) dance explores what we hold, reveal, and perceive through our skin.
Skin(s) Oakland iteration for Eastside Arts Alliance/Eastside Cultural Center, Oct 2017. Set/choreography/film Rosy Simas; music François Richomme; original lighting Valerie Oliveiro; Oakland lighting interpretation Christopher Fleming; poem Heid E. Erdrich. Performers in Oakland iteration: Zoë Klein, Sam Mitchell, Rosy Simas
We Wait In The Darkness
We Wait In The Darkness (2014) is a art/dance work to heal the DNA scars of Simas’ grandmother, her mother, and our ancestors.
Within in an environment of images and sounds from Seneca lands, this new dance work engages past and future, DNA memory, and invisible presences, to create a personal artwork about loss, family, perseverance, and home.
Set/choreography/film Rosy Simas; music François Richomme; original lighting Caroline Wong, production management Steven Carlino.