Native American Storytelling with Bizhiki Culture & Dance Company
- Event Date: Friday, February 16, 2024
- Time: 4:00 pm–5:00 pm (CST)
- Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
- Age: All Ages
Biboon (winter) brings cold weather and storytelling. Storytelling for many Indigenous communities is a time of reflection, laughter, and life lessons. Bizhiki storytellers travel the country sharing appropriate stories with family and youth audiences in an interactive environment.
For all audiences/ages.
About Bizhiki Culture & Dance Company
The Bizhiki Culture & Dance Company was founded in 2016 on the pillars of public engagement and education with the goal of furthering people’s understanding of indigenous cultures, foodways, and language through interactive workshops, performances, presentations, and exhibitions. The professionals of Bizhiki engage audiences of all ages through intricate stories, traditional and contemporary dance, and song. If you have any questions, please contact us at (715) 348-6594 (phone link) or email bizhikicompany@gmail.com (email link) .
This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
Contact
For further information on this event, contact the Museum Information Desk at spurlock-museum@illinois.edu (email link) or (217) 333-2360
All participants are welcome. To request disability-related accommodations for this event, please contact Brian Cudiamat at cudiamat@illinois.edu (email link) or (217) 244-5586.