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| Spiderwoman Theater's Gloria Miguel (Kuna/Rappahannock) with daughter Monique Mojica (photo: Nicky Paraiso) |
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| Spiderwoman's Muriel Miguel (Kuna/Rappahannock) at left with Oneida-Oswegan songwriter Lacey Hill who performed at the celebration. (photo: Star Black) |
On Tuesday evening, La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre hosted a warm, down-to-earth gathering of family, friends, colleagues and fans of Spiderwoman Theater in tribute to the renowned troupe's 40-year milestone. Founded by three intrepid sisters of Kuna and Rappahannock lineage--Gloria Miguel, Muriel Miguel and the late Lisa Mayo--Spiderwoman is fundamental to the development of New York's avantgarde and feminist theater movements. With forthright, woke politics of resistance and bawdy, boisterous humor, the Spiderwomen have long been revered role models for generations of artists on the downtown scene like Taylor Mac, Peggy Shaw, Lois Weaver, Alessandra Belloni and Carmelita Tropicana who participated in the celebration and benefit.
The fun evening was capped by a dance party presided over by First Nations electronic group A Tribe Called Red.
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| Musicians Ian Campeau, Tim 2oolman and Bear Witness of A Tribe Called Red working the after-party (photo: Star Black) |
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| SiverCloud Singers (photo: Star Black) |
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| On screen, Spiderwoman's Lisa Mayo (1924-2013) remembered at La MaMa (photo: Star Black) |
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| Laura Ortman of the all-Native Coast Orchestra and Brooklyn's Stars and Fleas (photo: Star Black) |
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| Above: choreographer Elizabeth Streb with Carey Lovelace (Loose Change Productions), co-producer of the Spiderwoman benefit Below: Zach Morris and Tom Pearson, co-artistic directors of award-winning Third Rail Projects theater troupe (photos: Star Black) |
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