About this event
Join Prospect Park Alliance, Haudenosaunee artist G. Peter Jemison (Seneca, Heron Clan), the Skywoman Iroquois Dance Theater, and Plasticiens Volants for an outdoor family-friendly production that brings to life the foundational Haudenosaunee Creation Story through a vibrant fusion of aerial puppetry, dance, and community engagement.
Step into a world of the Haudenosaunee Creation Story story with Turtle Island, a new outdoor performance created by internationally renowned French company Plasticiens Volants, designed and guided by G. Peter Jemison (Seneca, Heron Clan), artist, historian, and educator. Enjoy interactive performances by Sky Woman Iroquois Dance Theater in a family-friendly event filled with awe, beauty, and meaning. Witness the birth of the world atop the turtle’s back—a story of resilience, connection, and care for the Earth that speaks across generations and cultures. Please note the performance will begin at 3 pm.
Produced by Unicycle Productions and Plasticiens Volants with the support from Villa Albertine, Albertine Foundation, French Institute (Institut Français), Département du Tarn, Région Occitanie, Thomas Donahower. and presenting partners: The Friends of Ganondagan, Victor, NY; Hudson River Park, New York City; TurnPark Art Space, West Stockbridge, MA; Prospect Park Alliance, Brooklyn, NY; Urban Stages NYC.
About the Artists
G. Peter Jemison, Heron Clan from the Cattaraugus Territory, Seneca Nation, is a multimedia artist and recently retired site manager of Ganondagan, a New York State Historic Site in Victor, New York. Mr. Jemison is very active politically as an advocate for Native American rights. He was chairman of the Haudenosaunee Standing Committee on Burial Rules and Regulations on burial rules and regulations, fighting for the return of sacred objects to native peoples mandated by the federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. Mr. Jemison was one of the founders of the Museum of the American Indian in New York City. His book, the Treaty of Canandaigua 1794 has been favorably received as an important contribution to history.
Plasticiens Volants, France: Les Plasticiens Volants, established in 1978, is a street theater company that practices a unique technique of creating and operating giant hand-made inflatable puppetry. Their productions merge street theatre, visual arts, digital projections, sound effects, and nature to create an awe-inspiring story.
William Crouse Sr. is a member of the Seneca Nation of Indians of the Hawk clan. He is a faithkeeper, singer, and speaker of the Coldspring Longhouse. As group leader, singer, lecturer and dancer of the Allegany River Indian Dancers, Bill has traveled all over the U.S. and Canada. He has performed in Rome, Italy and Würzburg, Germany. Bill is the founder of the Skywoman Iroquois Dance Theater.