Emily Johnson's "Being Future Being" Trailer

New York Live Arts’ (Live Arts) Live Feed creative residency and commissioning program presents the New York Premiere of Emily Johnson/Catalyst’s new evening-length performance, Being Future Being. The multilayered presentation integrates movement, images, story, and sound in a kinetically rich social architecture that centers Indigenous thrivance. Created by choreographer and writer Emily Johnson, who belongs to the Yup’ik Nation, and featuring a commissioned score by Pulitzer Prize-winning Diné composer Raven Chacon, Being Future Being will be presented in two parts:
Being Future Being: Land / Celestial is an outdoor performance activation that will take place at an offsite location Saturday, October 15th, 3:00pm and 5:00pm. The location in Lower Manhattan will be shared with ticket holders directly on the day of the event.
Being Future Being: Inside / Outwards will be presented at New York Live Arts Theater (219 West 19th Street, New York, NY 10011) from Thursday, October 20th through Saturday, October 22nd at 7:30pm, with a October 21st Stay Late post-show conversation with individuals from the Branch of Knowledge, a collective of Lenape matriarchs who are building power by gathering together and collaborating with accomplices who live in their homelands.
Celebrated for a distinguished body of dance works, Emily Johnson unites audiences in a shared experience of movement, place, history, collective action, and the continuance of Indigenous cultural practices and perspectives. Her newest dance performance and process, Being Future Being, delves into the power of creation, with new stories that seek to sustain a world that must begin again. Co-commissioned by New York Live Arts and featuring an original score by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Raven Chacon, Being Future Being conjures present joy as it seeks to build a radically-just and Indigenized future, one we can live in now and foster for generations to come.
OCTOBER 20-22, 2022, 7:30
SPECIAL OFFSITE PERFORMANCE, BEING FUTURE BEING: LAND / CELESTIAL SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15TH, AT 3:00PM & 5:00PM
STAY LATE DISCUSSION ON OCT 21ST WITH INDIVIDUALS FROM THE BRANCH OF KNOWLEDGE