S1 • E2 Jun 11, 2007 25m
"Manitowapan" is rooted in the traditions elements of the First Nations People - dance and storytelling. The idea of Manitowapan is to focus on making visible the relationship between the spirit and the matter, the word and the movement, the mind and the body. For native people of the past, simple rituals as dance and storytelling served as great healing rituals for individuals and whole communities. The goal of a story or a dance was to recognize and to revere the presence of spirits in all worldly affairs, and through that simple act, to restore balance and unity.
