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Article: PUPPETRY BRINGS NATIVE AMERICAN LEGEND TO THE STAGE.(The Evergreen Longhouse Education and Cultural Center, Olympia, Washington)(Review)
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- Dance Magazine
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- April 1, 1999
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OLYMPIA, Washington--A team of Native American artists joins the puppeteers of Tears of Joy Theatre to present the company's most dance-oriented work to date, Bridge of the Gods. The forty-five-minute piece is an adaptation of a Native American creation legend. On April 9 it will be performed for the first time in the space for which it was designed, a traditional longhouse (a building for ceremonies and community meetings), The Evergreen Longhouse Education and Cultural Center.
"To perform in the Evergreen Longhouse is very special," says Tears of Joy artistic director Jodi Eichelberger. "We do everything in our production to create the feeling of a longhouse. ...