Projects

Public, professional, or academic lectures by Mr. Riccio or Litooma collective members are also available separate from or in conjunction with either Workshops or Performance Development residency.

Lecture presentations may be one to three hours in duration and include slide, video, and live demonstrations. Discussion period follows the lecture period. Presentations may also be in the form of an informal talk.

Topics include:

Realizing Community
Community of Place
Creating Community with Performance
Working Interculturally
Performance Anthropology
Creating Indigenous Performance
Alaska Native Performance
Shamans, Medicine Men, and Dancing with the Spirits
Re-Imagining Self and Culture through Performance
Trance: Ancient Technology of Performance

Director Thomas Riccio, Assistant Professor of Theatre at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, has taken regional theatre world distances. Mr. Riccio is committed to exploring and developing indigenous theatre worldwide, helping native cultures create their own theatre, where emphasis is on the experimental, in sharp contrast with traditional Western theatre, which affirms Western values...giving actors a scope within which to develop an idea, to grow, and to independently carry on the method, empowering them to be creators. SSSDC Newsletter Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers, USA

Yugni ellangici People wake up Ayaguani niicugnici Young people, listen Camek Taiyima ellicuartuci You may learn something Yugni ellangici People awaken Ungungssit qayagaurakut Animals are calling us Ikaiyusqelluteng yullermegni To help them while they are alive Cikiuteklerkarteng pitekluki So they can give themselves to us Ungungssit qayagaurakut Animals are calling us Qangiama niicugninga Grandson listen to me Ciuliavet qaneryarai What your ancestors tell you Maliggluki yukina Follow them while you live Qangaima niicugninga Grandson listen to me Utetmun Maligesnga Homeward come with me Maniciiqamken nunamek I will show you land Tanrumaksailng urmek nunavni Land that has never been seen where you live Utetmun maligesnga Homeward come with me from Tuma Theatres UTETMUN, by Paul Jumbo, Litooma member

The most important part of these programmes was the research done into the methodology of creating these works. To this end we have started to collect a body of research material. Without Mr. Riccios tireless input the would not have been possible. He has shown an uncanny ability to walking into a foreign culture and developing a theatre language that transcends all barriers. We look forward to a long association. Themi Venturas Associate Director, Natal Performing Arts Council

For further information about Litooma and its programs contact: LITOOMA PO Box 83498 Fairbanks, Alaska 99709 USA Telephone/Fax: 907/474.8721 email: fftpr@aurora.alaska.edu