Âs Nupumukômun/We Still Dance

Performance: Saturday, June 28 at 7 pm

Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center, 100 Edgartown Road, Oak Bluffs, MA

In Residence June 23-29

Âs Nupumukômun (We Still Dance) is a multimedia theatrical composition created in close collaboration between members of Danza Orgánica and an intergenerational group of Aquinnah Wampanoag tribal members. Adhering to Indigenous storytelling, dance, song, and installation- Âs Nupumukômun explores what it means to be Native today by highlighting traditional and contemporary stories of the Aquinnah Wampanoag People. This collaboration, which started in Winter 2018, was made possible through a partnership between the Aquinnah Cultural Center, The Yard, and Danza Orgánica.

Danza Orgánica is a Boston-based dance theater company that creates anti-racist, anti-patriarchal, and decolonizing work. Through high-quality performance, education (Dance for Social JusticeTM), and the annual festival We Create, they work with-and-for communities interested in embodying a liberated future. They honor the right to express the BIPOC experience and leave a legacy that sheds light upon an untold side of history.

Website: https://www.danzaorganica.org/

This presentation of Âs Nupumukômun (We Still Dance) is a part of the Martha’s Vineyard Diversity Coalition’s Truth & Joy Celebration, happening June 28 & 29, 2025. The performance is made possible through a partnership between the Aquinnah Cultural Center, Martha's Vineyard Diversity Coalition, Danza Orgánica and The Yard.

Âs Nupumukômun is funded in part by the Martha’s Vineyard Community Foundation, the Jerome A. and Estelle R. Newman Assistance Fund, and the Martha’s Vineyard Cultural Council.