Photo by Owen Scarlett courtesy of the Center for Provocative Thought
Lindsey Red-tail
Opening Rainbow Grief Ritual with Eres Medicina on Friday May 30, 2025 | 7PM-9:30PM
A participatory ritual with the audience, followed by micro performances from Anuj Bhutani, Tsiambwom “T” Akuchu, DaEun Jung, Paul Outlaw, and Nina Sarnelle, then an Audience Exchange
ABOUT RAINBOW GRIEF RITUAL: TO HONOR THE LAND
Red-tail is joined by medicine musicians “Eres Medicina” for an opening ritual of Grief and remembrance honoring the Land and the loss from the fires – the cycle of death and rebirth with music, chanting and dance. Collectively we open the space for the LAX micro-festival and healing Artists, sending intention and love back down to the Earth and grounding as a community, connecting to the roots underneath us. Singing songs in call and response, Eres Medicina And Red-tail invite us to circle together with the vibration of our Ancestors, our voices and movements while calling in the Rainbow.
Full-length Performance, “Infinite Spirals of Light – Emergence” on Saturday May 31, 2025 | 7PM-10PM
With Yozmit the DogStar, Audience Exchange, and a Micro Celebration with drinks and mingling
ABOUT INFINITE SPIRALS OF LIGHT – EMERGENCE
Choreographer: Lindsey Red-tail
Dance Collaborators: Jordan Saenz and Stephanie Zaletel
Music: A VIOLET IN YOUTH – Daniella Lollie, Lisa Yan, Amanda Erwin, Kelly Kuhn
Projection and Light Experimentation: Tempe Hale
An ode to Altadena, Lindsey Red-tail’s current process is guided by grief, remembrance and healing through movement. In this new work in progress they honor and say goodbye to the Land they grew up on after the Eaton Fire, bringing the relationships forged with Nature on a new journey. Red-tail orchestrates a movement language of the Trees, poetry and music, short vignettes that have emerged after battling Breast Cancer and losing their Father to Cancer a year to date, May 31st. What emerges is both a death and rebirth into the new and unknown, trusting the body’s innate wisdom and connection after loss. They thank their family, community, friends, collaborators for gathering in Sacred song and dance, in Art – a language of our Ancestors as we co-create and bring to the forefront the seen and unseen Beings around us, moving from our roots into commonality through creative expression and play.
ABOUT LINDSEY RED-TAIL
Lindsey Red-tail, born and raised in Altadena, Tongva Lands is an acclaimed non-binary dance artist, poet and messenger of the Trees, whose work weaves together the intersection of movement, nature and Ancestral practices. Following pathways in the body of remembrance, they are guided by an Ancestor of Wind, a seer and spiritual companion returning to their Nahuatl Mexican, Cherokee and African American roots. Red-tail’s offerings are informed by their time in the mountains dancing and singing with the Land. They co-create with community and with the elements, bringing playful and experimental ways of being to the forefront of their work and a deeper connection with the Natural seen and unseen world. Red-tail has led Tree rituals, rainbow activations and ceremonies in their beloved home Altadena and beyond, bringing the community together through art, music and dance with the support of elders and inspiring the new generation of artists/healers. A 2012 graduate of the prestigious California Institute of the Arts, Red-tail has established themselves as a transformative choreographic voice across Los Angeles with commissions from California State University, Scripps College, and LA Contemporary Dance Company.
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The LAX Micro Fest is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, and is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture. Los Angeles Performance Practice is also supported, in part, by The Mellon Foundation, The Perenchio Foundation, and the California Arts Council.