Lepquinm Gumilgit Gagoadim
Anchorage, Alaska
Tsimshian Dancers providing opening dance on last day of Symposium
Lepquinm Gumilgit Gagoadim (Our Own Dance in Our Hearts) Tsimshian Dancers is a multi-generational Southeast Alaska group based in the Anchorage area. Their youngest member is one years old and the eldest member is 83 years old. Dance group leader, Marcella Foster, and Elder-Leader, Theo Bayou, both of Metlakatla, established LGG in May 2005.
Since LGG was established, they have performed in Anchorage, Palmer, Bethel, Fairbanks, Juneau and Metlakatla, Alaska; Puyallup, Washington; and the National Museum of American Indian Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. The dance group took first place in the Indian Dance Competition at the World Eskimo Indian Olympics in 2007!
LGG dancers are known for their large bentwood box drum, theatrical presentation with masks and humor. LGG thrives to teach about the Tsimshian culture, language, songs and dances, expressing how their culture is a living, breathing thing.
4-29-10 Opening - Lepquinm Gumilgit Gagoadim Dancers (Tsimshian)
