ANGELA GLADUE

HIP-HOP & POWWOW DANCE

IN THIS CLASS WE WILL EXPLORE FOUNDATIONAL STEPS FROM THE NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL DANCE FORM KNOWN AS POWWOW DANCING WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON THE FANCY DANCE AND THE HOOP DANCE.

3 DAYS WEEK OF 5/8-5/12

$700

Angela Miracle Gladue aka Lunacee, is a nêhiyâw (Plains Cree) /Greek Powwow Dancer and Bgirl and Beadwork Artist from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada who started cultural dancing (Metis & powwow) at age six and continued her dance career as a Hip-hop dance artist since 2003. She has been invited to perform, teach and speak to countless countries throughout the world and since 2016, has toured the world as one of the lead dancers for The Halluci-Nation (Formally A Tribe Called Red). More recently, she was selected for the 2023-2024 cohort for The Kennedy Center Culture Caucus and has been invited to teach and perform at the Kennedy Center on multiple occasions. Selected accomplishments include: Choreographing and performing at the 2017 Juno Awards, first place at the Canadian Hip-hop Championships and World Hip-Hop Championship Bronze Medalist with her crew the FlyGirlz, and recipient of the 2015 Chief David Crowchild Memorial Youth Award for demonstrating outstanding community leadership through Hip-hop and Powwow dance in the city of Calgary. She has also opened up for major recording artists such as TLC, Sean Paul, Lil'Kim, Maestro, Grandmaster Flash and Busta Rhymes to name a few.