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PHOTO • COURTESY ATIBA JEFFERSON Champion fancy dancer Kenneth Shirley foundedEnterpriseIndigenousin2015.
“They love how it’s diverse and how it’s multiple tribes and not just one representation,” Shirley says about his audiences. “They like seeing the diversity.”
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EARLY YEARS Indigenous Enterprise’s early years saw college students from a variety of local institutions, including ASU, and Chandler-Gilbert and Scottsdale community colleges. Their stages were Valley community colleges.Thegroup’s lineup has changed and grown over the years. Besides Shirley, only a few original members remain, including Diné chicken dancer Ty Lodgepole. Dancers like Lodgepole and Shirley bring along other talents like fashion design. They all make their own regalia, or the traditional clothing they wear when they perform.InMay, Shirley and Dominic Pablo, a fellow fancy dancer with Indigenous Enterprise, attended the “Gilded Age”-themed Met Gala in traditional regalia. Shirley, a filmmaking graduate from ASU, made his traditional clothing for his first major redcarpet appearance. He says he and Pablo were trying to send a larger message. Indigenous Enterprise’s mission is centered around preservation, education, performance and progression.
The performers exude a youthful energy, blending traditional and contemporary movements, with TIMES a high level of showmanship that results in standing ovations and loud applause.“Idon’t want them to sit there and be all quiet. I want them to make some noise,” Shirley says.
Enterprise spotlights dancers from different tribes and nations, all of whom interact and engage with the crowd, getting them hyped.
In 2016, the group worked with Taboo, of the Black Eyed Peas, on “Stand Up/Stand N Rock,” a video protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline.Shirley says with many of its projects, Indigenous Enterprise tries to spread awareness about current social and political issues.
“We went over there and made a political statement, saying, ‘This is the real America,’” Shirley says. It’s part of a larger effort to branch out into fashion, film and television. In June 2020, the group appeared on Jennifer Lopez’s show “World of Dance,” blending Native American and hip-hop B-boy styles into their performance.Thegroupprepared by rehearsing long hours for two months. Jorge Gonzales-Zuniga Jr., a hoop dancer with Indigenous Enterprise, says usually the dancers perform separately, so collaborating was a new experience.
EDUCATION IS KEY During shows, the Indigenous Enterprise educates audiences on their“Spectatorsstyles. may not know what the dance is. That’s why during shows, we explain it. We explain the meaning, the reasoning and its purpose,” Gonzales-Zuniga says. “And then usually we always do two rounds of performance. We do the more serious version, and after that, we crack a few jokes here and there in the second round.”
As part of that education, they created their own clothing brand featuring signature hoodies and T-shirts.Theyfeature larger messages such as “Grand Theft America,” “Indigenous Liberation,” “Actions Speak Louder than Words” and “Protect the Youth.”
As part of its “BornXRaised” project, the group paid tribute to elders through a special line of clothing. Proceeds from the project went to @UnityInc76, a national network for Native American youth. Shirley says the goal was to always reach beyond dance. “We wanted to be able to brand it not just as a native dance troupe,” he says.“We wanted to have a native clothing line. We just had a couple of clothing collabs that got featured in Vogue. We are working on getting our filmmaking stuff taking off. … We called it Indigenous Enterprise because we want to let the world know we are not just dancers.”
Commemorated in a 2018 documentary at the Chandler International Film Festival, Indigenous Enterprise has performed all over the world, including at the Sydney Opera House, Lincoln Center, the NBA
The dancers highlight styles such as fancy, hoop, fancy shawl, jingle dress and chicken dance, and are affiliated with the Diné, Umatilla, Salt River Pima-Maricopa and Plains Cree tribes and nations.
enneth Shirley spent formativehis years watching his mother, a fancy shawl dancer. Inspired, he is now traveling the world as a Diné fancy dancer with Enterprise,Indigenouswhich he founded in Indigenous2015.
“The old way is usually when you wanted to learn, you would sit, watch and listen. That’s what I’ve been doing lately,” Gonzales-Zuniga says. CT
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Finals and virtual inauguration of President Joe Biden. Locally, the group has entertained at the Heard and Pueblo Grande museums and the Tempe Center for the Arts. In May, the group took part of a multitribal performance at Chase Field during Native American Recognition Day. “They love it. They go crazy for it because they have never seen it before,” Shirley Gonzales-Zunigasays. says the group developed a following in Australia after being featured in local media.“We made a name for ourselves out there. When we came home, we had to face reality and go back being humble,” Gonzales-Zuniga says. All of the dancers in Indigenous Enterprise have interesting backstories.Shirley’smom brought him into the circle and started dancing at age 2. Gonzales-Zuniga began hoop dancing around 2015, when he was 15, and joined Indigenous Enterprise the next year. He continues to be one of the youngest members in the troupe.Gonzales-Zuniga says hoop dancing helps him connect with his culture as a member of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.“Mywhole reasoning of dancing was I had no knowledge of my own culture and traditions,” GonzalesZuniga says. “I only knew what everyone else knew around me, pretty much some slang, a couple of actual words in the language and some knowledge of who we were as a people. I wanted to dance to be in touch with my own native roots.” The dancer placed in the top 10 in the adult division at the World Championship Hoop Dance Contest at the Heard in 2022. He also held the title of Mr. Indian Scottsdale Community College. He dances with hoops that he made himself. He often wears colorful regalia and opts for simpler white hoops with colorful electrical tape. He soon hopes to branch out and start doing fancy dance, which he learned from other performers.
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ANOCHE CANTINA BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO MILL AVENUE together to elevate the concept of tacos and tequila into the various options available on the menu. Between food and beverages, most menu options are divided between classico and loco. “Classico is going to be sort of your tried-and-true favorites,” Elmore says. “We’re going to have chicken tinga, al pastor, carne asada, sort of those more well-known and then you choose your format of burrito, taco, bowl or salad. “If you go the loco route, you will still get your choice of format but you’re going to see different proteins like buffalo chicken, a Sun Devil, which is our vegan option. You might see some fun stuff from us like a Korean barbecue as a special, but they’re going to be off the cuff, the less-expected styles of proteins.”
AHG plans to open the neighboring concept of Anoche, Six40rty, a sports bar and nightlife concept, sometime this year.
“We’ve had our eye on Tempe for a while, and when the opportunity arose for us to take prime real estate on Mill Ave., we jumped at the chance,” says Elaina M. Morris, AHG CEO and president. “We couldn’t be more excited to bring what we call the ‘AHG difference’ to the Valley and join such a thriving community.”Anoche,which means “last night” in Spanish, held its grand opening on August 18. From the start, AHG looked to partner with a local expert operator to execute its vision for Anoche and found that in Thomas Lawson, formerly of Riot Hospitality Group. “It’s nice to be a part of Mill Ave.’s resurgence. This is a great area with rich history,” Lawson says. “Anoche will provide a unique experience to help elevate the ever-expanding community. Through carefully crafted eats and one-of-a-kind nightlife, we look to not just breathe new life into the area but give the area what it’s been craving.”
Favorites for Elmore include the pina loca loco margarita, the chicken tinga that she calls “the best chicken tinga I’ve ever had,” and the build-your-own margarita.
ECOLLEGETIMES.COM | SEPTEMBER 2022 7 ENTERTAINMENT ANNIKA TOMLIN • COLLEGE TIMES Anoche Cantina 640 S. Mill Avenue, anochecantina.com480.500.5104Tempe Open 3 p.m. to 2 a.m. Monday, 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Tuesday to Sunday M ill ahasAvenueaddednew nightlife concept to theAscendfold. Hospitality Group (AHG) recently opened its first nightlife concept in Arizona in the previous home to El Hefe.“We did a ton of research not only on Mill Ave. but the entire Arizona Valley,” says Shelby Elmore, director of marketing for AHG. “We really wanted to bring what we call the AHG difference, which is basically doing what’s never been done before or elevating what has. “When we looked at Tempe, we did an extensive amount of research and said, ‘How do we take something and bring a niche into Tempe that we felt was missing?’ And then, how do we bring a concept that not only will elevate Tempe but something that we feel like would elevate all of the Valley.”
“We also have something called dirty queso, which is yummy, gooey goodness,” Elmore says. “It’s topped with a pico de gallo and chorizo that is just mouthwatering and amazing.”
“At Ascend Hospitality Group as a whole our mission is to elevate the lives and the communities of the people we serve,” Elmore says. “I think the coolest part about Anoche and Six40rty is our CEO Elaina.
The same can be said for the drinks. On the classico side there are the house, skinny, spicy and prickly pear margaritas, versus, on the loco side, the I Don’t Wanna Grow Up made with Sour Patch Kids-infused tequila, lime, triple sec, simple syrup and a Pop Rocks rim.
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Anoche Cantina is the first nightlife concept created by Ascend Hospitality Group, located in Tempe off of Mill Avenue.
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“She could have had anyone design these, but she looked from within and she looked at me, and I have a passion for design and a passion for hospitality. She gave me the incredible opportunity to cocreate the concepts and completely believed in the branding and design of them and also place them in an area where we can now develop the next generation of leaders of hospitality by being in an obvious location near a campus.”
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Anoche Cantina plays into the nightlife concept and incorporates the symbolism of butterflies as an evolutionary experience from when a person hears about the brand to the moment they step inside, according to Elmore.
During the remodel of the 5,000-square-foot indoor and outdoor space, original artwork was added incorporating the use of butterflies as well as an entirely new color palette from what was previously in the location.
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“Rather than just bringing in a brand and some chairs, some couches or tables, we really think about every single touch point and how do we create a personality,” Elmore says about the interior. “Maya Angelou talks about how as a person you don’t remember someone for what they say, you remember how they make you feel. We want to be memorable from the moment you see a photo of ours or an advertisement of ours to the moment you walk in.”
AHG is a Black- and female-led, independent restaurant group based in Bellevue, Washington. A collection of concepts ranging from fine dining to fast-casual, AHG employs more than 600 people in Washington, Oregon, Utah and Arizona.
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