Heller Center for the Arts

ETHOS V: Ways of the Wind is a work-in-progress, outdoor installation performance combining storytelling, dance, and music on the land around the Heller Center to honor Tava-kaavi, Sun Mountain in Ute. Seeking out a path of decolonization and healing of the land, the reflective movement project will be led by Heller Fellow and dance artist Ayako Kato in collaboration with music faculty Yvonne Wu and Élise Roy; 'Ilaheva Tua'one, Assistant Professor of Indigenous/Native American Studies and Storytelling Professor; and UCCS students of NASA (the Native American Student Alliance). Ayako Kato is a kinetic philosopher/poet and contemporary choreographer/dancer originally from Yokohama, Japan.
The Heller Center for Arts & Humanities at the University of Colorado - Colorado Springs selected Ayako as a Spring 2025 Heller Fellowship Award recipient and has been supporting the new creation of storytelling dance ETHOS: Ways of the Wind to be presented as a work in progress. Mint tea, blue corn cookies, and biscochitos related to Ute culture will be offered in the beginning. You will be invited to outdoors on the hilltop, so please dress accordingly. A reception and dialogue follow. 



This event is free, but registration is required at https://shorturl.at/bYuYa. For more information, go to https://shorturl.at/R1wF5 or contact Yvonne Wu at ywu@uccs.edu.


Hosted by: Music Program, Native American Student Alliance, UCCS Heller Center for Arts & Humanities, Visual and Performing Arts

Additional Information can be found at: https://mlc.uccs.edu/event/11101215

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