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Terra Firma Project

Terra Firma engages us to channel our memories, our connection to the land, our home. In collaboration with Betty Osceola of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, she shares the perspectives, teachings, and traditions of the Miccosukee people. The performance invites us to redefine our relationship with home by encouraging the public to share a message for future generations via written notes placed in a capsule and offered to the land. It is an acknowledgement for our land ancestors and an opportunity for the public to ground themselves in the natural spaces we share. 

This work was made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami- Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners. Our community and producing partners include, Dream in Green and Live Arts Miami. Terra Firma is an on-going research we are presenting to communities beyond South Florida. For information on how to bring Terra Firma to your community, please email me via the contact form.

Performances and Site Offerings

Deering Estate – February 2-6, 2022

Betty Osceola and the Panther Clan

Movement Research at Judson Church, NYC – April 25, 2022

New York Restoration Project – The Dorothy Strelsin Memorial Community Garden

Miami Beach Regional Library – November 30, 2022

Miami-Dade Public Library Systems

Notes for Tomorrow, Lehman Theater at MDC/North Campus – February 2, 2023

Ada Merritt K-8 Center, Global Field Academy, Kendale Elementary

Kenwood K-8 Center, Oak Grove Elementary, Melrose Elementary

Miami Shores Elementary

Dance-e-Lorus at Cucalorus Film Festival, Thalian Hall, Wilmington, N.C. – November 16, 2023

Alliance for Cape Fear Trees

Sarasota Contemporary Dance: In-Studio Performance Series – June 14, 2025

Leymis Bolaños -Wilmott and Sarasota Contemporary Dance

WOW Festival at La Jolla, San Diego, CA. – April 23-26th, 2026