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COYOTE TAILS

young dancer in COYOTE TAILS

A SERIES OF LIGHT-HEARTED PERFORMANCES BY CHARACTERS FAMILIAR TO THOSE WHO ENJOY TRADITIONAL AMERICAN INDIAN STORY-TELLING. NATIVE AMERICAN PERFORMERS ENLIVEN PIECES SUCH AS "COYOTE JUGGLES HIS EYES' AND "HOW TURTLE GOT HIS TAIL" WITH ENERGETIC PERFORMANCES AS THEY BOTH NARRATE AND PERFORM THE ACTION OF THE CHARACTERS THEMSELVES.
A blind Coyote bewitches Bluebird and Bluejay in COYOTE JUGGLES HIS EYES
PHEASANT, SKUNK, BADGER, BLUEBIRD, RAVENS, THUNDERBIRD AND OTHER DENIZENS OF THE STORYTELLING TRADITION ALL JOIN COYOTE IN SCENES WHICH WERE ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED BY ITP FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AUDIENCES, BUT WHICH HAVE PROVED POPULAR WITH SPECTATORS OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS.

Life size puppets Suzi Tookalook, Stella Manyturquoise, and Hosteen Begay watch and comment on the action in COYOTE TAILS
Rabbit and Turtle race each other in COYOTE TAILS
two scenes from COYOTE TAILS
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