Onöndowa'ga:' Gawë:nö

biography

v. 2025

Dewadosö:h ni:’ gya:söh neh ögwë’ö:we:ka:’

Rosy Simas ni:’ gya:söh neh ga:nyö’öka:’ ne’neh

Onödowag’ga:’ niwagöëdzo’dë:h ne’koh neh agedaë’ö:ga:’

Wis niwashë:h dza:dak niwagoshiya’göh

Mni Sota Makoce tknö:ge’ dwagádojëh

resume

v. 2025

2012-Current Artistic Director of Rosy Simas Danse, Minneapolis

2023-2024 Visiting Distinguished Scholar College of Arts and Sciences, University at Buffalo.

2020 Twin Cities City Pages Best Choreographer

2014 Twin Cities City Pages Artist of the Year,

2014 Minnesota Sage Award for Outstanding Design

2023 Doris Duke Artist Award.

2022 McKnight Foundation Choreography Fellowship

2022 USA Doris Duke Fellowship.

2019 Dance USA Fellowship to Artists.

2016 McKnight Foundation Choreography Fellowship.

2016 First People’s Fund Artist Fellowship.

2015 Guggenheim Foundation Creative Arts Fellowship, Choreography.

2013 Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Fellowship, Choreography.