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2/26/01

INUIT DRUMMERS AND SINGERS PERFORMING AT SLU FESTIVAL

CANTON -- A performance by the Aqsarniit Drum Dancers and Throat 
Singers will take place at St. Lawrence University on Thursday, March 
1, at 7:30 p.m. in the Blackbox Theatre, Griffiths Arts Center, as part 
of the St. Lawrence University Festival of the Arts, which is focusing 
this year on Inuit art and culture.
	The performance is open to the public, free of charge.
	Aqsarniit, or "northern lights," is an established Inuit performing 
group based in Ottawa. The core members are Sylvia Ipirautaq Cloutier and 
Phanuelie Palluq, who came together to learn about traditions as well as 
to create new music and dances inspired by drum dancing and throat singing.
	In drum dancing, one holds a large, round, flat drum, swaying the 
body while striking the rim on each side. Throat singing is practiced 
among women, in homes and for entertainment in friendly competition, 
imitating sounds of animals in their native areas.
	The St. Lawrence University Festival of the Arts, "From 'Nanook' 
to Nunavut: The Art and Politics of Representing Inuit Culture," continues 
through March 7 on campus, with a variety of exhibitions, performances, 
films, demonstrations and lectures included.

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Festival of the Arts Web Site

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