Designed for outdoor public spaces—parks, waterfronts, urban plazas—the performance is scalable and ideal for festivals, community days, and family-oriented events. The show can be paired with storytelling, performances, or workshops led by local Indigenous artists, offering a platform for meaningful cultural exchange and local engagement.

G. Peter Jemison (Seneca, Heron Clan; b.1945)
G. Peter Jemison’s career spans decades across a wide swath of diverse accomplishments with a worldwide impact. Through his art, Jemison has explored a variety of topics, from creating political works that portray contemporary social commentary to those that reflect his relationship with the natural world. Widely shown and collected, Jemison’s works are rooted in the framework of Native American arts. Known for his naturalistic paintings and series of works done on brown paper bags, his art embodies Orenda, the traditional Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) belief that every living thing and part of creation contains a spiritual force. His paintings, videos, and mixed media works have been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions in the U.S., the U.K. and Germany. He is also an esteemed administrator, curator, editor, and writer. In 2004, he was elected Board Member at Large of the American Alliance of Museums (formerly the Association of Museums) and was the founding director of the American Indian Community House Gallery in New York City. Jemison’s works are included in such significant collections as: The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Heard Museum, Phoenix; The Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe; The Denver Art Museum, Denver; The British Museum, London; and the Museum der Weltkulturen, Frankfurt, Germany.

Les Plasticiens Volants based in Graulhet, France, established in 1978, is a street theater company that practices a unique technique of creating and operating giant hand-made inflatable puppetry. Their productions merge street theatre, visual arts, digital projections, sound effects, and nature to create an awe-inspiring story.

William Crouse Sr. is a member of the Seneca Nation of Indians of the Hawk clan. He is a faithkeeper, singer, and speaker of the Coldspring Longhouse. As group leader, singer, lecturer and dancer of the Allegany River Indian Dancers, Bill has traveled all over the US and Canada. He has performed in Rome, Italy and Würzburg, Germany. Bill is the founder of the Skywoman Iroquois Dance Theater.

The project is funded by: Villa Albertine, the French Institute for Culture and Education in the United States, Institute Français, Département du Tarn, Région Occitanie (France)

Project partners:  The Friends of Ganondagan (Facebook, Instagram), Victor New York, Hudson River Park, New York City, TurnPark Art Space (Facebook, Instagram), Prospect Park (Brooklyn, NY), Urban Stages (NYC) (Facebook, Instagram)

"Theater & New Forms is the theater program of Villa Albertine, the French Institute for Culture and Education in the United States, and the Albertine Foundation is proud to support Les Plasticiens Volants and the artistic collaboration with G. Peter Jemison and The Sky Woman Iroquois Dance Theater for the creation and world premiere of the aerial sculpture street performance Turtle Island. This significant collaboration promises to further enrich artistic exchange between France and the U.S.” selection committee, April 28, 2025.

• Ganondagan, Victor, New York: October 2, 12pm

• TurnPark Art Space, West Stockbridge, Mass: October 3, 6pm

• Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York: October 4, 3pm (with opening act by Araceli Poma of Kechua Nation in Peru and her bandmates, presented by Urban Stages)

• 14th Street Park, Hudson River Parks, Manhattan, NY: October 5, 12pm and 4pm (with opening act by Araceli Poma of Kechua Nation in Peru and her bandmates, presented by Urban Stages)

  Please RSVP with us to get more information: unicycleproductions@gmail.com. Each site will be posting details shortly.

  Special reception for presenters: October 6 at La Maison de l’Occitanie, 244–250 W 54th St, NYC, at 6pm.