Sarah Walker/Black Arm Band
The Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA will donate approximately half of the profits from Royce Hall's Feb. 15 presentation of "Dirtsong" to UCLA's American Indian Studies Center ( AISC). "Dirtsong" features Australian Indigenous music-theater troupe Black Arm Band. Addressing American Indian issues and supporting Indian communities, the center serves as a bridge between UCLA and indigenous peoples locally, nationally and internationally. "It is absolutely about saying, at a time when there are layers of uncertainty that we don't know about, that we want to direct what we can toward our colleagues," said Kristy Edmunds, CAP UCLA artistic and executive director. "It is about saying, 'Hey, we see you.' Indigenous people are constantly trying to find vehicles to help each other, and it's the same with the arts. So it makes sense for us to do what we can to support AISC in this way." Edmunds has a history with Black Arm Band.
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