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CAMA-I
Dance Festival
In
the spring of the year indigenous and ethnic dancers from around the world join
Native dancers from across
Alaska
in the lower
Kuskokwim
River
community of
Bethel
for three days of dance, song and
celebration during the annual Cama-i Dance Festival. Each program listed below
features selected highlights of these performances.
Cama-i Dance Festival 2005
60 Minutes
Performers include the Yurartet YKD Dancers, The Akiuk Kasigluk High School Dancers, The Kuskokwim Campus Dancers from Bethel, The Kaluiarmiut Dancers from Nelson Island and Bethel, the Upallret Dancers of Bethel, The Alaska Native Heritage Center Dancers from Anchorage, The Chevak Dancers, Mountain Village Dancers, Scammon Bay Dancers featuring Marianne Sundown, the Nunam Iqua Dancers and the Little Diomede Island Dancers.
English $25 (DVD), $30 (VHS)
($5 goes to support the Bethel Council on the Arts, organizer of the Cama-i Dance Festival)
Cama-i
Dance Festival 2004 
60 Minutes
Featured
groups include the Tuluksak Dancers, Nuniwarmiut Kassiyurtait of Mekoryuk,
Nunivak
Island
, Suurimmaanitchuat of Barrow, The Thunder Bear Drum and Dance Group and
a performance by the singing group Pamyua.
English
$30 (VHS),
$25 (DVD) ($5 goes to support the
Bethel
Council on the Arts, organizer of the Cama-i Dance Festival)
Cama-i
Dance Festival 2003 
60 Minutes
Featured
groups include the Negeqlirmiut St. Mary’s Dancers, Caputnguarniut Tuarartait
Chefornak Dancers, Emmonak Eskimo Dancers, Nanwalek Dancers, Toksook Day
Traditional Dancers, Shasta Taiko Drummers and a special Heart Of The Drum
performance featuring drummers from all the groups.
English
$30 (VHS), $25 (DVD) ($5
goes to support the
Bethel
Council on the Arts, organizer of the Cama-i Dance Festival)
Cama-i
Dance Festival 2002 
60 Minutes
Released in 2003
Featured
groups include the Bethel Traditional Dancers, Tuluksak Dancers, Maharlika
Filipino Dancers, Northern Lights Dancers of Kotzebue, Hooper Bay Dancers,
Newtok Dancers, Imarrpigmiut Dancers of Togiak and the Upallret Dancers of
Bethel.
English
$30 (VHS), $25 (DVD) ($5
goes to support the
Bethel
Council on the Arts, organizer of the Cama-i
Dance Festival)
Cama-i
Dance Festival 2001 
60 minutes
Released in 2002
Featured groups include the
Bethel Traditional Dancers, White Mountain Apache Spiritcrown Dancers, Kicaput
Yup’ik dancers of
Anchorage
,
Alaska
,
Tikigak Traditional Dancers of Point Hope, Alaska, King Island Dancers of Nome,
Alaska, Bethel Alternative Boarding School (BABS) Dancers, Ohana of Paradise
Hawaiian Dancers of Anchorage, Alaska, Pumyua and the Pilot Station Dancers of
Pilot Station,
Alaska
.
English
$30 (VHS) $25(DVD) ($5 goes to support the
Bethel
Council on the Arts, organizer of the Cama-i
Dance Festival)
Cama-i Dance Festival
-First Dance 2000
60 Minutes
Released in 2001
Featured groups are Bethel
Traditional Dancers, Kotlik Dancers, Marayaarmiut of Scammon Bay, Seh Uaquit,
Pamyua, Stanford Steppers, 4th Generation Tsimpshean Dancers, Metlakatla,
Mikelnguut Elitnaurviat, Chevak Mask Dancers, Atxam Taligisniikangis, Unagan
Dancers of Atka.
English
$30 (VHS) $25 (DVD) ($5
goes to support the
Bethel
Council on the Arts, organizer of the Cama-i Dance Festival)
Cama-i Delta Dancers I
1997
90 Minutes
This videotape features some of
the local dance groups from
Scammon
Bay
,
Chevak Dancers, the Bethel Native Dancers, Tununak Dancers, Emmonak Dancers,
Upallret and Pamyua.
English $25 (VHS)
$20 (DVD)
Cama-i
Delta Dancers II 1997
80 Minutes
Features dance groups from the
Y-K Delta. Included are Napaskiak
Dancers, Iqugmiut Dancers, Russian Mission, Toksook Bay Dancers, the Bethel High
School Dancers, the Kilbuck School Dancers and the M.E. School Dancers.
English $25 (VHS)
$20 (DVD)
Cama-i
International 1997
90 Minutes
Cama-i International takes a look
at the performers who are not from the Y-K Delta.
Included are Bethel Korean Dancers, the Capoeiara Dancers from
Bahia
,
Brazil
,
Dancers from the Crow Nation, the Atka, Alaska Dancers, the Okikari Basque
Dancers and the Shasta Taiko Drummers.
English $25 (VHS)
$20 (DVD)
Cama-i Behind the Mask 1997
30 Minutes
This program gives viewers a
behind the scenes look at the Cama-i Festival, illustrating the hard work of the
crew to put on such an event and an off stage glimpse of the performers.
English $25 (VHS) $20 (DVD)
Cama-i Festival 1996
90 Minutes
Highlighted groups are Pamyua,
Bethel Traditional Dancers, St. Lawrence Island Dancers, Acoma Inter-Cultural
Dancers, Akula-Kasigluk Dancers, KUC Dancers, Toksook Bay Dancers, Upallret
Dancers and the Nightmute Dancers.
English $25 (VHS) $20 (DVD)
Cama-i Festival 1995
90 Minutes
Featured groups are Stebbins
Dancers, Indian Hoop Dancer, Canadian Throat Dancers, Korean "Ye Mu Ri
Dancers", Hawaiian "Hui 'O Kaeoklani", KUC Dancers, and dance
groups from Atmauthluak,
Hooper
Bay
and
Scammon
Bay
.
***The opening and closing sequences of this program
were edited in black and white with both the picture and sound recorded at
slower than normal speed. This was
done intentionally for artistic purposes and is not a defect.***
English $25 (VHS) $20 (DVD)
Cama-i
Festival 1994
90 Minutes
Highlighted groups are the Bethel
Native Dancers, Nunapitchuk Dancers, Marshall Dancers, Mrs. Aguchak & Mrs.
Sundown of
Scammon
Bay
,
Wallalapum Indian Dancers, Kotlik Dancers, Akiuk School Dancers, "Ergiron"
Chukchi Dancers from
Anadyr
,
Russia
,
the Stebbins Dancers, Nunamta, Upallret and Dancers from
Mountain
Village
.
English $25 (VHS) $20 (DVD)
Cama-i Festival 1993
60 minutes
Featured dancers include dancers
from Stebbins, Emmonak,
Hooper
Bay
,
the Bethel Native Dancers and special appearances by the Koshare Indian Dancers
from
Colorado
,
the King Island Dancers of Nome and the White Sail Dancers of Laverencia from
Chukotka
,
Russia
English $25 (VHS) $20 (DVD)
Cama-i
Festival Highlights 1991-1992
60 Minutes
Featured groups are The Bethel
Native Dancers, the Kasigluk Akula Dancers, the Haines Gei-Sun Dancers, the
Kilbuck School Dancers, the Tununak Dancers, the Chevak Dancers, the Kuskokwim
College Dancers and the Anchorage Inter-Tribal Pow Wow.
English $25 (VHS) $20 (DVD)
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