Salmon Dance
2023

Salmon Dance blends contemporary dance, documentary footage, and interviews with local fishermen to create a window into the life and livelihood of commercial salmon trolling in Southeast Alaska. Filmed in and around Icy Strait and Cross Sound in Xunaa Káawu.

Director, Choreographer: Sarah Campen
Performers: Marissa Guʼnuʼkuʼ Truitt, Hali Duran, Anouk Otsea
Storytellers: Char Damron, Yaandu.ein Paul Marks II, Bruce Smith
Director of Photography: Bob Christensen
Additional Footage: Chris Miller

Salmon Dance is supported by a Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Award.