NORMAN ROACH-
Men's Fancy, Grass, and Traditional Hoop Dance,
Traditional Flute,
Storytelling ,and Singer
Pow Wow Coordinator, Announcer, and Arena Director
Educator,
Cultural Presenter, and Key Note Speaker
Actor- member Screen Actors Guild
EDUCATION- B. A. Political Science, 39 Post-Graduate hours
Current occupation-Social Studies and Special Education Teacher
-JFK Mid School, Gallup, New Mexico
DANCE GROUPS performed with: American Indian Dance Theatre
Takini Dance Company,
TRIBE-World Premiere Lakota Dance Troupe, Stand Rock Ceremonial
COUNTRIES visited and important venues as Dance performer:
France, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Scotland, Canada,
Monoco, Bolivia, Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Morocco, Algeria, Qatar
USA-East and West Coast tours including Hawaii & Alaska
Some THEATRES visited: Kings Theatre, Edinbourough, Scotland;
Casino De Paris, Paris, France; Wolf Trap Theatre, Washington
D C. USA; Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California, Four Seasons
Hotel and Resort, Maui,USA; Monoco National Theatre, Monoco;
MEDIA
MOVIES-" LAKOTA WOMAN", "THUNDERHEART" ,"MYSTIC
WARRIOR" DOCUMENTARIES- "AMERICAN INDIAN DANCE THEATRE",
PBS Dance In America, ; "MAKOCE WAKAN", VHI-MTV; "POW
WOW" Paris Public Television; "THROUGH THE WINDOW",
North Star Productions COMMERCIALS/ADS- South Dakota Tourism TV
Advertisement, Rodale Press,"You can,We Did" series,
12 national magazines
CULTURAL
Pow Wow Coordinator- University of New Mexico Pow Wow, Black Hills
Expo Pow Wow, Native American Heritage Black Hills Inter-national
Pow Wow, Gallup Area Schools Festival and Pow Wow
HONORS- All-around Dance Champ, Oglala Lakota Nation Pow
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