Panel Talk - Indigenous Touring Network – Sápmi / Caribbean

Hosted by Invisible People Contemporary Dance and Anisotropie. Location Ögonblicksteatern Umeå, 1.00-2.00 PM

How can Indigenous artists tour across oceans, borders and colonial geographies without being forced into systems that were not built for them? This panel explores the emerging idea of an Indigenous Touring Network between Sápmi and the Caribbean, connecting artists, presenters, communities and cultural organisations through shared values rather than standard market logic.

Hosted by Invisible People Contemporary Dance and Anisotropie, the conversation looks at touring as more than mobility. It is about relationships, reciprocity, language, land, climate, care and self-determination. What kinds of networks are needed when distance is not only geographical, but also historical and political? How can Indigenous-led structures create new routes for performance, knowledge exchange and long-term collaboration?

The panel invites audiences to think beyond conventional touring models and imagine a performing arts infrastructure where Indigenous perspectives define the terms of movement,…