Our home base for Southwest performances, cultural programming, and special events.
NATIVE AMERICAN DANCE COMPANY · ARIZONA · EST. 2015
INDIGENOUS
ENTERPRISE
INDIGENOUS CULTURE IN MOTION.
BASED IN ARIZONA · PERFORMING NATIONWIDE + AROUND THE WORLD
Indigenous Enterprise is a professional Native American dance company based in Arizona, featuring champion powwow dancers, singers, filmmakers, and cultural artists. With performers available across Arizona, California, New York, the Midwest, and the Northwest, we perform throughout the United States and internationally.
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WHO WE ARE
ROOTED IN TRADITION.
BUILT FOR THE FUTURE.
Indigenous Enterprise is a Native American dance company founded in Arizona in 2015 by Kenneth Shirley with a vision to bring the strength, beauty, and spirit of powwow culture to audiences around the world.
What began as a small group of dancers has become a global platform for Indigenous representation through dance, film, fashion, storytelling, and cultural collaboration.
OUR FULL STORY →NATIONWIDE + INTERNATIONAL
BASED IN ARIZONA.
PERFORMING WORLDWIDE.
Indigenous Enterprise is headquartered in Arizona, but our performance network reaches far beyond the Southwest. We have Native American dancers and cultural artists available across multiple regions of the United States and can assemble touring teams for performances, festivals, schools, universities, museums, conferences, corporate events, theaters, and international engagements.
Dancers available for West Coast performances, festivals, schools, universities, and cultural events.
Available for theaters, media, institutions, festivals, schools, and major events throughout the region.
Performance teams available for universities, museums, festivals, conferences, and community programs.
Native American dancers available for cultural programming and professional performance engagements.
Available for overseas theaters, festivals, cultural exchange, touring, and special international programs.
Not seeing your city or region? Indigenous Enterprise travels throughout the United States and internationally.
THE BEGINNING
2015
FROM A LIVING ROOM TO THE WORLD STAGE.
Indigenous Enterprise began in Kenneth Shirley’s mother’s living room. The purpose was simple: create space for Indigenous dancers to represent themselves, their cultures, and their communities on their own terms.
Today, that same purpose drives every performance, film, collaboration, and project.
OUR FOUNDATION
PRESERVATION.
PERFORMANCE.
PROGRESSION.
PRESERVATION
Honor the traditions, songs, movements, teachings, and stories carried forward by generations of Indigenous people.
PERFORMANCE
Bring living Indigenous culture to theaters, festivals, schools, institutions, global stages, and new audiences.
PROGRESSION
Create new opportunities for Indigenous artists and the next generation to lead, innovate, and tell their own stories.
NATIVE AMERICAN DANCE PERFORMANCES
FROM THE POWWOW ARENA
TO THE WORLD STAGE.
Indigenous Enterprise brings professional Native American dance, live powwow music, and Indigenous cultural storytelling to audiences across the United States and around the world.
SUPER BOWLPhoenix
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSESydney
MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADENew York City
LINCOLN CENTERNew York City
THE JOYCE THEATERNew York City
WHAT WE DO
ONE COLLECTIVE.
MULTIPLE FORMS.
LIVE POWWOW DANCE
Professional Native American powwow dance performances for theaters, festivals, universities, schools, conferences, cultural institutions, corporate events, and special events nationwide.
EXPLORE PERFORMANCE →INDIGENOUS STORYTELLING
Film and media created from Indigenous perspectives, expanding representation beyond the stage.
EXPLORE FILM →WORKSHOPS + SCHOOLS
Performances, workshops, artist talks, demonstrations, and youth-centered cultural learning experiences.
BRAND + CULTURAL PARTNERSHIPS
Creative collaborations, campaigns, media projects, and cultural activations built with purpose and authenticity.
WHY IT MATTERS
CULTURE IS A SOURCE OF POWER.
There was a time when Indigenous people were punished for practicing these traditions. Today, Indigenous Enterprise honors the ancestors who protected them by sharing that culture proudly with the world.
Our work is also about the next generation, creating visibility, opportunity, and pride for Indigenous youth.
BEYOND THE STAGE
WE TELL OUR OWN STORIES.
Indigenous Enterprise extends its work into filmmaking and media, creating stories shaped by Indigenous artists, experiences, communities, and perspectives.
STILL HEREDocumentary
BORDERSOriginal Series
INDIGENOUS ENTERPRISE APPAREL
WEAR THE STORY.
PERFORMANCES · WORKSHOPS · COLLABORATIONS · MEDIA
BRING INDIGENOUS
ENTERPRISE TO YOU.
Based in Arizona and available nationwide and internationally, Indigenous Enterprise can be booked for theaters, festivals, universities, schools, museums, conferences, cultural institutions, corporate events, special events, workshops, and media projects.
INDIGENOUS ENTERPRISE
WE ARE STILL HERE.
We honor the past. We uplift Indigenous voices. We create opportunities for the next generation.
“We are the grandchildren of the ancestors they couldn’t kill.”