FANCY DANCER
Seattle Rep presents FANCY DANCER by Larissa FastHorse from September 18 to November 2, 2025. Librarians at Seattle Public Library created this list of books, films and music to enhance your experience of the show.
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A Sense of Shifting
Like FANCY DANCER, this book centers a marginalized perspective in dance and places it at the forefront, focusing here on queer dancers.
Format: Book
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Waci! Dance!
This children's book shares Lakota cultural traditions including waci (dance) and wacipi (powwow).
Format: Book
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Tallchief
A picture book aimed at younger audiences, "this brief biography follows Tallchief from her earliest dancing memories at age three until she begins formal training at seventeen." (Kirkus)
Format: Book
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Without Arrows
"The poignant feature documentary 'Without Arrows' chronicles three generations of a Lakota family as Delwin Fiddler Jr., an acclaimed grass dancer, returns to his ancestral home on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reservation in South Dakota." (publisher copy)
Format: DVD
Availability: Available
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Seattle Rep's FANCY DANCER website
Growing up half Lakota and half white, Lara lives as an outsider until she discovers the story of Osage prima ballerina Maria Tallchief and is compelled to become a dancer. But with a body that doesn’t quite conform, can she make her dream come true? A world premiere suitable for multigenerational audiences, this autobiographical coming-of-age play by renowned writer Larissa FastHorse (Broadway: The Thanksgiving Play) celebrates the power of perseverance and finding your community.
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