www.umbilicaltendrils.org

This digital archive was created in 2021 as part of a kaleidoscopic MFA project that investigates the choreographic potentialities of unraveling assimilation, intergenerational inheritance, territorial reparation, and re-distribution of resources. The current manifestations of this project include: a virtual repository website; an ongoing solo embodied research practice where I dance, sing, and play accordion; dialogue-based creative gatherings with family members; community organizing labor within the dance landscape; the initiation of a process of giving land back; development of a sliding-scale administrative practice; and deep engagement with more-than-human beings through their seeds, oils, essences, and plant bodies. 

This practice has felt like an unraveling and an unfurling. I hope that this repository serves as an initiation of meaningful and transformative conversations. I’d love to hear from you! Please reach out if you’d like to connect: megan.kendzior <at> gmail.com.