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Special Thanks:!! A very special thanks goes to those talented movers and narrators who helpedme put this show together. This project came alive because of their talent, dedication,efforts and willingness to investigate and explore new concepts that thusly has shaped

my work to come.

! Additionally, Id like to thank Jeff and Lance for assisting me with all the odds and

ends that I needed during the production process and the knowledge they have shared

with me so that I can understand my own equipment and craft. Your time is very much

appreciated.

! My biggest gratitude goes to Shannon for showing me how I can grow and

develop my work with movement and sound. She helped me unfold and reveal my

intentions, adding her expertise to bring out my vision. For that, I am eternally grateful

and one day I will return the favor by offering that same guidance to another.

! I would also like to thank my dear partner Mark for feeding me, supporting me in

all the many ways I needed through this process and for keeping positive. To my

Mother, thank you for all the exposure you have given me of stories, music, and

performance. It has enriched my life. Thank you!

This performance is in partial fulfillment of the

Masters of Music degree requirement in

Intermedia Music Technology

Jenifer Jaseau is a student of Dr. Jeffrey Stolet

Sedna: Goddes of"Sea

A performance piece of an Inuit Mythby Jenifer Jaseau

October 16th, 2010 * 8pm

University of Oregon * School of Music and Dance * Aasen-Hull Hall!

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! Id like to tell you a story about an Inuit woman named Sedna and how shebecame to be the Goddess of the sea. Sedna lived long ago in the northernmost parts

of this very continent, in Alaska, Canada and even as far as Iceland. In Inuit mythology,

Sedna rules Adlivun, the underworld, and the creatures of the sea. The myths of

Sedna explain the origins of sea creatures and reflect the harsh environment of the

Arctic. Sedna provides the animals used for food and thus is considered the most

important Inuit deity. Holistically, the various tales of Sedna incorporate the Inuits belief

of shamanism, animism, and their deep respect and fear for nature. The Inuits believethat all things have souls, including animals, so any hunter that fails to show

appropriate respect, would only give the liberated spirits cause to avenge themselves.

The greatest peril of life lies in the fact that human food consists entirely of souls...

souls that do not perish with the body, and which must therefore be propitiated lest they

should revenge themselves on us for taking away their bodies. Rasmussen 1929

Shamanism: an encyclopedia of world beliefs, practices & cultureby Mariko N. Walter

!! As we see the turmoil in our current times, related to hunger, war and mostimportantly, the health of our planet, we need myths to remind us of the wisdom from

our ancestors that we have forgotten. According to Joseph Campbell, we need myths

that will identify the individual not with his local group, but with the planet.

We have become a danger to our own natural world

and we must act swiftly to insure salvation of all living beings

Mountain Astrologer #144, April, 2009

! The name Sedna was given to a recently discovered trans-Neptunian object by

Chad Trujillo. After the discovery of this object, astrologers traced back its orbit and

noted that Sedna was in close proximity to Earth around the pivotal times of the first

Earth Day (April 22nd, 1970) and the release of Al Gores movie An Inconvenient Truth

(2006). This information lead astrologers to believe that Sedna has had a distinct role

in the well-being (or destruction) of our planet. She reminds us to respect the ways of

nature, for if we abuse her bounty, she will take it all away.! ! Each individual has to find an aspect of myth that relates to their own life... mythhas the potential to open the world to mystery, and realize the mystery that underlines

all forms. I have hoped to create this world both for myself and for my collaborators in

this process. It is my hope today, that you can also share in this mystery and that partof this story will come home with you, so that you too may remember, to love and honor

your planet, your food, your body and your community.

People say that what we're all seeking is a meaning for life. I don't think that's what

we're truly seeking. I think what we're seeking is anexperience of being alive, so that

our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances within our own

innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive. That's

what it's all finally about, and that's what these clues help us to find within ourselves.

The Power of Mythby Joseph Campbell, with Bill Moyers 1987

Script adapted by: Jenifer Jaseau and Emily Stallman

Story inspired from the book Sedna - Goddess of the Sea(Cambric Press, 2006)

by Joel Rudinger in addition to research from "The Path to Sedna," by Joel Rudinger

in Young Adult Literature and Culture, ed. Harry Eiss. Newcastle upon Tyne:

Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009

Movement Facilitator: Shannon Mockli

Painting: Harana Janto

Mask: Jared Mad Masker Pieterick

Curtains: Jan Lynn Christensen

Cast

Sedna: Anna Waller

Anguta: Kellyn Rost

Tuuluuwaq: Connor Cobbledick

Water/Bird/Sea Beast/Shaman: Jenell Davis

Water/Bird/Sea Beast/Village Person: Julianna Di Miceli

Water/Bird/Sea Beast/Village Person: Roxanne McKee

Narrators

Torngasak: Gene Chin

Pinga: Natasha Reulet