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The Dance by Robert Mirabal

Robert Mirabal

Video (5:53) "The Dance" by Native American musician Robert Mirabal from Taos Pueblo. This is from his album & PBS special "Music from a Painted Cave". Celebrating Native American stories, instruments, music, dance. Living with his family at the foot of sacred Taos Mountain, Robert maintains a traditional life, keeping the centuries-old customs of the Taos Pueblo people. Described as a Native American "Renaissance man" — musician, composer, painter, master craftsman, poet, actor, screenwriter, horseman and farmer—Robert has traveled extensively and played his music all over the world.

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Robert Mirabal

Robert Mirabal can be called a Native American "Renaissance man" - musician, composer, master craftsman, poet, actor and screenwriter - but he always stays true to his roots. Robert Mirabal blends his solo flute with modern and traditional instruments. Robert Mirabal brings forth the voices of Mother Earth and Father Sky in authentic Native American flute recordings.

From the powwow auction where he saw that first flute, to Japan, England and all the world, Robert plays with the noble purpose of honoring the land, his family, his ancestors and his tribe who have occupied the same area of Northern New Mexico for over a thousand years.