SAROS field/works is a Minneapolis-based platform for Indigenous-led performance, research, and community activation. Founded by Sam Aros-Mitchell and rooted in his Performance as Ceremony framework, SAROS field/works supports artists working across choreography, sound, story, ceremony, and experimental practice.Through festivals, residencies, workshops, and performances, SAROS field/works creates space for Indigenous artists to develop new work, build artistic relationships, and engage communities through contemporary performance.
UPCOMING
NE/X 2026
A Festival of Indigenous PerformanceNovember 13–15, 2026 Northrup King Building Minneapolis, Minnesota
NE/X brings together Indigenous artists working across performance, movement, sound, installation, and interdisciplinary practice for three days of performance, experimentation, and gathering.
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PROJECTS
NE/X
A festival of Indigenous performance bringing artists and audiences together through live work, experimentation, and exchange.EXPLORE NE/X →
The Native Joy Play Festival
A gathering centered on Indigenous theatre, performance, storytelling, and joy.
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NE/X 2026
NE/X
A Festival of Indigenous Performance
November 13–15, 2026 Northrup King Building Minneapolis, Minnesota
NE/X is a gathering of Indigenous artists working across performance, movement, sound, installation, and interdisciplinary practice.Over three days, artists and audiences come together for performances, works in development, conversation, and exchange. NE/X creates space for experimentation, artistic risk, and Indigenous ways of gathering and making.
2026 ARTISTS
Artists and full program announced soon.
TICKETS
Tickets for NE/X 2026 will be available soon.
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NATIVE JOY PLAY FESTIVAL
Native Joy Play Festival
Native Joy Play Festival creates space for Indigenous theatre, performance, storytelling, and gathering.Produced by SAROS field/works, the festival centers Indigenous artists and stories while making room for experimentation, humor, complexity, and joy.
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ABOUT
About SAROS field/works
SAROS field/works is a Minneapolis-based platform for Indigenous-led performance, research, and community activation.Founded by artist and scholar Sam Aros-Mitchell, SAROS field/works grew from his ongoing research into Performance as Ceremony—an approach to performance grounded in embodiment, relationship, presence, and Indigenous ways of knowing.SAROS field/works develops and presents performances, festivals, workshops, residencies, and artist-led research, creating space for Indigenous artists to experiment, collaborate, and develop new work.
Sam Aros-Mitchell is a Minneapolis-based Indigenous performance artist, choreographer, director, and scholar whose work moves across contemporary performance, ceremony, dance, sound, and interdisciplinary practice.
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CONTACT
Contact
For artist inquiries, partnerships, presenting opportunities, press, or information about SAROS field/works:sam@sarosfieldwork.com
