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How Native Culture Inspired ‘Fancy Dance’s’ Set Design Details
Native culture helped inspire 'Fancy Dance's' set design and Erica Tremblay's storytelling.
Set on the Seneca-Cayuga reservation in Oklahoma, the film (in theaters now and streaming June 28 on AppleTV+) follows Gladstone as Jax, a woman left in charge of caring for her young niece Roki (Isabel Deroy-Olson). Said Sampson, “We had a local artist Tricia Fields make a star blanket that we put on the wall.” She added, “Yellow meant safety, so we’d hide hints of tonal things that translated to that emotion.” She said, “I grew up with lots of sewing machines, and you’re creating spaces that feel like home.” Tremblay added the areas weren’t messy, but deliberate and again a reflection of what she had experienced growing up.
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