Pacific Curls are back in Vancouver by popular demand. The crowd favourites at this year’s hugely successful Talking Stick Festival, Pacific Curls have returned at the behest of Full Circle: First Nations and Performance and the Vancouver Community College Music Department.

Don’t miss the opportunity to experience the hottest trio on the international touring market!

See them in CONCERT July 21, 2010 and enjoy a couple hours kicking back to their unique Celtic-Maori fusion sound.  Fun for all ages – and a great way to spend a summer evening!

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At the 2009-2010 Jessie Richardson Awards – held June 20 – John Webber was celebrated for his fabulous Lighting Design on The Edward Curtis Project, which showed at Presentation House Theatre during this year’s PuSh Festival.

For more information regarding the Jessie Richardson Awards, check-out the Vancouver Sun’s online coverage.

Also, follow this link to learn more about the Edward Curtis Project.
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Gathering Light by Raven Spirit Dance

Check-out Raven Spirit Dance perform “Gathering Light” at the Dancing on Edge Festival!

July 16-17, 8:30 pm at the Chapel Arts Centre, Vancouver, BC.

To wet your appetite, watch Raven Spirit perform “Evening in Paris”.

For more information, visit Raven Spirit Dance or the Dancing on Edge Festival.

New work by Michelle Olson of Raven Spirit Dance

Raven Spirit’s training and mentorship activities are formulated with the intent of providing artists the opportunity to make work in the creative field, as cultural workers fully invested in communicating, creating, performing and disseminating work as broadly as possible. The intent is to develop training opportunities for the emerging Indigenous community of artists, address break between the professional realm and training programs, foster the creation of critical skills, and ultimately work towards a stronger community and better developed pool of performers.

Summer Dance Intensive

Movement / Voice / Story
Sunday August 29 – Friday September 3, 2010
The Dance Centre, 677 Davie Street, Vancouver BC, V6B 2G

The purpose of the program is to develop contemporary performance skills combining both Indigenous and contemporary perspectives.  The program will integrate training in the realms of movement in contemporary & Indigenous cultural  classes, voice & dialogue.  Open to all performers and interested community members.

Raven Spirit Dance Classes 2010:

• Contemporary  Dance:
  Beginner: Tues/ Thurs (Aug 31/ Sept 2) 3:30pm to 5pm;
  Intermediate: M/W/F (Aug 30/ Sept 1/ Sept 3) 9am to 11am

• Yoga: Tues/Thurs (Aug 31/ Sept 2) 9am to 11am

• Raven Spirit Dance Repertoire: M/W (Aug 30/ Sept 1) 10:30am to 12pm

• Pow Wow: Tues/ Thurs (Aug 31/ Sept 2) 10:30am to 12pm

• Métis Dance: F (Sept 3) 10:30 to 12pm

• Traditional West Coast Dance: M/W (Aug 30/ Sept 1) 1pm to 3pm

• Voice & Song: Tues/ Thurs (Aug 31/ Sept 2) 1pm to 3pm

• Movement & Writing: F (Sept 3) 1pm to 3pm

• Weekend Workshop: Sun (Aug 29) 10am to 12pm

For more information, visit Raven Spirit Dance’s website!

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Giiwedin

“Dig! Cut! Throw away! That’s progress on display!”

Graduating from being an adventurous Young Voices presentation to one of the most ambitious productions in Native Earth’s history, Giiwedin is a new opera written in Anishnawbe Mowin, French and English. Penned by Algonquin playwright Spy Dénommé-Welch, it tells the story of a 150-year old Aboriginal woman fighting for her land. This tour-de-force combination of powerful lyrics and world-class composition is a testament to the promise of Aboriginal theatre.

Apr 8-24th 2010
Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace
16 Ryerson Ave Toronto

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