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“Almighty Voice and His Wife (1991) by Daniel David Moses is one of the few plays firmly considered as part of the canon of great Canadian drama, yet few people have actually had a chance to see it on stage.”

-Christopher Hoile EYE Magazine

Written by Daniel David Moses

Direction by Michael Greyeyes

Featuring Derek Garza  & Paula- Jean Prudat

Don’t miss this show.

Tour Stops include…

Halifax… Onelight Theatre at the Prismatic Festival… October 12th

Peterborough…Nozhem Indigenous Performance Centre…October 15th & 16th

Edmonton…Alberta Aboriginal Arts w/ Workshop West…October 19th-23rd

Kingston…Queens University Drama Department…October 25th

Winnipeg…Theatre Projects Manitoba…November 2nd-14th

Brandon…Brandon University… November 17th-19th

For more information visit…

http://nativeearth.ca/en/

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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Full Circle: First Nation’s Performance Presents:

“Talking Stick Festival 2010″

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Full Circle First Nations Performance is very excited to present the 9^th Annual Talking Stick Festival from February 21 – 28, 2010. This vibrant citywide festival provides a stage for extraordinary Aboriginal artists, both established and emerging, as well as national and international. They will perform live music, dance, theatre, multi-media, storytelling, and performance art. The festival – co-presented by the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad – is thrilled to be able to introduce the Aboriginal culture and arts to the many visitors here during the Olympics.

Since its inception, the festival has become a place to honour Aboriginal tradition in contemporary forms, the artistic wealth of the people, and the promise of their future in Canada. The festival is a smorgasbord of Aboriginal artistic expression including, but not limited to music, dance, and spoken word, providing a stage for emerging and established artists.

For more information – and there is indeed much, much more – visit Full Circle’s website. Here you will find the Festival schedule, artist biographies, and event details.

Check out IPAA’s Event’s Page!

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