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York University’s McLean Performance Studio has posted an excellent profile Q&A with the ever-talented Santee Smith.

Well, while this year’s Rubaboo Festival has already passed, it can be experienced or re-lived through these fantastic photos by Marc J Chalifoux. The photos are categorized by event. See for example, Hoop Dancer Eric Pipestem, Hip Hop Event, Traditional and Contemporary Dance, and Aboriginal Artists Talk.

Frost Exploding Trees Moon will be featured at the 2011 Dancing on the Edge: Festival for Contemporary Dance! The festival runs from July 7-16, 2011 in Vancouver, BC. Frost Exploding Trees Moon is 17 minutes long and will be performed on four consecutive days (July 13-16) at 7pm at Queen Elizabeth Park.

Check out our Events Page listing for more information!

This solo piece follows the journey of a woman traveling her trap line. She finds a place to set up camp, builds her temporary home, and settles into the centre of her world of breath and perception. The piece is a movement score derived from the body positions and attitudes of Indigenous hunting cultures of the northern forests. The movement is close to the ground and does not impose upon the environment but rather seeks to disappear into the forests so to blend into the natural environment.

Choreographed by Floyd Favel and Michelle Olson, direction by Floyd Favel and performed by Jeanette Kotowich, this new work is an investigation in Indigenous Performance Culture and methodologies.  It is a work that is supported by Raven Spirit Dance.

Floyd Favel is a theatre director, playwright, and essayist. Over the last twenty years he has developed a theatre training derived from the Indigenous Peoples social and ceremonial structures. Jeannete Kotowich is a Metis contemporary dance artist from Regina, Sask. She her Bachelor of Fine Arts and currently trains and performs locally in and around Vancouver. Michelle Olson is a performer and choreographer and the Artistic Director of Raven Spirit Dance Company.

Full Circle First Nations Performance (Vancouver, BC) is seeking submissions for its annual Talking Stick Festival, a celebration of First Nations performance and art scheduled for February 2012. We welcome work of both established and emerging artists from all areas of the performing arts: theatre, dance and drumming, spoken word, music and multi media performance. Traditional and contemporary – or a combination of the two!
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Talking Stick Festival 2010. Photo by Git Hayetsk.

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To apply, please submit the following:

• Cover letter, outlining your interests and telling us a little bit about your self
• An updated resume
• A sample of your work if you have it (CD – if you are singer / DVD if you are a performer / link to your website or YouTube / copy of your script)
• Any other support material you feel would help your application
• A stamped and self addressed if you wish your  support material to be returned to you.
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The Talking Stick Festival also offers opportunities for artists whose work is in development and who are seeking artistic support/guidance. Artists who are interested in having their work presented in the “Development Series” are encouraged to state this in their submission and include a statement in the cover letter detailing their aspirations and dreams for their project, plus how they believe Full Circle could be of benefit to them. As well as 3 letters of references. Works in Development are limited to maximum 20 minutes performance.

MAIL SUBMISSION TO:

Full Circle First Nations Performance
TSF Submissions
PO BOX 12, 206-02 555 Great Northern Way
Vancouver BC V5T 1E2

OR EMAIL: info@fullcircle.ca (with a subject line: TSF submissions)

No Phone Calls Please

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: September 30, 2011

After all submissions are reviewed, shortlisted applicants will be contacted for further discussion. Due to budget restrictions, Full Circle is not always able to provide travel for artists. Therefore, to aid in their application, out-of-town artists are encouraged to pursue travel funding opportunities and include details of this in their applications.

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Ode’min Giizis 2011: honouring culture + pushing boundaries 4th Annual Festival of Indigenous arts, June 15-19, Peterborough, Ontario

photo by Elizabeth Thipphawong

In the spirit of excitement and inclusion, The 4^th Annual Ode’min Giizis festival of Indigenous arts and culture welcomes artists from across Canada and around the world, June 15th-19th in Peterborough, Ontario. Coupling artists, young and older, emerging and established, local and visiting, traditional and contemporary – the festival offers the chance to experience and learn from open, creative conversations about how we move forward together, across cultures, across differences.

Click here for the detailed daily schedule. Otherwise, here’s a quick run-down:

The Ode’min Giizis Festival begins Wednesday June 15 with Opening Celebrations (dance, music, and conversation). On Thursday, we present an excerpt of an exceptional new contemporary dance piece called The Creator’s Game, choreographed by Santee Smith, artistic director of Kaha:wi Dance Theatre. The presentation will take place at the Peterborough Memorial Centre before the Peterborough Lakers Lacrosse game. On Friday June 17, parents and children are invited to take part in Bimaadiziwin: the Art of Living in a Good Way. Evening entertainment will include Theatre Sports with Toronto’s hilarious comedy troupe Tonto’s Nephews.

On Saturday June 18, all are welcome to begin one of the first days of summer with a Sunrise Ceremony, and to join in the lively, welcoming Community Procession beginning at 11am at Peterborough City Hall, culminating in a day-long Traditional Gathering with dancing, drumming, storytellers and more at Del Crary Park. Haven’t had enough? Check out this year’s IndieGenius Outdoor Concert (on Hunter Street) featuring musical collaborations with Indigenous musicians from the four corners of the earth. On Sunday June 19, the Festival hosts an Iroquois Lacrosse (Dewa:ao gajihgwa;e / The Creator’s Game) Program Clinic for youth.

For dates, times, locations, and/or opportunities to participate go to the Ode’min Giizis website or call 705.745.1788.

Cafe Daughter, presented by Gwaandak Theatre, is an inspiring one-woman memory play about a bright Aboriginal-Chinese girl growing up in rural Canada in the 1950s/1960s, against a backdrop of discrimination. Yvette Wong loves books on Egypt and dreams about becoming a doctor. Her Cree mother tells her not to reveal her native ancestry. Will Yvette come to terms with her full identity, while pursuing her dreams of university?.
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• Dawson City, Wed. May 4, Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre, 7 pm
• Mayo, Thurs. May 5, Mayo Curling Club, 7 pm
• Pelly Crossing, Sat May 7, Pelly Crossing LINK Building, 2 pm
• Guild Theatre Porter Creek, evening shows May 11-14, 8 pm. Tickets $20/$18 students/elders at www.yukontickets.com or at door. (Limited seating!) Pay-what-you-can matinee Sat. May 14, 2 pm.
• Watson Lake, Tues. May 17, Watson Lake Rec Centre, 7 pm.
• Teslin, Wed. May 18, Teslin School, 7 pm
• Haines Junction, Thurs. May 19, St. Elias Convention Centre, 7 pm.
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Check out Gwaandak Theatre’s School Study Guide downloadable from their website

Gwaandak Theatre is a not-for-profit Yukon professional theatre company founded by playwrights Leonard Linklater and Patti Flather. Our theatre is dedicated to developing and presenting new works of theatre highlighting Yukon, Aboriginal and diverse voices since 1999.

For more information: www.gwaandaktheatre.com

At 2 pm today (April 24, 2011), Human Cargo is performing its newest play Night at the Factory Theatre in Toronto, ON. Reneltta Arluk, who plays Gloria Muktar in the play, describes her wonderful experience.

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Native Earth Performing Arts and Red Diva Projects: Tombs of the Vanishing Indian.

Marie Clements’s Tombs of the Vanishing Indian has been co-produced with the award-winning Red Diva Projects. Provoked by museum statistics which suggest that 90% of visitors come to view or experience peoples that “no longer exist”, Tombs of the Vanishing Indian is Marie Clements’s groundbreaking response, proof positive that Aboriginal people are indeed, still here.

For more information, check out the following resources: (i) Marie Clements’s website, (ii) NEPA’s website, and (iii) Red Diva’s website, and (iv) Buddies in Bad Times Theatre’s website.

Toronto, Ontario. March 7-27.

Tickets: $25, purchase at 416.975.8555 or www.totix.ca or www.nativeearth.ca

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The Coastal First Nations Dance Festival is a celebration of the stories, songs, and dances of the Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast. The festival showcases the rich cultural traditions practiced by dance groups from BC, the Yukon, Manitoba, Alaska, and Washington State.

Times: Wednesday & Thursday 10am School Shows, Friday 7:30pm Evening Signature Presentation, Saturday & Sunday Weekend Showcase 1pm-4pm.

For more information, visit the Dancers of Damelahamid’s website!

Full Circle’s Talking Stick Festival – now in its 10th year – has been featured in Vancouver’s Georgia Straight, an excellent community-based weekly publication.

“For her full-length contemporary-dance piece Fragments, Lara Kramer drew on the experiences of aboriginal children forcibly committed to Indian residential schools.”

Click here to check out the article on the Georgia Straight’s website.

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“Sursuriwka-Willow Bridge” on February 19th and 20th in Yokohama Japan!

To learn more about this super interesting collaboration check-out both IPAA’s Events Page and Kaha:wi Dance Theatre’s website.
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Full Circle Performance presents its 10th annual Talking Stick Festival!

Full Circle: First Nations Performance presents the 10^th annual Talking Stick Festival: a 14 day, citywide celebration of Aboriginal performance and art. 

More information upcoming! Check out our Events listing, or visit Full Circle’s website to keep updated.