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A Story Before Time

By Kaha:wi Dance Theatre

For dates and info please visit:

http://blog.kahawidance.org/?p=392

“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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Red Diva Projects Presents:

The Road Forward

Inspired by the lives of our Aboriginal mother and fathers captured by street photographer Foncie Pulice on the downtown streets of Vancouver, The Road Forward galvanizes the political and social movement of BC’ s Aboriginal history and the rights fought by Aboriginal leaders that forged a movement where no will be left behind.

In a life-sized Aboriginal snow globe filled with images and voices raised in song, this nine-minute theatrical and filmic experience connects that tumultuous past with the rising vision of The Road Forward.

See the Events listing for more information!
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It’s that time of year again!

Join us at the 22^nd annual Weesageechak Begins to Dance Festival of New Works.  Audiences are invited into the process for four days of works in development.  Festival program includes:

January 27^th

8pm – Land of the Living by Michael Greyeyes

Four characters churn through their final moments on earth, struggling to find meaning, to reconcile fears and desires, before they travel to the Land of the Dead.  New, visceral, athletic work from acclaimed artist Michael Greyeyes.

8:30pm – Gathering Light by Michelle Olson

From seed to flower, from girl to young woman, from structures that do not support our own truths to ceremonies that support our full bloom, Gathering Light explores female fulfillment.  From the choreographer of Death of A Chief, Evening in Paris, and Raven Restores the Sun to the Sky, new dance, and a new vision.

January 28^th

8pm – Sunset Road by Miria George

From Aotearoa, our Maori relations return with Miria George’s new play, Sunset Road.  Under the direction of Hone Kouka, Sunset Road examines the bonds of blood, land and belonging.

January 29^th

8pm – Young Voices/Harvest Showcase

The hottest night of the Festival, this year’s edition features new work by PJ Prudat, Erin Dickson, Waawaate Fobister, Falen Johnson, Ryan Cunningham, Melinda Jane Stepnowich, Aaron Shingoose and Lacey Eninew. Meet the future of Aboriginal theatre.

January 30^th

3pm – Outside Eye On Inside Work

Guest director Randy Reinholz, Artistic Director of Native Voices at the Autry in Los Angeles, chooses excerpts of new works by Native Earth Playwrights In Residence Tara Beagan and Falen Johnson, Artistic Associate Keith Barker and Artistic Director Yvette Nolan.

8pm - Whose Justice? by Leonard Linklater

In 1898, in Dawson City, Yukon, two Tagish men were sentenced to hang for the killing of a white prospector. Two worlds collide in Leonard Linklater’s poetic, angry, nostalgic play about how we arrived at this moment in time. Dramaturgy by DD Kugler.

Tickets are $10/night or $30 for a Festival Pass
For Tickets call 416.504.7529

The Fourth Annual Louis Riel Day Celebration
A Vancouver Festival of Métis Dance, Music and Culture

Vancouver, 22 November 2009, 2:00pm
Compaigni V’ni Dansi invites you to celebrate the life of Louis Riel, a true Canadian folk hero.

Following last year’s sold-out event, The Louis Riel Day Celebration will be held November 22, 2009 at the Roundhouse Community Centre in Vancouver. In addition to honouring Louis Riel – who inspired the rebirth of the Métis nation – the Festival is a chance to celebrate the vitality of contemporary Métis culture across Canada.

Check out IPAA’s Event listing for more information!

new work by Michelle Olson

Raven Spirit Dance presents:

Gathering Light

This event is a work in progress showing of Raven Spirit Dance’s new piece Gathering Light.  Choreographed by Michelle Olson, this piece follows the journey of seed to flower,  the stirrings of consciousness to the full bloom embrace of transformation.  Come check us out as a part of NEPA’s Weesageechak Begins to Dance Festival!  We are looking forward to being in Toronto!

27 Jan 2010
04:00 pm – 08:00 pm
Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson Avenue, Toronto, Ontario

Indigenous Performing Arts Alliance holds its Annual General Meeting at Native Earth’s office.  All members are welcome to come for discussion and light snacks. Check out the Events page for details!

As the website header indicates: IPAA is dedicated to developing a broader appreciation for the Indigenous performing arts in Canada. Of course, Indigenous performing arts is highly diverse, taking many forms and expressing varying geographies/localities, social relations, politics, histories, and individual experiences.  Check out this article, or more precisely, “fact sheet” from the Canada Council for the Arts for more detailed, statistical information on Contemporary Indigenous Arts in Canada.