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Native Earth Performing Arts’ brilliant 2009 production of Daniel David Moses’s seminal play finally arrives in home territory, after successful tours to Halifax, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Montreal, Kingston, and London (Ontario & England).

Michael Greyeyes directs the captivating Derek Garza as the accidental Cree martyr Almighty Voice and award winning Saskatchewan-born PJ Prudat as his fierce young wife White Girl. Two startlingly different acts – the first set on the Saskatchewan prairie in 1897, the second set in a abandoned industrial school at Duck Lake in 1950’s – challenge our ideas of what we think we know about our own history.

“jarring, offensive, funny and ultimately uplifting”

The Coast, Halifax

“By its end, the poetic, imaginative Almighty Voice And His Wife has turned into a one-ring circus.  And that’s a good thing”

NOW Magazine, Toronto

Almighty Voice and His Wife plays for three shows only at the BackStage Stage, Frank and Ellen Remai Arts Centre, 100 Spadina Crescent East, Saskatoon

Friday January 27^th 2012, 8 pm
Saturday January 28^th, 2012, 8 pm
Sunday January 29^th, 2012, 2:30 pm

Tickets 306 384 7727 or www.persephonetheatre.org/buytickets.php

Info www.nativeearth.ca

In Saskatoon: Philip Adams – 652 7395 or Yvette Nolan – 975 7598

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POSITION: MARKETING ADMINISTRATOR

This part-time position is primarily an administrative support to the Marketing co-ordinator, and will also support the day-to-day tasks executed by the company. Every staff member at Native Earth works with every other person. The position is ideal for someone interested in learning, on-the-job, how to promote the success of a not-for-profit arts company whose work addresses issues of social and political import.
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TO BE DONE UNDER THE MARKETING COORDINATOR’S SUPERVISION:

• Implement strategies for audience development and campaign to increase audience attendance at company productions, including print, broadcast, web and social media
• Helm public profile of the company and our artists through a maintenance of merchandising presence at productions.
• Seek out relationships with individuals and organizations that serve the marketing side of the company, such as designers, merchandise vendors, graphic designers, printing companies, etc.
• Produce the quarterly newsletter.
• Maintain and update the website in co-ordination with the webmaster.
• Implement media plans for productions and events, pitch stories to entertainment media and co-ordinate artist interviews.
• Disseminate press releases, opening night invitations; confirm listings and PSAs for productions and events to media.
• Update existing media lists and research new media opportunities.
• Take charge of house lobby displays of heads-hots and artist bios.
• Support the writing and development of house programs for productions
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TRAITS AND SKILL SET SOUGHT:

• A commitment to working within the guiding principles of the seven traditional values: Humility, Generosity, Wisdom, Patience, Strength of Character, Tolerance and Courage.
• An eagerness to learn new computer programs, and a workable competency with computers in general.
• An understanding of the impact of social media and other online features.
• A willingness to work communally.
• An ability to be self-motivated, and to multi-task.
• An awareness that, as a company that does public work, we are ambassadors for our community.
• An interest in deepening her/his knowledge of the First Nations community, and in particular the relevance of the FN artistic community beyond its immediate field.
• An interest in becoming more informed about theatre, and how contemporary First Nations storytelling thrives in our art form.
• A value system that is inclusive and understanding of the Indigenous perspective.

PLEASE SUBMIT:

• Any relevant resume.
• Contact information for two professional references.
• A letter of interest.

The deadline for applications is January 15, 2012. Please submit via email to office@nativeearth.ca with the subject line “Submission – Marketing Administrator.” For more information about the organization, visit our website.
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Alianait Arts Festival organizers are happy to announce the theme for the 2012 Festival is “Arctic Connections” and will bring together performing artists from across Nunavut, the circumpolar regions and the world.

Artists can apply now through our website at: www.alianait.ca. Apply by these deadlines:

January 6th, 2012 for Southern performers

February 10th, 2012 for Northern performers (Nunavut, NWT, Yukon, Nunavik, Nunatsiavut and Greenland)

A selection committee will make their recommendations to the Executive Director and successful applicants will be contacted by telephone on or before February 24th, 2012.

All Alianait performers are offered round-trip travel to Iqaluit, accommodation, per diems and performances fees.

For more information:

Heather Daley, Executive Director

867-979-6468, ext 3
apply@alianait.ca

Job Posting: Associate Administrative Director

Compaigni V’ni Dansi is currently looking for a permanent, full-time Associate Administrative Director. The successful candidate will work closely with the Administrative Director of the organization, thereby learning to support Compaigni V’ni Dansi in its many areas of work. After up to six months of working closely with the Administrative Director, Compaigni V’ni Dansi artists, and the society board, the Associate Administrative Director will take over daily management of the society.

Compaigni V’ni Dansi

Compaigni V’ni Dansi is a Vancouver-based dance group that fuses traditional Métis dance with contemporary arts. Formed in 2000 by Yvonne Chartrand, the group has been dedicated to preservation and innovation, successfully sharing the culture and history of the Métis with both Aboriginal and mainstream audiences since its inception. The company’s work has been hosted at numerous venues around the Lower Mainland, and is regularly featured at the Annual Louis Riel Day and Talking Stick Festivals. Today, Compaigni V’ni Dansi holds the distinction of being the only company in Canada to teach and perform both Métis and contemporary dance.

Responsibilities:

• Developing an understanding of how the society carries out responsibilities towards the community, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal;
• Developing a broad working knowledge of society management by participating in board development, strategic planning, and artistic visioning for the organization;
• Taking part in practical aspects of running the society, from planning annual programming to overseeing the execution of individual projects;
• Attending board meetings and regular meetings between the Administrative Director and the Artistic Director;
• Working with the Administrative Director and the Artistic Director to balance artistic vision with financial realities; and
• Acting as a liaison between the Artistic Director, management staff, and company artists.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills (both written and oral);
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to multitask and work in time sensitive environments;
• Management experience in the performing arts sector;
• Sense of leadership and team-working skills;
• Experience with budgeting, marketing and producing of events.

Applications will be accepted until Monday, January 9, 2012.

Please, send resume and cover letter to Allyson McGrane:

Compaigni V’ni Dansi Society
#406 – 857 Beatty Street.
Vancouver, BC V6B 2M6

electronically to amcgrane@leftrightminds.com

Thursday December 8, 2011
Friday December 9, 2011
Friday December 16, 2011
Saturday December 17, 2011

8:00 pm, Tickets $20

Debajehmujig Creation Centre, 43 Queen Street, Manitowaning

Call Audge 859-1820 or email audge@debaj.ca

Featuring: Peter Mishibinijima, Josephine Pelletier, Henry Peltier, Thecla Pheasant, Lucy Ida Pitawanakwat, Mary Adeline Stacey, Marjorie Trudeau, RoseMarie Trudeau, Stella Trudeau, and Lillian Webkamigad

For more information, Check out Dejab’s website!

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This course, geared towards First Nations, Inuit, and Métis students, is designed to explore the art of writing fiction.  For the first half of the semester, in a series of exercises that highlight the elements of craft, students will explore issues such as point of view, the balancing of scene, exposition, and dialogue, character development, suspension of disbelief, development of symbolism and metaphor, and development of plot.

Over the course of the semester, students will also work toward creating a full-fledged short story.  The second half of the semester will become, more or less, a “classic” writing workshop where students are expected to write and present original and self-contained pieces of short fiction to the class for our discussion and analysis.  Everyone in workshop is expected to write and post a thorough critique of that week’s stories and then enter into a lively dialogue regarding the pieces.

As this course is geared toward developing First Nations, Inuit, and Métis voices in Canadian fiction, the assumption is that much of the subject matter of student stories will deal with aboriginal issues, worldviews, situations, and characters.  While this, of course, does not have to be the case (a writer, after all, should be allowed to write about whatever subject matter he or she is fascinated by), when it is the case, a special emphasis will be placed on breaking through the stereotypes too often associated with aboriginal fiction

Apply Now!

This course runs from January 4 – April 2012. Applications are open to UBC students as well as those who are not UBC students but are able to register with the university under UBC Access Studies or as unclassified students.

For more information or to apply, please contact Andrew Gray at UBC Creative Writing (optres.mfa@ubc.ca) with a short (no more than 500 words) sample of your writing.

Applications must be received by December 21, 2011.

KOHKOMS IN TOYLAND: A Rez Christmas Story by Curtis Peeteetuce

Saskatoon December 1-10, 2011 La Troupe du Jour Production Centre – 914 20th Street W

Saskatchewan Tour December 12 to 20, 2011.

In this episode, Zula and Sihkos disappear from Kiweetinook and set out for a place where they can purchase the best Christmas gift ever. The women believe that Toyland, a new but mysterious discount store just north of their community, will have that special gift. When they arrive the mysterious store-owner welcomes them with open arms and soon Zula and Sihkos are drawn into the store’s surreal and mysterious Presence!

Jesus Chrysler, in addition to having perhaps the greatest title, is also reported to be an absolutely incredible production. It opens tomorrow November 29 at the Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto, and runs until Sunday December 11. Written by Dora Award winning playwright Tara Beagan! Watch the trailer:

For more information, check out Praxis Theatre’s website! Our events calendar will also tell you what you need to know.