Building Your Portfolio as an Indigenous Performer: Dance Focus
Building Your Portfolio as an Indigenous Performer: Dance Focus
This workshop is designed for Indigenous dancers looking to build or strengthen their professional portfolio. Whether you’re just starting out or seeking to refine your existing materials, this session will guide you through the essentials of presenting your work with confidence and clarity.
Participants will learn how to:
– Create a compelling artist bio,
– Organize high-quality photos and video reels,
– Highlight performances and
– Collaborations in a way that reflects both artistic skill and cultural integrity.
Date: July 31st, 2025
Time: 5:00pm – 6:30pm
Location: 986 Sour Springs Rd, Hagersville, ON N0A 1M0
Facilitated by the incredible Santee Smith, Tekaronhiáhkhwa (Picking Up the Sky), is a renowned multidisciplinary artist and cultural leader from the Kahnyen’kehàka (Mohawk) Nation in Ohswé:ken/Six Nations of the Grand River. Internationally recognized for her visionary contributions to dance and Indigenous performance, by weaving ancestral knowledge systems with contemporary practice to create transformative works rooted in identity, land, humanity, and our shared responsibility to the natural world. She trained at Canada’s National Ballet School and holds degrees in Physical Education, Psychology from McMaster University and a Master’s in Dance from York University.
As the founder and Artistic Director of Kaha:wi Dance Theatre, Santee creates, produces and tours numerous works and advances Indigenous methodologies through land-based and creativity research, international collaborations, cultural exchange and vitalization. A sought-after collaborator, speaker, teacher and mentor, Santee continues to inspire as an artist, leader, and cultural visionary.
Don’t miss this opportunity to gain tools, insight, and support to help you move forward in your artistic journey.