The Indigenous Performing Arts Alliance

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Editor — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:12:57 +0000

The SFU Woodward’s Audain Gallery presents: As part of the exhibition Mapping the Everyday: Neighbourhood Claims for the Futureand in partnership with The Ellen and Warren Tallman Writer in Residence Program at Simon Fraser University’s English Department, the Audain Gallery is pleased to announce a series of events in the gallery featuring the work of red diva [...]

Review: Almighty Voice at PuSh

Editor — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:25:52 +0000

Great review of NEPA’s Almighty Voice and His Wife at the 2012 PuSh Festival by the always excellent Peter Dickinson. Here’s an (extended) excerpt: “… it is this last point that makes Moses’ play at once so groundbreaking and compellingly contemporary, for it accomplishes via its canny structure the double task of exposing both real and [...]

HokaHeh Posts

Editor — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:32:43 +0000

. The folks over at NEPA’s blog HokaHeh, have some great posts about the touring Almighty Voice and His Wife. Here in Saskatoon. Here in the Whitehorse. For more information, check out NEPA’s website or our listing. AVHW is headed to Vancouver next, performing at the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival on February 1-4. More about that [...]

Kaha:wi Out East

Editor — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:32:05 +0000

. Getting ready for our “A Story Before Time/Kaha:wi” East Coast tour to Fredericton Playhouse and Imperial Theatre in New Brunswick and the Astor Theatre in Nova Scotia! It’s very exciting to be connecting to east audiences. For tickets and information, check out Imperial Theatre’s website! .

Kaha:wi Dance Theatre: TransMigration

Editor — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:53:34 +0000

Kaha:wi Dance Theatre World Premiere of TransMigration playing May 10 – 13, 2012 Co-produced with Harbourfront Centre’s Planet IndigenUs, Toronto, Canada Kaha:wi Dance Theatre presents the World Premiere of TransMigration, a co-production with Planet IndigenUS, Harbourfront Centre, inspired by the paintings and life of iconic Ojibwe shaman-artist Norval Morrisseau, known as the “Picasso of the North”. Evoking [...]

Jobs – Talking Stick 2012

Editor — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:23:34 +0000

Full Circle is looking to fill a few key positions for the 2012 Talking Stick Festival: Box Office Manager, Merchandise Manager as well as an assistant to each positions. Starting Feb 6 running till March 16 2012. Positions will be filled by January 30. Hurry! For more information check out Full Circle’s website.

CIT: Storyweaving Presentation

Editor — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:52:44 +0000

The Centre for Indigenous Theatre is pleased to announce its annual Storyweaving Presentation January 27 and 28, 2012 at Factory Studio Theatre, 125 Bathurst Street (at Adelaide). Show starts at 8:00pm, and admission is $10 or by donation. WARRIORS: A Dedication, is a collaborative creation of our 2nd and 3rd year students. Our all male cast [...]

SNTC: Where the Blood Mixes

Editor — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:48:10 +0000

. . . . WHERE THE BLOOD MIXES by Kevin Loring Saskatoon March 1-11, 2012 at the Backstage Stage Remai Arts Centre, 100 Spadina Crescent East. SNTC is proud to present this 2009 Govenor General Award Winning Play. This poignant work is a humorous, moving portrayal of three middle aged residential school survivors dealing with loss and the return of a [...]

Alianait’s 2012 Concert Series

Editor — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:13:15 +0000

Alianait’s 2012 Concert Series Starts on January 21 Alianait organizers will present five fantastic concerts in 2012, beginning this month with a celebration of Nunavut favourites who will play together. On January 21 Alianait will host an evening of music featuring button accordionist Simeonie Keenainak, singer-songwriter Tim Evic and gospel singer-songwriter Etulu Aningmiuq. This concert is sure [...]

Writing North Jan 20-21

Editor — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:32:43 +0000

. Friday January 20th Panel Discussion: 3:30 – 5:00 pm Reading and Reception: 7:30- 11:00 pm Saturday January 21st Ray Hsu “Writer or Rockstar?” 9:30 – 10:20 am Kevin Loring “The Extraordinary in Native Theatre” 10:30 – 11:20 am Yvette Nolan “Tricksters & Spirits & Medicine” 1:30 – 2:20pm David Bergen “Out Stealing” 2:30 – 3:20 pm Norman Nawrocki “Urban Tall Tales” 3:30 – [...]