The Indigenous Performing Arts Alliance

Native Earth Presents…

yvettenolan — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:16:30 +0000

“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 [...]

MTYP 2010-11 Season

Suzanne — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 03:15:51 +0000

Check out Manitoba Theatre for Young People’s 2010-11 season (here). Also, visit our Professional Development page to read about MTYP’s theatre school.

Pacific Curls Presented by Full Circle

Suzanne — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:07:46 +0000

Pacific Curls are back in Vancouver by popular demand. The crowd favourites at this year’s hugely successful Talking Stick Festival, Pacific Curls have returned at the behest of Full Circle: First Nations and Performance and the Vancouver Community College Music Department. Don’t miss the opportunity to experience the hottest trio on the international touring market! See [...]

Congratulations John Webber

cathyelliott — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:07:51 +0000

At the 2009-2010 Jessie Richardson Awards – held June 20 – John Webber was celebrated for his fabulous Lighting Design on The Edward Curtis Project, which showed at Presentation House Theatre during this year’s PuSh Festival. For more information regarding the Jessie Richardson Awards, check-out the Vancouver Sun’s online coverage. Also, follow this link to [...]

Gathering Light at Dancing on the Edge!

Suzanne — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:30:29 +0000

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.

Raven Spirit Dance Training 2010

Suzanne — Wed, 19 May 2010 17:02:54 +0000

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 [...]

April 8-24: Giiwedin

Suzanne — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:07:18 +0000

“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 [...]

Talking Stick Festival: Feb 23

Suzanne — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:23:07 +0000

Talking Stick Festival Today: February 23 . . Trickster by Wonderbolt Circus 07:00 pm – 08:00 pm The Roundhouse Centre (enter via Train Room) See Wonderbolt Circus’s new show Tricksters, which is a cosmopolitan, innovative blend of Newfoundland’s comic and theatrical traditions combined with highly polished international circus arts and the dazzling artistry of Aboriginal dance and drumming. Adult $35; Student/Senior $29.75 (service [...]

Talking Stick Festival: Feb 22

Suzanne — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:44:59 +0000

Talking Stick Festival Today: February 22 . Raven Stole the Sun by Red Sky 22 Feb 2010 02:00 pm – 03:00 pm Britannia Secondary School, 1001 Cotton Drive, Vancouver Renowned for its artistry and innovation, Red Sky is a leading performance company that shapes contemporary Indigenous dance, theatre and music. In Raven Stole the Sun, Red Sky takes a traditional story to new [...]

Talking Stick Festival 2010

Suzanne — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:37:28 +0000

Only two more days until Full Circle Performance’s Talking Stick Festival. February 21st marks the Talking Stick Opening Gala and Feast. Buy your tickets now! . Margo Kane, Full Circle’s Artistic Director, welcomes you to the Festival: “Our 2010 festival brings together many artists who wouldn’t normally have the chance to meet and share their art and their experiences with [...]