Matriarchs Uprising

Start: 2023-04-13T20:00:00-04:00
End: 2023-04-13T23:59:00-04:00
Location: Azrieli Studio

Sophie Dow & Jeanette Kotowich (Program A)

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/31885

In-person event

Curated by Olivia C. Davies, Matriarchs Uprising is a unique festival of exchange and sharing through dance and performances, workshops and conversation. The festival creates a platform for Indigenous women who are nurturing the art of Contemporary Indigenous dance and storytelling, while holding space for past, present and future. Three curated mixed programs will be presented April 13-15. Special package pricing is available for all three shows! On April 13, Program A offers two...

Thu, April 13, 2023

8 PM EDT

Azrieli Studio 1 Elgin Street Ottawa Canada

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Matriarchs Uprising

Apr 13, 2023 - 8 PM EDT

Azrieli Studio

Indigenous arts Dance Contemporary

In-person event
≈ 65 minutes · With intermission

Curated by Olivia C. Davies, Matriarchs Uprising is a unique festival of exchange and sharing through dance and performances, workshops and conversation. The festival creates a platform for Indigenous women who are nurturing the art of Contemporary Indigenous dance and storytelling, while holding space for past, present and future.

Three curated mixed programs will be presented April 13-15. Special package pricing is available for all three shows!

On April 13, Program A offers two beautiful solos: Sophie Dow in a hidden autobiography and Jeannette Kotowich in Kisiskâciwan.

Following each performance in the Matriarchs Uprising series, Olivia C. Davies will conduct an interactive and engaging talkback session, providing an exclusive chance for attendees to gain insight into the creative process, learn more about her impressive portfolio of work, and directly interact with her through an open question-and-answer forum.

To learn more about April 14 Program B, click here; and April 15 Program C, click here.

Learn more in the program notes ›

Artists

Featuring Jeanette Kotowich
Featuring Jeanette Kotowich

Originally from Treaty 4 territory Saskatchewan, Jeanette Kotowich creates work that reflects Nêhiyaw/Métis cosmology within Indigenous performance, Indigenous futurism and contemporary dance. Her creations have been presented at theatres and festivals across so-called Canada, including Kwê at Matriarchs Uprising and The Dance Centre’s Dance In Vancouver. Jeanette’s been creating a series of short experimental dance films during the pandemic. She has been an artist-in-residence at Raven Spirit Dance, NAC Indigenous Theatre, Shadbolt Centre and The Dance Centre. In the summer of 2020, she conducted land-based research in her home province of Saskatchewan, fusing interdisciplinary collaboration, decolonial practices and embodied research towards the creation of Kisiskâciwan.

Originaire du territoire du Traité no 4 en Saskatchewan, Jeanette Kotowich crée des œuvres qui transposent la cosmologie métisse-nêhiyaw dans les arts vivants autochtones, le futurisme autochtone et la danse contemporaine. Ses créations ont été présentées un peu partout dans ce pays qu’on appelle le Canada, notamment Kwê au festival Matriarchs Uprising et au Dance Centre de Vancouver. Pendant la pandémie, elle s’est lancée dans la réalisation de courts métrages expérimentaux de danse. Elle a participé à plusieurs résidences artistiques au Raven Spirit Dance, Théâtre autochtone du CNA, Shadbolt Centre et Dance Centre. Au cours de l’été 2020, elle mène des travaux de recherche dans sa province natale, la Saskatchewan, misant sur les collaborations interdisciplinaires, les pratiques de travail décoloniales et la recherche incarnée. De ce travail est né le spectacle Kisiskâciwan.
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Featuring Sophie Dow

Featuring Sophie Dow

Treaty 1-born Sophie Dow is a multidisciplinary creative inspired by dance, music, film, collaboration and Métis-Assiniboine + settler/stranger roots. An avid adventurer, Sophie exudes passions for busking, yoga and travelling and holds a degree in Dance Performance and Choreography from York University. Sophie presently fulfills roles as creative director of PEC’s Flight Festival, artistic associate of O.Dela Arts & Chimera Dance Theatre, a musician with The Honeycomb Flyers, a licensed practitioner of Traditional Thai Massage and student of BreathWave.

Sophie Dow est une artiste pluridisciplinaire originaire du territoire du Traité n° 6. Son travail explore la danse, la musique, le cinéma et son héritage familial métisse-assiniboine et colonial. Intrépide aventurière, Sophie Dow voue une passion débordante pour la marche, le yoga et les voyages. Elle est diplômée en danse et chorégraphie de l’Université York. Sophie Dow a plusieurs cordes à son arc : directrice artistique du Flight Festival du comté de Prince Edward, associée artistique d’O.Dela Arts et du Chimera Dance Theatre, membre du groupe de musique The Honeycomb Flyers et praticienne agréée en massage thaï traditionnel. Elle suit actuellement une formation à la pratique de respiration BreathWave.

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