2024-11-20 20:002024-11-22 23:0060Canada/Eastern🎟 NAC: Dancers of Damelahamid
https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/36099
In-person event
Raven Mother is the Dancers of Damelahamid’s newly choreographed dance work in honour of late Elder Margaret Harris (1931 – 2020). Raven Mother illustrates the vast impact Elder Harris had on the revitalization of Indigenous dance along the Northwest Coast, and the integral role of women in holding cultural knowledge. It celebrates the mothers who created the stronghold of these artforms and influenced the next generation of women. Raven Mother illuminates the profound leadership of...
“Raven Mother is the Dancers of Damelahamid’s most ambitious production and will be the culmination of generations of artistic and cultural work.”
Istvan Reviews
In-person event
≈ 70 minutes
· No intermission
NAC Co-production
Raven Mother is the Dancers of Damelahamid’s newly choreographed dance work in honour of late Elder Margaret Harris (1931 – 2020). Raven Mother illustrates the vast impact Elder Harris had on the revitalization of Indigenous dance along the Northwest Coast, and the integral role of women in holding cultural knowledge. It celebrates the mothers who created the stronghold of these artforms and influenced the next generation of women. Raven Mother illuminates the profound leadership of mothers, their essential contribution in this resurgence, and the force and transformation of this awakening.
Raven Mother is the Dancers of Damelahamid’s most ambitious production and will be the culmination of generations of artistic and cultural work. With Raven Mother, movement, song, regalia, sculpture, and design, are interwoven with the embodied narrative. The Raven crest, manifested in multiple forms, embodies transformation, the strengthening of culture, the unveiling of a new spirit, and breathing life into a promise made to the children of generations to come.
Raven Mother speaks to the current Indigenous realities, drawing from a rich lineage of teachings and insights. Innovation is conditional upon revealing the truths of today to pursue cultural endurance and intergenerational sustenance. The work is a tangible remembrance of a woman’s spirit, marking the shift between generations that has sparked a new role for daughters as the force to hold their grandmother’s vision.
Margaret Grenier is of Gitxsan and Cree ancestry. She is the Executive and Artistic Director for the Dancers of Damelahamid. She has produced the Coastal Dance Festival since 2008. Margaret’s multimedia choreographic works bridge Gitxsan and Cree dance forms with current expressions. Her works have toured internationally and include Setting the Path (2004) and Spirit and Tradition (2007), and Visitors Who Never Left (2009), Luu hlotitxw (2012), Flicker (2016), and Mînowin (2019). Mînowin premiered at the Mòshkamo Festival, National Arts Centre, Ottawa (2019) and at the Festival Internacional Cervantino in Guanajuato, Mexico. Margaret holds a M.A. from Simon Fraser University and a B.Sc. from McGill University. She was a sessional instructor for Simon Fraser (2007) and faculty at the Banff Centre (2013). She received the REVEAL Award (2017), the Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts (2020), DSA Distinction in Dance Award (2022), and the Isadora Award (2024).
Directrice générale et artistique de la compagnie Dancers of Damelahamid, Margaret Grenier produit également le Coastal Dance Festival, qui a lieu chaque année depuis 2008. Ses chorégraphies qui mêlent danses gitxsanes et cries à des modes d’expression actuels contribuent à redéfinir la danse autochtone contemporaine. Titulaire d’une maîtrise en enseignement des arts de l’Université Simon Fraser, elle détient également un baccalauréat ès sciences de l’Université McGill avec une majeure en géographie et une mineure en sciences de l’environnement. Elle possède par ailleurs une solide expérience en tant qu’oratrice et conférencière : elle a mené des ateliers et des classes de maître dans le cadre de programmes de formation en danse et a été chargée de cours à l’Université Simon Fraser (2007) ainsi que professeure au Centre des arts de Banff (2013). Margaret Grenier a de plus fait des présentations à la Conférence mondiale des peuples autochtones sur l’éducation en Australie (2008 et 2023), au Pérou (2011) et à Hawaï (2015). Elle a reçu le prix Reveal (2017) et le prix d’excellence Walter Carsen pour les arts de la scène (2020).
Andrew spent 20 years training with the company and has performed with the company since 2004. Andrew has worked with cedar and textiles, creating the sets for the Dancers of Damelahamid productions since 2004 and for the annual Coastal Dance Festival since 2008. Andrew oversees all the technical and set requirements for the Dancers of Damelahamid and is the Production Manager for the Coastal Dance Festival. Andrew has a BSc from McGill University and Masters in Environmental Education from Simon Fraser University.
Depuis 20 ans, Andrew Grenier se forme aux côtés de Dancers of Damelahamid, avec qui il se produit depuis 2004. Dès cette même année, il crée les décors des productions de la compagnie, puis, à partir de 2008, ceux du Coastal Dance Festival, en utilisant des étoffes et du bois de cèdre. Il veille à tous les besoins techniques et scéniques de la compagnie, en plus d’œuvrer comme directeur de production pour le Coastal Dance Festival. Andrew Grenier est titulaire d’un baccalauréat ès sciences de l’Université McGill et d’une maîtrise en éducation environnementale de l’Université Simon Fraser.
Hawilkwalał, Rebecca, is of Kwakiuł, Dzawada’enuwx, and Sḵwx̱̱wú7mesh ancestry. She is a multidisciplinary artist with a BA from the University of British Columbia. Rebecca is the Artistic Associate for the Dancers of Damelahamid and the Festival Associate for the Coastal Dance Festival. Rebecca has been dancing with the company since 2014 and is a pow-wow dancer with over 20 years of experience. She is the Regalia Designer for the company’s productions Flicker (2016), Mînowin (2019), Spirit and Tradition Remount (2020), and Raven Mother (2024). She began fashion design in 2021, debuting at New York Fashion Week (2022) followed by SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market, Vancouver Fashion Week, Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week, and Indigenous Fashion Arts Toronto. Her work has been on exhibit at the American Museum for Natural History in New York, the Bill Reid Gallery, Museum of Vancouver, YVR Airport, and featured in Vogue and Elle Canada. She was the recipient of the YVR Emerging Artist Award, 2021.
Hawilkwalał Rebecca Baker-Grenier, est d’ascendance kwakiuł, musgamagw dzawada’enuwx et sḵwx̱wú7mesh. Artiste multidisciplinaire, elle détient un baccalauréat ès arts de l’Université de la Colombie-Britannique. Elle est directrice artistique associée de la compagnie Dancers of Damelahamid et directrice associée du Coastal Dance Festival. Interprète de danses de pow-wow depuis plus de 20 ans, Rebecca Baker-Grenier se produit au sein de Dancers of Damelahamid depuis 2014 et a créé les tenues cérémonielles de plusieurs productions de la compagnie : Flicker (2016), Mînowin (2019), Spirit and Tradition Remount (2020) et Raven Mother (2024). Elle s’est initiée à la création de mode en 2021 aux côtés de Pam Baker et a suivi le programme de haute couture autochtone du Centre des arts de Banff en 2022. En 2021, elle a obtenu une bourse d’études pour artistes émergents de la YVR Art Foundation et l’année suivante, elle a présenté sa première collection à la Fashion Week de New York. Sa plus récente collection, « we are warriors », a été dévoilée lors du SWAIA Fashion Show du Santa Fe Indian Market (août 2023), avant d’être présentée à la Vancouver Fashion Week et à la Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week (2023) ainsi que dans le cadre du festival Indigenous Fashion Arts de Toronto (mai 2024). Exposées à la galerie Bill Reid, au Musée de Vancouver et à l’aéroport de Vancouver, ses créations sont également mises à l’honneur dans les pages de Vogue, Vogue Italia et Elle Canada. Son œuvre « Held by Generations » sera présentée au musée américain d’histoire naturelle de New York en 2024–2025.
Raven is an emerging choreographer, Indigenous contemporary dance artist, singer, and visual artist in formline design. She is a 4th year Indigenous Studies student at UBC and the Artistic and Administrative Assistant for Dancers of Damelahamid. Her silk screened limited edition prints are available at Lattimer gallery and Coastal Peoples Gallery in Vancouver. Raven’s work is also available at MOA Gift shop, and has been on display at her exhibition at the Dance Centre where her up-cycled mini collection was featured. Her films Spanochnonga and Lax Yip were commissioned by FORM and have been screened at FORM 2022 and 2023, Matriarchs Uprising 2024, Weesageechak 2023, live at Vines 2023, New Works 2023, and more. Her current project Wolverine is an in-the-works EP, music video, and choreographed performance supported by the Raven Spirit Dance Pakitinam mentorship program. The short experimental film was supported by Co Erasga and premiered at What Lab salon studio spring series.
Raven Grenier a été formée dès son plus jeune âge par ses grands-parents, les Aînés Kenneth et Margaret Harris. Elle a participé aux productions Setting the Path (2004) et Sharing the Spirit (2007) ainsi qu’à la tournée de la compagnie en Nouvelle-Zélande en 2008 et à l’Exposition universelle de Shanghai, en Chine, en 2010. On a également pu la voir dans Visitors Who Never Left (2009), Dancing our Stories (2010), Spirit Transforming (2012 et 2015) et Flicker (2016). Chanteuse et artiste visuelle, Raven Grenier est aussi une danseuse accomplie, qui participe à des championnats au sein de la Nora Pickett Irish Dance Academy. Elle termine actuellement son baccalauréat en arts à l’Université de la Colombie-Britannique.
Jeff is a four-time Jessie Award winning lighting designer for his work on Carousel Theatre’s Pharaoh Serket & the Lost Stone of Fire, Patrick Street Theatre’s Floyd Collins, Pi Theatre’s Blasted and Arts Club’s Hand to God. He is a graduate of SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts, attended the Banff Centre for the Performing Arts and is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada.
Établi à Vancouver, Jeff Harrison est le lauréat de quatre prix Jessie pour ses conceptions d’éclairages dans les productions PharaohSerket & the Lost Stone of Fire (Carousel Theatre), Floyd Collins (Patrick Street Theatre), Blasted (Pi Theatre) et Hand to God (Arts Club). Il est membre de l’Association des designers canadiens (AIEST, section locale ADC659). Il a également conçu les éclairages de Little Red Warrior & His Lawyer (Savage Society), Beautiful Man (Pi Theatre), Batboy the Musical et The Full Monty (Patrick Street Theatre), Children of God (Urban Ink), Beneath Springhill (Arts Club) et Women of the Fur Trade (Théâtre autochtone du CNA).
Andy Moro is the artistic co-director of ARTICLE11 with Tara Beagan, upholding the 11th Article of the UN’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Current and recent work includes: The Unnatural & Accidental Women (NAC); Rise Red River (ARTICLE 11/Theatre Cercle Moliere/Prairie Theatre Exchange); PISUWIN (Atlantic Ballet); Sleuth, Extractionist, Gaslight (Vertigo Theatre); NOMADA (Diana Lopez Soto); F WORD (Downstage/Alberta Theatre Projects); Ministry of Grace, Reckoning, ROOM, Declaration, Deer Woman (ARTICLE11); Little Women, Honour Beat; (Theatre Calgary); Hookman (University of Calgar/Chromatic); The Last Epistle of Tightrope Time (NAC/Neptune Theatre); Post Mistress, Rez Sisters (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre); Blackhorse (Caravan Theatre); The Herd (Citadel Theatre/Tarragon Theatre); Frozen River (Manitoba Theatre for Young People); Third Colour, Spacegirl, War Being Waged (Prairie Theatre Exchange); Ministry of Grace, Time Stands Still, O’Kosi (MT7); Sky Dancers (A'nó:wara Dance Theatre); Minowin and Raven Mother (Dancers of Damelahamid); Finding Wolastoq Voice (Theatre New Brunswick); Blood Water Earth, Blood Tides, The Mush Hole (Kaha:wi Dance Theatre).
Film & Video: RECKONING (ARTICLE 11); Road to Hasalala Danxalax (Chan Ctr/Marion Newman). Upcoming: The Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold for Edmonton Opera.
Andy is of mixed Euro/Omushkegowuk descent, and is currently based in Calgary.
Andy Moro est le codirecteur artistique, avec Tara Beagan, de la troupe ARTICLE 11, qui doit son nom à l’article de la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones.
Au théâtre : The Unnatural and Accidental Women (CNA); The Herd (Tarragon Theatre); Rise Red River (ARTICLE 11 Theatre Cercle Moliere, Prairie Theatre Exchange); PISUWIN (Atlantic Ballet) Sleuth, Extractionist, Gaslight (Vertigo Theatre), NOMADA (Diana Lopez Soto), F WORD (Downstage, Alberta Theatre Projects), Ministry of Grace, Reckoning, ROOM, Declaration, Deer Woman (ARTICLE 11); Little Women, Honour Beat (Theatre Calgary); Hookman (Université de Calgary et Chromatic); Post Mistress, Rez Sisters (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre); Blackhorse (Caravan); The Herd (Citadel et Tarragon); Frozen River (Manitoba Theatre for Young People); Third Colour, Spacegirl, War Being Waged (Prairie Theatre Exchange); Ministry of Grace, Time Stands Still, O’Kosi (MT7); Sky Dancers (A'nó:wara Dance Theatre); Raven Mother (Dancers of Damelahamid); Finding Wolastoq Voice (Theatre New Brunswick); Blood Water Earth, Blood Tides, The Mush Hole (Kaha:wi Dance Theatre).
Film et vidéo : RECKONING (ARTICLE 11); Road to Hasalala Danxalax (Chan Ctr/Marion Newman). À venir : The Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold pour l'Edmonton Opera.
Andy est d'origine mixte Euro/Omushkegowuk et vit actuellement à Calgary.
Charles Koroneho works in the fields of performance and culture. He explores cultural collaboration and the intersection between dance, theatre, visual arts and design. His projects are presented as performances, research workshops and arts collaborations exploring the collision between Maori cosmology, New Zealand society and global cultures.
Koroneho is a graduate of the New Zealand School of Dance and Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland. He shares his vision of dance and performance by providing movement, improvisation and creative workshops for dancers, actors and performance artists. He supports the arts community as a choreographer, collaborative director, cultural consultant and mentor.
Charles Koroneho travaille dans les domaines du spectacle et de la culture. Il explore la collaboration culturelle et l’intersection des pratiques de la danse, du théâtre, des arts visuels et de la conception. Ses projets prennent la forme de représentations, d’ateliers de recherche et de collaborations artistiques qui explorent le choc entre la cosmologie maorie, la société néo-zélandaise et les cultures du monde entier.
Charles Koroneho est diplômé de la New Zealand School of Dance et de la Elam School of Fine Arts de l’Université d’Auckland. Il transmet sa vision de la danse et des spectacles grâce à des ateliers de mouvement, d’improvisation et de création destinés à des interprètes de danse, des actrices et des acteurs, ainsi que des artistes de performance. Il soutient la communauté artistique en tant que chorégraphe, collaborateur à la mise en scène, consultant culturel et mentor.
