The Gift: An Inuit Road Movie, a Karitas Production, is a documentary focused on four Greenlandic actors who travel to and around Canada with a goal…
Posted December 7, 2012The Prismatic Festival in Halifax continues to run September 14th through 29th, presenting forty-seven performances by culturally diverse artists from …
Posted September 25, 2012Harbourfront Centre in Toronto kicks off TAIWANfest this week, running August 24th through 26th. On the roster of presentations is the indigenous conte…
Posted August 22, 2012As part of the Bata Shoe Museum’s programming for the Planet IndigenUS celebrations in Toronto, on August 18th it presents three storytelling dances by…
Posted August 14, 2012Kaha:wi Dance Theatre’s Aboriginal Dance Training recently began classes, running August 7th through 31st at Canada’s National Ballet School in Toronto…
Posted August 9, 2012Coming up July 22nd on Granville Island, the All Over the Map performance series by Vancouver-based presenter New Works will be featuring the Dancers o…
Posted July 18, 2012This past weekend, July 14th and 15th, was the 22nd Anniversary Kahnawake Powwow, located in Mohawk territory on the south shore of Montréal. This cultur…
Posted July 16, 2012This video highlights an important indigenous group of North America, the Kwakiutl Indians. Their heritage of ancestral songs and sacred dance, as well …
Posted July 12, 2012Back on May 14th, Canada’s Got Talent announced the winners of its first season. Down to the wire, the final three competitors were the hip hop crew Fre…
Posted May 24, 2012This quirky short film by Iqaluit filmmaker Becky Qilavvaq has caught a wave of viewers around YouTube recently. Feel the Inukness stars actor …
Posted March 13, 2012In Vancouver March 8th through 11th, the Dancers of Damelahamid present the Coastal First Nations Dance Festival in partnership with the University of …
Posted March 5, 2012The Vancouver-based, Aboriginal contemporary dance society Raven Spirit Dance recently shared this ten-minute video excerpt of Gathering Light. …
Posted February 17, 2012The Canadian Aboriginal Festival took place November 17th through 20th in Toronto. Now in its 18th year, this multi-disciplined event offers shopping, f…
Posted November 29, 2011This video highlights the multi-talented artist Byron Chief-Moon, as described by documentary film director Marlene Millar. He will be among the Vancou…
Posted October 13, 2011Today at noon in Vancouver at The Dance Centre’s Discover Dance series, the Louis Riel Métis Dancers share some of our Canadian heritage’s lively jigs, …
Posted September 29, 2011Kaha:wi Dance Theatre recently released these video exerpts of its latest work Medicine Bear, which was co-produced with the Woodland Cultural C…
Posted September 16, 2011The Banff Centre just wrapped up its July 15th through 17th run of Migration, a Canada/New Zealand Aboriginal dance collaboration between Red Sk…
Posted July 22, 2011Kaha:wi Dance Theatre Artistic Director Santee Smith was commissioned to choreograph a new contemporary work combining lacrosse an...
Posted July 11, 2011Contemporary choreographer, dancer and Métis jigger Yvonne Chartrand won the Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award for dance. Chartr…
Posted July 11, 2011Kaha:wi Dance Theatre is set for a short Ontario tour including North Bay May 27th and London June 4th. The company will be presenting Santee Smith’s …
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