JL Whitecrow and Yolanda Bonnell are both full time artists and Anishnaabe kwe from northwestern Ontario. They are also both featured in this year’s Rhubarb Festival at Buddies in Bad Times theatre this February 14th to 25th, Whitecrow with Jiisakan – installation, and Bonnell with White Girls in...
Samantha Brown as Kwe, PJ Prudat as Bea King. Photo by Kaytee Dalton. Bea is an Anishinaabe veteran who returns to Canada traumatized from her tour in Afghanistan. When she leaves her home community of New Credit to work for the Department of National Defence at Kettle and Stony Point she sees it as an...
Dancers of Damelahamid premiere Flicker in Toronto for Dance Works | Image source: Derek Dix Dancers of Damelahamid returns to Toronto with the production Flicker for The Next Steps Dance Series at the Harbourfront Centre February 9 and 10, 2018. The dance company originates from the Gitxsan Nation on...
Wild Woman Theatre’s Spawn | Image Source: Wild Woman Theatre Wild Woman Theatre presents its first theatrical debut, Spawn, debut at Factory Theatre here in Tkaronto for Summerworks Performance Festival until Sunday, August 13, 2017. “Wild Woman Theatre actually started out with the desire to pro...
Santee Smith by David Hou | Image source: Kahawi Dance Theatre From the canvas to the theatre, these outstanding institutions and organizations support Indigenous artists with education programs that foster creative and career development. 1. The Adam Beach Film Institute, Winnipeg, MB The Adam Beach Fi...
Actresses read the play Survivance as part of Shkagamik-kwe Health Centre’s National Aboriginal Day celebrations at Sudbury Theatre Centre | Image source: Photographer Matt Durnan, Sudbury.com Emerging Indigenous playwright, Sarah Gartshore, a new talent to watch out for, has been developing her bold, n...
Native Earth Performing Arts, in partnership with Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, introduce: The 2-Spirit Cabaret An evening featuring 2-Spirit, Trans and Queer-identified Indigenous Artists! Please join us for a showcase of spoken word and performance, taking place November 11, 2016 at Buddies in Bad Tim...
TORONTO, ON – Native Earth Performing Arts announces the line-up for its 34th season, which places a focus on transformations happening in our community, our country, our world. With evolutions from the personal realm to the public, resistance to acceptance, ignorance to understanding, and ultimately, f...
Scene from Re-Quickening | Image Source: Tony Nyberg This Thursday, April 28 Kaha:wi Dance Theatre presents Re-Quickening, a thought provoking artistic performance which highlights international Indigenous women’s issues, such as the violence they have faced since European contact, while reconstructing...
Sophia Lee and Liang Xing as Annie and Gordon in the Going Home Star, presented by The Royal Winnipeg Ballet. | Image source: rwb.org A traditional drum performance by the Bear Creek Singers and a prayer led by Elder, Andrew Wesley opened The Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s, Going Home Star performance at The S...
