Technical innovations, paired with this year’s theme, drives festival celebrating contemporary dance by Indigenous female artists.
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Also part of this year’s festival, along with workshops, talks and online screenings, is the Feb. 18 world premiere of Maamawi : Together Through the Fire. The work is described as “an expression of the Anishinaabe Seven Fire Prophecies.” “The stories are of the migration of the Anishinaabe people and the colonization of the Anishinaabe people, and then we move into the current revitalization of culture,” Davies said. “We do this through seeking out our knowledge keepers and their teachings, specifically the Seven Grandfather Teachings and how they can apply today in a modern world context as a moral compass.
For Sutherland, performing at the festival is a full-circle moment. Now Toronto-based, the dancer grew up in Langley and studied at Arts Umbrella. After training in ballet, attending the first Matriarchs Uprising in 2019 was life changing.Article content
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