Jeanette Kotowich | Kisiskâciwan
March 15 & 16
7:30 PM doors/pre-show featuring Kathleen Nisbet
8 PM SHOW
Theatre Network, Nancy power Theatre, 10708 124 street
Friday March 15 - post show artists talk
Saturday March 16 - deaf inclusion performance
“Memories of my childhood summer, embraced by the Kah-tep-was valley, the vast prairie and gently rolling landscape has echoed its lasting impression and whispered a language of inspiration. It is an untamed remembering of ancestral homeland and lineage.“
A creative return to the fast-flowing landscape of Saskatchewan, the robust and undulating land of Jeanette’s great-grandmothers and great-great-grandfathers, Kisiskâciwan is a journey to one’s self. It speaks through dance to a Métis cultural narrative of identity and home.
The Kah-tep-was (Nêhiyaw for river that calls) is a two-kilometer wide, 180-meter deep valley is a sacred place that calls generations of peoples for gathering, hunting, and spiritual replenishment.
Featuring live pre-show music by Métis fiddler Kathleen Nisbet. Artistic support by Deanna Peters/Mutable Subject.
Deaf Inclusion performance by Thurga Kanagasekarampillai, in consultation with Connor Yuzwenko-Martin and Caroline Hébert on March 16th. ASL interpretation by Shelly Nafshi and Gail Benin.
Choreographer, performer, producer – Jeanette Kotowich
Creative producer, outside eye – Deanna Peters/Mutable Subject
Original lighting design – James Proudfoot, (adapted by Ashley Carter)
Sound, fiddle, vocals – Kathleen Nisbet
Sound – Wayne Lavallee, Moe Clark, Brady Marks
Deaf performance – Thurga Kanagasekarampillai
Deaf consultation – Connor Yuzwenko-Martin
Special thanks to: all the collaborators, Brian Webb Dance Company, Deanna Peters, Kathleen Nisbet, Thurga Kanagasekarampillai, Connor Yuzwenko-Martin, Shelly Nafshi, Gail Benin, Caroline Hérbert, Graham Kotowich, Lisa Gelley, Raïna Von Waldenburg, Emily Solstice Tait, Kelly McInnes, Sharai Mustatia, Carlos Rivera, Michelle Olson, Charles Koroneho.
Supporters: Boca de Lupo, The Dance Centre, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Raven Spirit Dance, Art Holm, Morrow, Tangente, Tanzmesse International, Dance Saskatchewan Inc, Canada Council for the Arts
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