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  • Braiding the Land: Works by Raven Spirit Dance

    Braiding the Land: Works by Raven Spirit Dance

    Dates & Times

    • Fri May 16, 2025 (7:30 pm)

    Series

    Blue Circle Series

    Venue

    Sid Williams Theatre

    Prices

    • Adult (ages 25+) $39
    • Youth (ages 24 & under) $33

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    Presented By: Sid Williams Theatre Society

    Featuring Frost Exploding Trees Moon, Spine of the Mother, and Confluence


    Frost Exploding Trees Moon is a solo piece following the journey of a woman traveling her trap line. She finds a place to set up camp, builds her temporary home, and settles into the centre of her world of breath and perception.

    The piece tracks a physical human journey as well as a spiritual one. It asks: How does one house one’s spirit? What keeps us close to earth and what makes us long for stars?

    CO-CREATED BY: Floyd Favel and Michelle Olson
    PERFORMED BY: Michelle Olson
    ALSO PERFORMED BY: Jeanette Kotowich
    VOCALS: Kelly Daniels
    MUSIC: Meewasin Oma
    MUSIC COMPOSITION: Wayne Lavallee
    LIGHTING DESIGN: John Carter
    COSTUME DESIGN: Jules Francisco

    Spine of the Mother began as an innovative collaboration with Indigenous artists in Canada and Peru. Tracing the inner terrain of our bodies as women through breath, impulse and memory unlocks kinetic energy creating ritual, which spans the spine of the mountain range we have shared for millennia.

    The metaphor of the “Spine of Mother Earth” is a name given by Indigenous Elders in South America to the Andean mountain range that spans from the base in Argentina, through the Americas and ends at the tip of Alaska. Our bodies become the landscape like the mountain ranges that connect the North and South (the Eagle and the Condor) and through this we find our kinetic connection to others that transmits impulse, breath and spirit.

    CHOREOGRAPHY: Starr Muranko In collaboration with past performers and artistic lineage of Tasha-Faye Evans, Andrea Patriau, Olivia Shaffer, Sarah Formosa and Marisa Gold
    PERFORMED BY: Tasha Faye Evans and Marisa Gold
    VIDEO/MEDIA DESIGN: Sammy Chien
    COMPOSER: Edgardo Moreno (‘Gracias a la Vida’ sung by Daniela Andrade)
    DRAMATURGE & MENTOR: Alvin Tolentino
    MENTOR: Michelle Olson
    CULTURAL ADVISOR: Jhaimy Alvarez-Acosta (Peru)
    LIGHTING DESIGN: John Carter
    COSTUME DESIGN: Ines Ortner
    ADDITIONAL DRAMATURGY: Alejandro Ronceria

    Confluence is a dance work that weaves our perspectives, our histories and our bodies to create somatic tapestry that speaks to the resilience of Indigenous women. We embody the space between land and sky through play, prayer, grief and gratitude and are the living testament to the legacy that has been offered to us. Aligning our lives with the direction of the water in a river or geese in migration, we acknowledge we are always in process, shaping and carving through landscapes, creating rhythms and discovering our stories.

    PRODUCED BY: Raven Spirit Dance
    ARTISTIC LEAD: Michelle Olson
    CHOREOGRAPHIC VISIONING: Michelle Olson, Starr Muranko and Jeanette Kotowich
    IN COLLABORATION WITH ARTISTS: Michelle Olson, Starr Muranko, Jeanette Kotowich, Tin Gamboa, and Emily Solstice
    ARTISTIC LINEAGE: Margaret Grenier, Carlos Rivera, Yvette Nolan, Kristy Janvier, Salome Neito, & Tasha Faye Evans
    LIGHTING DESIGNER: Brad Trenaman
    STAGE MANAGER: Kayleigh Sandormirsky
    ORIGINAL SOUND SCORE: Scott Maynard
    REHEARSAL DIRECTOR: Salome Nieto
    SOMATIC MOVEMENT COACH: Donna Redlick

    MUSIC:
    Ä́’sía Keyi
    – Dyet and the Love Soldiers

    All My Relations
    – Iskwew Singers

    Ammalu
    – Russell Wallace

    Refund Policy

    All purchases are final. The only exceptions will be for events that are rescheduled, postponed, or cancelled. Exchanges to different dates within the same event are still permitted.

    If you have questions, please contact our box office at boxoffice@sidtheatre.com or 250-338-2430 ext 1.