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Gathering Light

Gathering Light – (Choreographed by Michelle Olson) is a contemporary dance work for five dancers. The piece explores the journey from seed to flower, the stirrings of consciousness to the full bloom embrace of transformation. The seed has to imagine itself a flower and follow that first drop of desire.  Recent Performances included the Noon Dance series at the Scotia Dance Centre on Thursday September 24th 2009 and the Weesagachak Festival in Toronto on January 27, 2010.

Luk T’äga Näche

Luk T’äga Näche – (Salmon Girl Dreaming - Choreographed by Michelle Olson) explores the emotional landscape and dreams of a young woman trying to remember what has been lost. Through contemporary dance and puppetry, Luk T’äga Näche delves into the questions of identity and cultural inheritance.

Songs of Shär Cho

Songs of Shär Cho – (Choreographed by Michelle Olson and Kimberly Tuson) is a multi-media contemporary dance performance inspired by the heart and history of the traditions and the culture of the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in people of Dawson City, Yukon. We will be performing a short excerpt from Songs of Shär Cho at the Cultural Olympiad for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Performance times and locations are listed here.

Raven Restores the Sun to the Sky

Raven Restores the Sun to the Sky (Choreographed by Michelle Olson) is a dance piece for young audiences, combining contemporary dance, traditional singing and dancing to tell the Yukon First Nations story of how raven saves the sun.

Ta’wan

Ta’wan – a site-specific piece created in collaboration with Robert Baker of S’pak’wus Slúlum (Eagle Songs Dancers) exploring the echoes of tradition in an urban landscape. Ta’wan (Squamish for Illuminate) combines contemporary and traditional West Coast First Nations Dance.

Evening in Paris

Evening in Paris – (Choreographed by Michelle Olson, directed by Muriel Miguel) Inspired by the remarkable life of Molly Spotted Elk and the lives of our grandmothers, this dance/theatre piece uncovers and honors the complexity of Aboriginal women’s experience.

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