Celebrating 10 Years of Aboriginal Performance – Talking Stick Festival 2011
Tickets on sale January 4, 2011
Prices range from$12 – $25 (plus HST and service charges). Group prices available.
Full Circle: First Nations Performance presents the 10th annual Talking Stick Festival: a 13 day, citywide celebration of Aboriginal performance and art. In celebration of our 10th year, the 2011 festival will play its opening week (February 1 – February 6) at the Roundhouse before moving into the Commercial Drive area of East Vancouver (until February 13) and will feature diverse programming, highlighting the talents of local, national and international artists in a fusion of cabaret, music, dance, theatre and storytelling.Don’t miss the traditional Gala Opening Celebration on Tuesday Feb 1 – a jam packed night of traditional and contemporary Aboriginal arts; drop into the ever popular Ab-Original Cabaret – featuring performers like Leanne Goose (Yellowknife), Digawolf (Yellowknife) and Murray Porter (Vancouver) and comedians Ryan McMahon and Elaine Miles; be sure to catch contemporary dance piece Fragments, by Lara Kramer (Quebec); stomp your feet, clap your hands and kick up your heels at our Métis social night; cool out to a soulful evening of jazz; stop by our slam poetry night, From Talking Stick to Microphone; get involved in one of our many Professional Development workshops; sit in on an Artist Talk; and keep your eyes and ears open for non-stop events for the whole family!
Also – on exhibit at the Roundhouse from Feb 1 – Feb 9, a photographic exhibition by Nadya Kwandibens of Red Works Studio (Toronto). Nadya Kwandibens is of Ojibwe (Anishinaabe) / French heritage from the Northwest Angle #37 First Nation in Ontario, Canada. She is a self-taught, dynamic photographer specializing in artistic natural light portraiture, fashion, promotional sessions, and event photography.
Plus, be sure to check out our TSF Poster and Colouring Contest display. Keep your eyes peeled for the work of emerging young visual artists whose work will be on exhibit in select schools and venues citywide from Feb 1 – 13.
Come and join Full Circle for the 10th Annual Talking Stick Festival! Everyone is welcome! Featuring artists from as far as Ontario, the United States and the Yukon Territories, and as near as Vancouver’s back yard! You name it – we’ve got it!
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