We're sorry, but we couldn’t find any events. Try updating your location and date range, or use more general keywords.
Besides the wonderful dancing, the origin and meaning of the dances were discussed. Indigenous history (mostly sad) was incorporated into the presentation. The dance costumes included very modern fabrics with age old Indigenous designs. A great experience.
The dancing and costumes were fantastic. I loved how they told the background of the dance and how some of them have changed over time. They had one song with live drumming and chanting, but I wish there was more with the dancing. They were so great and received a well deserved standing ovation.
This was a beautifully written, illustrated, designed, and choreographed show. The video footage that preceded each dance/dancer was highly informative and I feel added to the enrichment of the experience for my family. It provided a better understanding of the different Tribes, Nations, cultures and their peoples. When the dancers performed their dances again, in the second half of the show, it was another fantastic moment for we the audience to connect with each performer when they spoke about themselves and their backgrounds a little. Another excellent well thought out step/stage to the design of the show’s choreography. My only negative about the experience came from the imbalance in the sound check/music imbalance. First, I need to say I have always loved the percussive qualities of indigenous peoples music, as well as the unique rhythmic singing, and the flute music has always been so enchanting and inspiring to me that I used it as a meditation tool during the labor and delivery of my 2 children. However, in my personal opinion, I felt the music was too loud and overpowering for the size and design of this venue space. One example I can give is the music during the jingle dress performance was so loud that we could not hear the beautiful sound of the dress itself. And the whole purpose of the jingle dress dance is for the dress to make it’s own music. Other than the music being imbalanced for the venue size, this was an excellent show and we have recommended everyone we know, and shared on social media, too, to get tickets to see it.
The Indigenous Experience was incredible. The stories told through dance brought joy to my soul. I highly recommend that everyone see this performance.
What a great show to share our indigenous culture!!! Thank you for getting this together, one suggestion would be to explain a little bit about the dances, regalia, songs, history, etc.
