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Links and content included in this Performing Arts Global Exchange document are exclusively intended for presenter/programmer/curator viewing for the explicit use of curation and should not be made available to the public. Out of respect for artists and their work, please do not repost links or share this document for purposes beyond booking considerations. “[The Mush Hole is] a stunning and powerful production about a difficult truth we are all still grappling with.” – Kevin Loring, Director of Indigenous Theatre, National Arts Centre Kaha:wi Dance Theatre (KDT) is one of Canada’s leading performing arts companies, renowned for creating and touring performances that share and educate audiences about Indigenous narratives. KDT is an Onkwehon:we artist-founded and run organization whose performances question, re-story and transform while adhering to Indigenous process, connection to land, story and spirit of place. Founded in 2005 by Six Nations based Artistic Director Santee Smith, Kaha:wi means “to carry” in Kahnyen’kehàka. This award-winning company has extensive touring history, including performances at the National Museum of the American Indian and, most recently, Auckland Arts Festival 2019. “The Mush Hole” is a dance performance about Canada’s Mohawk Institute Residential School. The history of forcibly taking Indigenous children away from parents and sending them to boarding schools is a dark part of history in both Canada and the U.S. Opening a window into the atrocities inflicted upon thousands of Indigenous children by government and church-run schools, it attempts to close the door on historical amnesia. The haunting portrayal weaves through memories of survivors, their traumas, school life, loss of culture and remembrance. Due to the traumatic historical content, an important aspect of company touring includes creating space for dialogue with audiences. Watch: “The Mush Hole” password kdt1234 | “The Mush Hole” Teaser Traveling: All Indigenous cast of 5 plus technical crew of 2 Technical specifications: Production fits mid- to large-sized theatres and large black box venues with wings. Shipping is required for venues 300+ km from Toronto. Tech Rider | Website Fee: $9,000 per show with discounts for multiple performances; plus a portion of expenses, such as domestic and international travel costs, accommodations, visas, agent expenses, and CWA preparation, to be split among all presenters forming a part of the tour. Presenters would be eligible for grant support of up to 50% of the inclusive fee. Out of respect for artists and their work, please do not repost links or share this document for purposes beyond booking considerations. Finished reviewing the finalists? Help select the artist roster by completing a brief survey. Raven Spirit Dance creates and produces contemporary dance rooted in Indigenous worldviews that honors the communities and artists with whom they work. They share stories through Indigenous perspectives and practices while creating a platform for others to do the same. Raven Spirit Dance values how Indigenous expression is realized through contemporary dance in this way. It values creating an environment for dialogue and critique, and pushing the boundaries of the work and our cultural selves. The company was founded in 2005 by Artistic Director Michelle Olson from the Tr’ondek Hwech’in First Nation. Raven Spirit Dance has toured widely throughout Canada as well as internationally in the U.S., South America, and Australia. “Earth Song” is a mixed program of contemporary Indigenous dance featuring choreography by Starr Muranko and Michelle Olson. Two visionary choreographers bring their diverse voices to the act of connection. Moving from spirit to form through currents of spatial tension, these are the songs of the land and body, deeply rooted and ever reaching. Starr Muranko’s “Spine of the Mother” and Michelle Olson’s “Northern Journey” traverse territories of impulse, memory, and landscape. Additionally, the program includes the solo, “Frost Exploding Trees Moon”, choreographed by Michelle Olson and Floyd Favel; this piece follows the breath, instinct, and impulse of a woman on her northern trap line. In addition to the artistic excellence of the company, they are well known for their community engagement practices. Watch: "Earth Song" Traveling: 5 cast, 1 crew, 1 staff Technical specifications: Tech Rider | Website | Facebook Fee: $5,000 per show, negotiable discount for multiple performances; plus a portion of expenses, such as domestic and international travel costs, accommodations, visas, agent expenses, and CWA preparation, to be split among all presenters forming a part of the tour. Presenters would be eligible for grant support of up to 50% of the inclusive fee. Out of respect for artists and their work, please do not repost links or share this document for purposes beyond booking considerations. Finished reviewing the finalists? Help select the artist roster by completing a brief survey. V’ni Dansi holds the distinction of being the only company in Canada to perform both traditional Métis and contemporary dance, offering traditional Métis jigging, contemporary Métis jigging, and Indigenous contemporary dance. Led by Artistic Director Yvonne Chartrand, in 2001, the company formed the group The Louis Riel Métis Dancers who remain dedicated to preserving traditional Métis dance. The Métis are a distinct Indigenous culture within Canada that has mixed First Nations and European ancestry. Métis traditional dances are a unique blend of European and First Nations dances, creating an intricate and dynamic form. “Red River Special” combines the Red River Jig, the Orange Blossom Special, and Métis square dances. Traditionally, dancers would challenge themselves to dance up to 100 “fancy steps” during the Red River Jig, the national dance of the Métis. This work builds on that tradition through a crescendo of steps and “crooked” fiddle tunes. Crooked music is a stand out in the Orange Blossom Special, which has been adopted into Métis culture. As the new generation is losing knowledge of these square dances, this work serves as reclamation of Métis dances and culture. In addition to community engagement offerings, the company includes audience participation at the end of each engagement and aims to create a “Métis Kitchen Party” environment that is a relaxed social dance atmosphere at the heart of Métis culture. Watch: “Red River Special" (45 min.) | V’ni Dansi excerpts Traveling: Flexible size depending on budget, recommended: 4 dancers, 2 musicians Technical specifications: Tech Rider | Website | Facebook | Twitter Fee: $3,000-4,000; plus a portion of expenses, such as domestic and international travel costs, accommodations, visas, agent expenses, and CWA preparation, to be split among all presenters forming a part of the tour. Presenters would be eligible for grant support of up to 50% of the inclusive fee. Out of respect for artists and their work, please do not repost links or share this document for purposes beyond booking considerations. Finished reviewing the finalists? Help select the artist roster by completing a brief survey. Cuatro X Cuatro is a laboratory of artists and creatives founded in 2007. Its members come from different parts of Mexico under the Artistic Direction of Shantí Vera. Their work is situated between availing the body and enhancing the flesh. They explore light, sound, color, and matter as states and spaces as distributions of the sensible. They are interested in gravity (the force and metaphor), choreography and the choreographic, the Mexican context and Latin America, and the South (not geographically but as a missing territory). They have performed in 17 countries in Europe and Latin America and have received multiple awards, prizes, grants, and fellowships. Cuatro X Cuatro does not create to entertain; it develops spaces and projects to play and think. “EL CUERPO VACÍO” exposes several urgencies for the Latin American context and stage. It aims to liberate the body as an absolute subject in relation to sound, music, color, space, body, and affection, and to liberate the Latin American context, world, and history of the “legal” and “illegal” on stage. Watch: “EL CUERPO VACÍO” password: 4x4 | “EL CUERPO VACÍO” Teaser Traveling: 2 dancers, 2 technicians Technical specifications: Tech Rider | Light Plot | Website| Facebook| Twitter Fee: $4,000; plus a portion of expenses, such as domestic and international travel costs, accommodations, visas, agent expenses, and CWA preparation, to be split among all presenters forming a part of the tour. Presenters would be eligible for grant support of up to 50% of the inclusive fee. Out of respect for artists and their work, please do not repost links or share this document for purposes beyond booking considerations. Finished reviewing the finalists? Help select the artist roster by completing a brief survey. La Serpiente is an independent contemporary dance company working out of Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico. Since their first production in 2001, they have consolidated their own style of feeling and communicating with and to the world. The company is a receptacle for convergence, movement, and the aesthetic vision of each member of the group. La Serpiente is committed to artistic development internally and externally and supports an international dance festival (Red Serpiente), artistic residences, Center of Dance Documentation and Research (Cenddami), and Scholar Dance Program, as well as workshops and master classes. "TREATISE