Muriel Miguel, Co-Founder of Spiderwoman Theater was recently interviewed by Erica Commanda for Muskrat Magazine about Material Witness and its upcoming presentation at Kaha:wi Dance Theatre’s Living Ritual: International Indigenous Performing Arts Festival 2017.
To check out the interview, please click here.
Material Witness performers (clockwise from top-left) – Donna Couteau, Cherish Blood, Ange Loft, Gloria Miguel, and Penny Couchie.
Aanmitaagzi will be back in Toronto next week to present Material Witness, Co-produced by Spiderwoman Theater, at the Living Ritual: International Indigenous Performing Arts Festival taking place at the Harbourfront Centre from July 25 – 27, 2017.
Material Witness, is a multi-generational, multi-disciplinary performance/installation project that explores stories of violence, healing and renewal in the lives of Indigenous women. Incorporating stories re-worked and refined by the performers (pictured above) through storyweaving sessions led by Director Muriel Miguel, and set/installation elements developed through the Pulling Threads workshops and Aanmitaagzi’s community-engaged artists, Material Witness will be presented in the Fleck Dance Theatre along with Thomas E.S. Kelly’s (MIS)CONCEIVE starting at 8:00 pm on July 27, 2017.
Tickets for the Thursday evening performances are $20.00, and can be purchased from the Harbourfront Centre on their website or by calling the box office at 416-973-4000.
For more information about the Living Ritual: International Indigenous Perfroming Arts Festival, or to obtain festival passes please visit www.kahawidance.org/living-ritual.
Aanmitaagzi will be hosting a House Concert Open Mic Fundraiser at Big Medicine Studio (161 Couchie Memorial Dr., North Bay, ON) featuring performances from the Serpent People ensemble on June 19, 2017 from 7 – 9 pm in support of our presentation of Material Witness (Co-Produced with Spiderwoman Theater) at the Living Ritual Festival in Toronto on July 27, 2017.
Admission is Pay-What-You-Can, all talent is welcome.
For more information, please contact Aanmitaagzi at 705.474.2227.
Aanmitaagzi and Spiderwoman Theater are excited to present a new series of Pulling Threads Fabric Workshops as part of their ongoing Material Witness project.
Material Witness explores violence, healing and renewal in the lives of Indigenous women through the development of a multi-generational performance. The backdrop and set for the performance is comprised of a “story-quilt”, a layered landscape of fabrics, heaps, piles and bundles that holds its own collected stories and supports the stories of the women on stage.
Through the Pulling Threads workshops, community participants are invited to come in and create a piece of the “story-quilt” based upon their own experiences, exploring not only the stories of violence that have shaped their lives, but also the hope and transformative possibilities that arise from them. The created pieces will then be sewn or woven into the larger quilt and will travel with the production wherever it goes.
Participants of all ages and experience levels are welcome, and counsellors will be on hand to offer support as needed. All materials will be provided, however participants may bring in their own materials to donate to the project as well.
Come and enjoy some food, some talk, and some laughter while pulling threads with us!
April 10, 2017 True Self – Debwewendizwin Employment and Training
10 am – 4 pm 239 Main Street East
North Bay ON P1B 1B2
www.trueself.ca
April 21, 2017 Minwaashin Lodge – The Aboriginal Women’s Support Centre
10 am – 4 pm 1155 Lola Street
Ottawa, ON K1K 4C1
www.minlodge.com
April 27, 2017 N’Swakamok Native Friendship Centre
1 pm – 5 pm 110 Elm Street
Sudbury, ON P3C 1T5
www.nfcsudbury.org
April 28, 2017 Debajehmujig Storytellers
10 am – 4 pm 43 Queen Street
Manitowaning, ON P0P 1N0
www.debaj.ca
April 29, 2017 Nimkii Naabkwagan – Batchewana Family Crisis Shelter
10am – 4 pm 180 Gran Street
Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 5K9
May 1 & 2, 2017 Pic River First Nation Community Centre
6 pm – 9 pm 78 Pic River Rd.
Heron Bay, ON P0T 1R0
For more information, please contact Penny Couchie – (705) 474-2227.