Tasha Faye Evans' Cedar Woman debuts at The Dance Centre, October 1 to 3

Global Dance Connections piece tells a Coast Salish story of ancestral resilience and hope

SPONSORED POST BY The Dance Centre

Cedar Woman. Photo by Alger Liang

 
 

The Dance Centre presents Cedar Woman, choreographed by Coast Salish dance and theatre artist Tasha Faye Evans, as part of the Global Dance Connections series. Performances take place October 1 and 2 at 8 pm and October 3 at 2 pm.

Cedar Woman is a prayer in a long line of prayers. It is sx̌ʷəx̌ʷəy̓em̓, a Coast Salish story of ancestral resilience and hope, honouring a relationship with the land and a legacy of matriarchs spanning all the way back to a cedar tree.

Through song, dance, and ceremony, Evans and her ensemble call upon Cedar Woman, one of the first grandmothers who faced The Great Flood with fierce love. In this collective vision of hope for the future, six dancers and a skilled creative team remember their responsibility to all relations, protecting what they know to be sacred.

A post-show artist talkback takes place on October 2.

Tickets are available through The Dance Centre.


Post sponsored by The Dance Centre.

 
 

 

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