Matriarchs Uprising - Program 2: Kiri and Link
KIRI is an interdisciplinary performance combining dance, sculpture and video by choreographer and video artist, Louise Potiki Bryant, and clay artist Paerau Corneal with a hypnotic sound score by composer, Paddy Free
Date/Time: Feb 22 2020, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Vancouver, The Cultch | Event calendar1895 Venables St
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Cost: $26.25
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KIRI explores the integrity of clay in a pre-ceramic state and acknowledges the creation of Hine-ahu-one, the first woman created from earth in our Māori creation traditions. KIRI means ‘skin’ and clay is activated in contact with the dancer’s skin which in turn animates the dancer. KIRI is a conversation between a dancer and a sculptor redefining our mutual knowledge of skin and clay, movement and form and concepts of geology/ whakapapa (genealogy), the sacred and the mundane.
Link is a warrior dance, choreographed and performed by Aria Evans, about the blockades we come across in life, focusing on the idea of forging ahead and asking the question; “What is my generation fighting for or against?”
Presented by O. Dela Arts in partnership with the Talking Stick Festival
Matriarchs Uprising brings together Indigenous women who are nurturing the art of contemporary dance so that it may be appreciated by audiences from all backgrounds. Curated and co-produced by Olivia C. Davies, Artistic Director of O.Dela Arts, the performances are accompanied by artist talks and workshops to provide audiences deeper insight into the creative impulses guiding the creators. This exciting program is themed around identity and includes interdisciplinary performances by Indigenous choreographers from Australia, Canada, and New Zealand including Aria Evans, Mariaa Randall with Henrietta Baird, and Louise Potiki Bryant with celebrated Indigenous sculptor, Paerau Corneal.
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