Photo: Eric Sanderson
Raven Mother
Raven Mother is a multimedia dance work in honour of the late Elder Margaret Harris (1931 – 2020)—illustrating the vast impact she had on the revitalization of song and dance along the Northwest Coast, and the resiliency of Indigenous cultural practices despite colonial efforts to erase them. This work illuminates the significance of this resurgence, and the essential role of our mothers in holding cultural knowledge, and the force and influence of this awakening.
Dancers of Damelahamid
Photo: Eric Sanderson
Co-created and Performed by: Dancers of Damelahamid
Key Artistic Collaborators:
Margaret Grenier, Executive and Artistic Director, Choreographer, Dance Artist
Andrew Grenier, Production Manager, Set and Design
Rebecca Baker-Grenier, Dance Artist and Regalia Design and Creation
Raven Grenier, Dance Artist, Vocalist and Composer
Betsy Lomax, Elder, Traditional Knowledge Keeper
David Boxley, Traditional Knowledge Keeper, Master Carver
Charles Koroneho, Collaborating Director
Jeff Harrison, Lighting Designer
Andy Moro, Projection Designer
Performance type: This work is built for a theatre. Full-Length Work.
How do you define this work: Indigenous Dance
Length of performance: Full Length
Audience type: General Audience
General Technical Requirements:
STAGE: Approximately 11.28m wide x 8.53m deep measured from the main curtain (plaster line) to the back wall and between leg curtains. Additional side and backstage space is required. FLOOR: The stage surface should be sprung. The company will not perform on concrete.
LIGHTING: The venue must be equipped with a full lighting grid with positions over the stage as well as in the FOH.
Does the work require tech residency: No.
Number of Performers on tour (including choreographer): 2
Number of Support Staff on Tour: 2
Availabilities: 2024/25 season, & 2025/26 season
Dancers of Damelahamid is an Indigenous dance company from the Northwest Coast of British Columbia. Their rich history of masked dance inspires a compelling performance, celebrating the diversity and time depth of the many beautiful Indigenous cultures across Canada. Through dramatic dance, captivating narrative, intricately carved masks and elaborate regalia, the Dancers of Damelahamid transform time and space, and bridge the ancient with a living tradition.
Performance History & Upcoming Performances
PREMIERE: Fall 2024
Project Details
Community Engagement
Dancers of Damelahamid are available for a number of outreach and audience engagement activities such as lecture-demonstrations, workshops, masterclasses and artist talks. Activities include interactive dance movement as well as an overview of Indigenous history and dance practices.
The Dancers of Damelahamid facilitate a movement-based workshop series centred on the contemporary Coastal Indigenous dance form. Through basic dance instruction, exploratory work, partnered improvisation, as well as sourcing through song and narrative, participants will engage in the shared experience of dance. Workshops will be tailored to the level of experience of participants.
Contact information
Sabine Rouques, sabine@damelahamid.ca
Website: www.damelahamid.ca
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Damelahamid/
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/user10011734