Raven Spirit Dance

Confluence

Photo: Erik Zennström

Raven Spirit Dance creates and produces contemporary dance that is rooted in Indigenous worldviews and honours the communities and artists we work with. We share stories through Indigenous perspectives and practices and create opportunities for others to do the same.

Confluence

Confluence is a dance work that weaves our perspectives, our histories and our bodies to create somatic tapestry that speaks to the resilience of Indigenous women. We embody the space between land and sky through play, prayer, grief and gratitude and are the living testament to the legacy that has been offered to us. Aligning our lives with the direction of the water in a river or geese in migration, we acknowledge we are always in process, shaping and carving through landscapes, creating rhythms and discovering our stories.

Project Details

Project created by: Choreographic Visioning: Michelle Olson, Starr Muranko and Jeanette Kotowich. In collaboration with performers: Michelle Olson, Starr Muranko, Jeanette Kotowich, Tasha Faye Evans and Emily Solstice

Key Collaborators:

Produced by: Raven Spirit Dance
Artistic Lead: Michelle Olson
Choreographic Visioning: Michelle Olson, Starr Muranko and Jeanette Kotowich
In collaboration with performers: Michelle Olson, Starr Muranko, Jeanette Kotowich, Tasha Faye Evans and Emily Solstice
Artistic Lineage: Margaret Grenier, Carlos Rivera, Yvette Nolan, Kristy Janvier, Salome Neito, & Tin Gamboa.
Original Soundscore composed by: Scott Maynard
Music:
Ä́’sía Keyi – Dyet and the Love Soldiers
All My Relations -Iskwew Singers
Ammalu – Russell Wallace

Lighting Designer: Kimberly Plough
Stage Manager: Jethelo Espaldon Cabilete
Movement Consultant: Donna Redlick

Audience: Any age

Length in minutes: 40 minutes - Full length work

Space required:

Venue
Stage Measuring a Minimum of 25 x 20’
Sprung Floor
Marley Flooring; glazed Masonite is also acceptable

Masking
Wings / Legs on Stage Right and Stage Left
Preference to have 4-6 wings total
Cyclorama

Dressing Rooms
Accommodate one performer
Iron and/or Steamer required

Preparation required: 1-2 days

General technical requirements: 1 Sound Board Operator and 1 Light Board Operator

AUDIO
Company will provide Q-Lab 4 File

LIGHTING:
Tips
Mids
Shins
Backs
Tops
Fronts
Diagonal backs
10 - 12 specials:
4x Stream gobo
1 x glacier gobo


SET / PROPERTIES
Space to be smudged before tech and before the performance

Availability: Season 2022/23: available in the Summer

2024/25: available in Nov/Dec, Winter, Spring, and Summer

Number of performers on tour including choreographer: 5

Number of support staff on tour: 2

Community Engagement Activities

Generally, when we tour we reach out to those communities, schools and similar Indigenous groups and companies to offer some of our powwow bootcamps, yoga classes, online workshops or movement classes in-person. We are able to offer a sliding scale to eliminate barriers to accessing the classes.

Contact: Raven Spirit Dance, info@ravenspiritdance.com

Agent/Manager: Muneera Wallace, muneera@ravenspiritdance.com

Website: ravenspiritdance.com

Facebook: ravenspiritdance

Instagram: ravenspiritdance

Photo: Erik Zennström