Join RSD @ VIDF in the Woodwards Atrium (111 West Hastings St.) – @ 2PM & 4PM Sunday March 16, 2016
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Frost Exploding Trees Moon
Choreographed by Michelle Olson and Floyd Favel
Performed by Michelle Olson
Frost Exploding Trees Moon is a solo piece following the journey of a woman traveling her trap line. She finds a place to set up camp, builds her temporary home, and settles into the centre of her world of breath and perception. The piece tracks a physical human journey as well as a spiritual one. It asks: How does one house one’s spirit? What keeps us close to earth and what makes us long for stars?
Steppin’
Created and performed by Jeanette Kotowich
Steppin’ is an energetic, knee slapping, toe tapping contemporary Metis jig solo created by Jeanette Kotowich, with original sound designed by Wayne Lavallee with guest Metis fiddler JJ Lavallee. Musically driven by the fiddle’s undeniable force, the impulse for movement is sparked like a flint ignites fire. With electricity of the jig and fancy steps that rebound the earth – for a moment in time, milliseconds before you return to earth you are propelled in the direction of spirit, like a horse running in the open wild.
