Luu hlotitxw is a signature theatre multimedia dance work by the Dancers of Damelahamid that marks the process of rebirth – the ability to redefine ourselves and move forward, and celebrates the magnificence of who Indigenous peoples are and what that transcends.

Spirit Transforming (2012) was first presented as an excerpt at the Talking Stick festival (2012), the Planet IndigenUS Festival, Toronto, ON (2012), the Dance Centre (2012), Vancouver International Dance Festival (2013), Rubaboo Festival, Edmonton, AB (2013), and the World Dance Alliance Conference (2013). Spirit Transforming full-length production premiered at the Dance Centre (2013) and performed at the Talking Stick Festival (2014). Spirit transforming toured through Made in BC in the fall of 2015 and at Native Earth (2016).

Spirit Transforming is a signature multimedia dance work by the Dancers of Damelahamid, marking the culmination of the company’s creative visioning from 2003 to 2013.

Spirit Transforming (2012) was first presented as an excerpt at the Talking Stick festival (2012), the Planet IndigenUS Festival, Toronto, ON (2012), the Dance Centre (2012), Vancouver International Dance Festival (2013), Rubaboo Festival, Edmonton, AB (2013), and the World Dance Alliance Conference (2013). Spirit Transforming full-length production premiered at the Dance Centre (2013) and performed at the Talking Stick Festival (2014). Spirit transforming toured through Made in BC in the fall of 2015 and at Native Earth (2016).

Spirit Transforming is a signature multimedia dance work by the Dancers of Damelahamid, marking the culmination of the company’s creative visioning from 2003 to 2013.

“There is a process in which one moves within to come out again as another, it is a process of re-birth. It is only when in these in-between places that we have the ability to redefine ourselves and move forward… this describes the process of Luu hlotitxw”

Luu hlotitxw describes the in-between places, and forms the premise of the artistic processes of this dance piece. Indigenous dance practices will not transform boundaries unless Indigenous peoples are in a place of transformation to redefine ourselves. Spirit Transforming is a celebration of the magnificence of who Indigenous peoples are and what that transcends. Deeply rooted in the timeless dance traditions of the Northwest Coast, this work shares a very personal journey of re-birth and demonstrates the rich expression of coastal dance, transformed.

“There is a process in which one moves within to come out again as another, it is a process of re-birth. It is only when in these in-between places that we have the ability to redefine ourselves and move forward… this describes the process of Luu hlotitxw”

Luu hlotitxw describes the in-between places, and forms the premise of the artistic processes of this dance piece. Indigenous dance practices will not transform boundaries unless Indigenous peoples are in a place of transformation to redefine ourselves. Spirit Transforming is a celebration of the magnificence of who Indigenous peoples are and what that transcends. Deeply rooted in the timeless dance traditions of the Northwest Coast, this work shares a very personal journey of re-birth and demonstrates the rich expression of coastal dance, transformed.