The Dancers of Damelahamid’s largest theatre production, Mînowin balances movement, song, and new multimedia design to reflect on Indigenous identity, immersing audiences in a narrative that illustrates moments of connection, understanding, and renewal.

Mînowin (2019) premiered at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa, ON, as part of the Mòshkamo Festival in September 2019, followed by a national tour to the Festival of New Dance (St. John’s, Newfoundland), DanceWorks (Toronto, Ontario), The Cultch (Vancouver, BC), First Ontario Performing Arts Centre (St. Catharine, Ontario), Lawrence O’Brien Arts Centre (Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador). Mînowin also toured to the prestigious Festival Internacional Cervantino in Guanajuato, Mexico.

World Premiere – National Arts Centre Indigenous Theatre, Ottawa, Sept 26-28, 2019

Mînowin illuminates the process of finding direction and explores understandings of organic moments that arise when we connect with one another. These connections breathe new life into our artistic practices and offer critical inquiries with performance spaces.

Mînowin (2019) premiered at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa, ON, as part of the Mòshkamo Festival in September 2019, followed by a national tour to the Festival of New Dance (St. John’s, Newfoundland), DanceWorks (Toronto, Ontario), The Cultch (Vancouver, BC), First Ontario Performing Arts Centre (St. Catharine, Ontario), Lawrence O’Brien Arts Centre (Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador). Mînowin also toured to the prestigious Festival Internacional Cervantino in Guanajuato, Mexico.

World Premiere – National Arts Centre Indigenous Theatre, Ottawa, Sept 26-28, 2019

Mînowin illuminates the process of finding direction and explores understandings of organic moments that arise when we connect with one another. These connections breathe new life into our artistic practices and offer critical inquiries with performance spaces.

Through integrating narrative, movement, song, performance, and new multimedia design, Mînowin connects landscapes and Coastal form line with contemporary perspectives of customary Indigenous dance forms. The Dancers of Damelahamid draw from origin stories and explore ways to translate these perspectives through a contemporary lens.

Through multimedia elements, this production balances the performance space by adding contemporary reflections of Indigenous identity, immersing audiences in a narrative that illustrates moments of connection, understanding, and renewal.

Through integrating narrative, movement, song, performance, and new multimedia design, Mînowin connects landscapes and Coastal form line with contemporary perspectives of customary Indigenous dance forms. The Dancers of Damelahamid draw from origin stories and explore ways to translate these perspectives through a contemporary lens.

Through multimedia elements, this production balances the performance space by adding contemporary reflections of Indigenous identity, immersing audiences in a narrative that illustrates moments of connection, understanding, and renewal.

Creative Team

Artistic Director/Choreographer – Margaret Grenier
Creative Producer/ Set & Visual Design – Andrew Grenier
Collaborating Director – Charles Koroneho
Projection & Lighting Design – Andy Moro
Dramaturg – Peter Rockford Espiritu
Regalia – Rebecca Baker-Grenier
New Media – Sammy Chien
Collaborating Composer – Ted Hamilton

Flute – Jessie McMann
Collaborating Director of Animation – Dallas Parker
Animator – Kristen Campbell
Technical Director – Jeff Harrison
Collaborating Producer – Eponymous
Indigenous Artwork – David Boxley, Jim Charlie
Cultural Consultants – Elder Betsy Lomax, Lawrence Trottier, Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson, Meghann O’Brien

Acknowledgements

Developed with support from the National Arts Centre’s National Creation Fund.

Mînowin is a co-production of The CanDance Network Creation Fund, The Cultch, the National Arts Centre, DanceWorks and Neighbourhood Dance Works with support from the Canada Council for the Arts.

The production of this work was supported by Dance Victoria’s Chrystal Dance Prize.

Acknowledgements

Developed with support from the National Arts Centre’s National Creation Fund.

Mînowin is a co-production of The CanDance Network Creation Fund, The Cultch, the National Arts Centre, DanceWorks and Neighbourhood Dance Works with support from the Canada Council for the Arts.

The production of this work was supported by Dance Victoria’s Chrystal Dance Prize.