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Commissioned by the Vancouver East Cultural Centre – 2016
Simygeek – Flicker
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Watch TrailerFlicker illustrates how we access our true self without limitations, journeying through the physical and spiritual realm to access ancestral gifts and strengthen one’s capacity to create change. Flicker, a theatre multi-media dance piece, combines graphic design with vividly rich imagery and demonstrates the diversity of Indigenous artistic practices.
Flicker illustrates how we access our true self without limitations, journeying through the physical and spiritual realm to access ancestral gifts and strengthen one’s capacity to create change. Flicker, a theatre multi-media dance piece, combines graphic design with vividly rich imagery and demonstrates the diversity of Indigenous artistic practices.
Flicker (2016) was commissioned by the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (2016) and co-produced by the Canada Dance Festival (2016). Flicker toured through La danse sur les routes du Québec in the fall of 2017 including performances co-presented by Montréal, arts interculturels and Danse Danse. Flicker was presented by Dance Victoria (2018) and DanceWorks in Toronto (2018) and toured through the Made in BC Dance on tour network in fall of 2018.
Flicker is a multi-media dance piece that combines graphic design with vividly rich imagery, representing the mystical realm that is portrayed through Coastal masked dance. Just as light shimmers, Flicker represents the moments through which one can cross space and time, as the masked dancers journey in and out of the world of their ancestors.
Flicker (2016) was commissioned by the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (2016) and co-produced by the Canada Dance Festival (2016). Flicker toured through La danse sur les routes du Québec in the fall of 2017 including performances co-presented by Montréal, arts interculturels and Danse Danse. Flicker was presented by Dance Victoria (2018) and DanceWorks in Toronto (2018) and toured through the Made in BC Dance on tour network in fall of 2018.
Flicker is a multi-media dance piece that combines graphic design with vividly rich imagery, representing the mystical realm that is portrayed through Coastal masked dance. Just as light shimmers, Flicker represents the moments through which one can cross space and time, as the masked dancers journey in and out of the world of their ancestors.
Flicker, as embodied in the main character, illustrates how we access our true self, one’s self without limitations. The journey is a learning process by which one acquires the ability to attain their ancestral gifts and strengthens their capacity to create change.
It is through continual and diligent practice that Indigenous dance endures as non-static and relevant to current innovation, influence, and insights. Flicker bridges artistic practices, including coastal, pow-wow, and contemporary Indigenous dance. Through these intersections, Flicker explores the diversity of dance and reflects the complexity of contemporary Indigenous identities.
Flicker, as embodied in the main character, illustrates how we access our true self, one’s self without limitations. The journey is a learning process by which one acquires the ability to attain their ancestral gifts and strengthens their capacity to create change.
It is through continual and diligent practice that Indigenous dance endures as non-static and relevant to current innovation, influence, and insights. Flicker bridges artistic practices, including coastal, pow-wow, and contemporary Indigenous dance. Through these intersections, Flicker explores the diversity of dance and reflects the complexity of contemporary Indigenous identities.
Creative Team
Choreographer – Margaret Grenier
Composers – Margaret Grenier and Nigel Baker-Grenier
Gitxsan Translations – Elder Betsy Lomax
Cree song – Lawrence Trottier
Multi-media Production and Design – Andy Moro
Choreographer – Margaret Grenier
Composers – Margaret Grenier and Nigel Baker-Grenier
Gitxsan Translations – Elder Betsy Lomax
Cree song – Lawrence Trottier
Multi-media Production and Design – Andy Moro
Graphic Design – Shaun Kingerlee
Creative Producer – Andrew Grenier
Sound Designer and some music – Ted Hamilton
Dramaturg – Charles Koroneho
Regalia – Rebecca Baker-Grenier
Graphic Design – Shaun Kingerlee
Creative Producer – Andrew Grenier
Sound Designer and some music – Ted Hamilton
Dramaturg – Charles Koroneho
Regalia – Rebecca Baker-Grenier
Acknowledgements
Flicker was commissioned by The Cultch in 2016. It was co-produced by the Canada Dance Festival, with an eastern premiere at the National Arts Centre, 2016. It was supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council, and the Vancouver Foundation.
Acknowledgements
Flicker was commissioned by The Cultch in 2016. It was co-produced by the Canada Dance Festival, with an eastern premiere at the National Arts Centre, 2016. It was supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council, and the Vancouver Foundation.
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