This is an archived event from Culture Days 2025.
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Pisuwin: A first ever Wolastoq contemporary story-ballet
In-person
Dance Storytelling Indigenous Music PerformanceDate and time
Location
Spatz Theatre
1855 Trollope Street
Halifax, NS
Directions: The Spatz Theatre is located inside Citadel High School at the base of Citadel Hill in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Access
Free, and accepts optional pay-what-you-may donations for admission.
Offered in English.
Wheelchair accessible and has gender-neutral washrooms.
THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT. Prismatic is committed to making our events as accessible as possible, and will never turn anyone away due to cost barriers. If finances are a barrier to accessing this event, please contact us.
About
From award-winning director and choreographer Igor Dobrovolskiy, and multidisciplinary artist Nipahtuwet Naka Wespahtuwet (Possesom) Paul (Wolastoqiyik, Sitansisk First Nation), Pisuwin is a first ever Wolastoq contemporary story-ballet set to the soaring music of Polaris Prize and Juno award-winning composer Jeremy Dutcher (Wolastoqiyik, Neqotkuk First Nation).
Based on a Wolastoq tale, this multidisciplinary piece reflects on the current state of dis-ease in our world, illuminating a path to wholeness and rebalance. The project features eight dancers and blends Indigenous storytelling and ballet, redefining this classical form for a diverse, savvy, and contemporary audience.
Electronic sound, industrial landscapes, and digital projection, juxtaposed with Wolastoq visual motifs of the spiritual and natural world, create the Indigenous cosmology within which the story takes place.
Pisuwin pushes us to confront our greed and alienation, while inspiring us to take a different path; one of connection, community, and wholeness.
Links
- Register on Eventbrite eventbrite.ca
- Watch Pisuwin's documentary for free on CBC Gem! gem.cbc.ca
- Learn more about Pisuwin on Prismatic's website! prismaticfestival.com
- Discover the rest of Prismatic's dazzling 2025 lineup! prismaticfestival.com
Organizer
Prismatic Arts Festival
The Prismatic Arts Festival is a national, multidisciplinary arts festival that showcases and celebrates innovative work by Indigenous artists and artists of colour from across Canada. Based in Kjipuktuk (Halifax, Nova Scotia), Prismatic has been bringing audiences vibrant, boundary-pushing new works in theatre, dance, music, film, visual arts, media arts, and spoken word since 2008.
Prismatic 2025 is on from September 26th to October 5th, featuring a cohort of immensely talented, multidisciplinary Indigenous artists and artists of colour!