This is an archived event from Culture Days 2025.
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Niimin Dance Dans
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Location
Art Gallery of Regina (Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Centre)
2420 Elphinstone Street
Regina, SK
Directions: The Art Gallery of Regina is located inside the Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Centre. The building is located on a private drive West of Elphinstone Street, further West from the Senior's Centre. The closest bus stop is Elphinstone Street @ College Avenue. Regina Transit buses 7, 8, 9, and 10 stop at this stop. There is a two-minute walk along a paved path from the bus stop to the front entrance.
Access
Free.
Offered in English.
Wheelchair accessible.
About
Immerse yourself in cultural heritage, healing, movement, and community.
"Niimin Dance Dans" is a live performance by Kristin Snowbird and Theo Pelmus, which combines jingle dress dancing with pagan pre-Christian Romanian dance, combining these married artists' respective intangible cultural heritages. Performed against a projected background of the artists dancing The "Niimin Dance Dans" at sunrise, noon and sunset in the Romanian hills where Pelmus' family still resides. Artist Kristin Snowbird, a former competitive dancer, mounts a live performance of her endurance artwork that both connects to the roots of fancy shawl and jingle dress dancing as healing and her visionary revision of the jingle garment, flattening the bells to create an armour-like structure. The sound made by her costume will be magnified and echo through the hills surrounding this village.
Kristin invites all to join her in dance as a form of prayer and healing for a world that needs it more than ever. This event is presented with New Dance Horizons, co-directed by renowned visual artist Edward Poitras and dance artist Robin Poitras.
Links
- Visit the AGR website artgalleryofregina.ca
Organizer
Art Gallery of Regina
Located on Treaty 4 Territory, the Art Gallery of Regina (formerly The Rosemont Art Gallery) shares the artwork and experiences of artists living in Saskatchewan, allowing viewers to recognize themselves and gain powerful insights into other people's stories. Founded in the early 1970s as a community-focused satellite of a larger art gallery, the AGR continues to support historically excluded artists and artistic disciplines and create ways for people to discover the importance of art in our lives.
The AGR is a tenant in the Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Centre.
This event is part of a hub:
Art Gallery of Regina with Theo Pelmus & Kristin Snowbird
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