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  • Poster for Pisuwin
  • Still from Pisuwin. Dancer in a backbend under a wooden arch.
  • Still from Pisuwin. Dancers in work clothes in midair.

Pisuwin: A first ever Wolastoq contemporary story-ballet

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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.

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Gratuit, et accepte des dons facultatifs à hauteur de votre contribution.

Offert en Anglais.

Accessible en chaise roulante et a des toillettes neutres.

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.

À propos

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.

Organisateur

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!

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