Poetry, Remnants and Ruins: Aboriginal Theatre in Canada
I am in Vancouver at the Talking Stick Festival hosted by Full Circle Performance, an Aboriginal theatre company led by Margo Kane. I have had a hard time attempting to write an essay on theatre. There is no joy when I think of the realities of theatre for Aboriginal people in this country, the real...
| Published in: | Canadian Theatre Review |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
2009
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/ctr.139.004 https://ctr.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/ctr.139.004 |
| Summary: | I am in Vancouver at the Talking Stick Festival hosted by Full Circle Performance, an Aboriginal theatre company led by Margo Kane. I have had a hard time attempting to write an essay on theatre. There is no joy when I think of the realities of theatre for Aboriginal people in this country, the reality being that there is no place for them in the current theatre system. Rather than being negative, I am searching for a way to send a positive message, as I have lived with this reality all of my theatrical life. Watching the Inuvialuit Drum Dancers dance at this festival inspires me so that I am able to write an essay, as once again I am brought back to one of the reasons I went into theatre, to express our culture and the beauty of our people. |
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