Program - Prismatic Arts Festival

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MAINSTAGE
PERFORMANCES
FO R A L L AG E S
A Tribe Called Red, JP Cormier,
Reeny Smith, Dinuk Wijeratne,
The Sounds of Motown
more!
AUG 21–24
ALDERNEY LANDING
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PRISMATIC TEAM
Shahin Sayadi
Artistic Director
Maggie Stewart
Managing Director
PROGRAM
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Festival Schedule
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The Sounds of Motown
Paul Wong
NeoIndigenA
A Tribe Called Red
Body 13
Landline
JP Cormier
The Sanctified Brothers
Reeny Smith
Good People Bad Things
Broken English Karaoke
Canadian Primos
Dinuk Wijeratne
Eh440
Journey of the Sun
Fireworks FX
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Elizabeth McCarthy
Assistant Producer
Robert Tracey
Production Manager
Mike Mader
Technical Director
Ned Zimmerman
Web Support and
Assistant Producer
Play Readings
Spoken Word
Workshops
Visual Artists
Prismatic Industry Events
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GRAPHIC DESIGN / KOHOOT MEDIA
Jay Hiltz
Creative Director and Partner
Deanne Loft
Senior Graphic Designer
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PREMIER'S MESSAGE
MAYOR'S MESSAGE
On behalf of the Province of Nova Scotia, I am pleased
to extend best wishes to everyone participating in
the 2014 Prismatic Arts Festival at Alderney Landing
on Dartmouth’s waterfront.
On behalf of Halifax Regional Council, it is my pleasure
to extend a warm welcome to everyone taking part in the
2014 Prismatic Arts Festival taking place August 21–24
at Alderney Landing.
Prismatic treats audiences to performances ranging
from theatre, dance, music, spoken word, visual arts,
and media arts. This year’s festival brings leading
creative talent together to provide an unforgettable
experience for all.
As one of Canada’s only multi-arts festivals, Prismatic
features wonderful performances in music, dance, theatre,
spoken word, and visual and media arts to captivate the
entire family. With professional performing and visual
artists from Nova Scotia and across the country, the
festival celebrates the achievements of leading Aboriginal
and culturally diverse artists as well as professional
development through workshops and industry events.
From August 21st to the 24th, in partnership with
Onelight Theatre, audiences will be treated to new
works by culturally diverse and Aboriginal artists.
I offer a warm welcome to visitors and congratulations
to the festival’s organizers, volunteers and sponsors who
have partnered to produce this year’s performances.
I wish everyone a successful festival.
Sincerely,
Arts and culture is one of this region’s most valuable
resources. I want to thank all the festival organizers,
volunteers and sponsors for their commitment and
dedication to our arts community and the continued
celebration of diversity in our region.
Welcome and enjoy this spectacular display of creativity,
talent, and art in all its forms!
Kindest regards,
Honourable Stephen McNeil, M.L.A.
Premier
Mike Savage
Mayor
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MINISTER'S MESSAGE
MINISTER'S MESSAGE
Arts and culture are the foundation of many societies
and Nova Scotia is no exception. Our festivals are one
way we share our diverse creative community with each
other and the world.
The Prismatic Arts Festival has earned a special
place in Nova Scotia’s cultural landscape thanks to
programming that promotes exchanges between creators
and audiences and appeals to people of all ages and
backgrounds. This gathering contributes to the cultural
vitality of this part of the country by highlighting the
talent and creativity of Aboriginal artists and those from
the province’s cultural communities, as well as by putting
arts and culture within reach of the festival’s visitors.
It is that vibrant culture and heritage that provides a
strong foundation for the Prismatic Arts Festival. It is a
unique Canadian event that highlights the achievements
of a diverse range of artists.
Nova Scotia’s robust theatre community continues to
innovate and engage us with new and exciting performances.
We are fortunate to have so many talented artists that
share stories relevant to Canadians.
I know that audiences of all ages will enjoy the experience
of this year’s Prismatic Arts Festival.
Tony Ince
Minister of Communities, Culture and Heritage
On behalf of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the
Government of Canada, I would like to thank everyone
who dedicated their time and passion to making this
year’s Prismatic Arts Festival possible. I applaud your
efforts to bring arts and the artistic process to the people.
The Honourable Shelly Glover
Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages
King’s Wharf welcomes all attendees to the Dartmouth
Waterfront and the Prismatic Arts Festival.
You are invited to explore the King’s Wharf community
this weekend.
OPEN HOUSE: 1-4pm Saturday and Sunday.
www.kingswharf.ca
50 KINGS WHARF PLACE, OFF ALDERNEY
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PRISMATIC GREETING
Since 2008, the Prismatic Arts Festival has showcased cutting-edge,
innovative arts, featuring the work of Canada’s leading culturally diverse
and Aboriginal artists. We are thrilled to bring Prismatic 2014 to the beautiful
Dartmouth Waterfront. Prismatic invites all members of our community to
join us at Alderney Landing to experience exceptional music, dance, theatre,
visual arts and much more. Prismatic breaks free of the conventions of art
events to deliver Art for Everyone. At Prismatic, diverse art forms and cultural
traditions are showcased, events are open to the public and ideal for the whole
family to experience together. The festival features national stars alongside
up-and-coming talents from our own community.
Moving to our new home at Alderney Landing allows us to expand the
Prismatic Arts Festival. This year there will be more performance, more free
events, more workshops and hands-on learning. More activities for children
and families and more ways to experience diverse cultures. Almost all of this
year’s performances, including concerts by JP Cormier, A Tribe Called Red,
and Reeny Smith are free.
The Prismatic Arts Festival is only possible because of the contributions
of talented artists, dedicated community partners, forward-looking public
funders, generous corporate sponsors and enthusiastic audience members.
It takes a dedicated team to bring the Festival to life each year and we thank
everyone who has helped Prismatic bring Art for Everyone!
Shahin Sayadi
Artistic Director
Maggie Stewart
Managing Director
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Since 2008,
we have proudly worked with
Prismatic Arts Festival to make
art for everyone.
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FESTIVAL
SCHEDULE
Most events
are FREE.
Events marked
with are
ticketed.
CRAIG GALLERY
Visual and Media Arts
Installations: Paul Wong,
Jayme-Lynn Gloade and
Lee Cripps
AUG 22
Day 1: Wednesday
AUG 20
A 9:30 am – 5 pm
ALDERNEY LANDING THEATRE
Atlantic Network
of Artists Roundtable
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LIBRARY
Prismatic Conference:
Session 2
A 4 pm – 5:15 pm
Day 2: Thursday
AUG 21
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LIBRARY
Prismatic Conference:
Session 1
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WOODEN MONKEY
Artist Talk:
Robin Metcalfe, Paul Wong,
Jayme-Lynn Gloade,
Lee Cripps and Robyn Badger
EVENTS PLAZA
Play Reading:
Anne-Marie Woods
C 7 pm – 10 pm
Landline
A 8:30 pm – 9:45 pm
ALDERNEY LANDING THEATRE
Body 13
C 10 pm – 12 am
ROTUNDA
Broken English Karaoke
Willy Badger
E 5 pm – 6 pm
TIPI
Journey of the Sun
A 6 pm – 7 pm
ALDERNEY LANDING THEATRE
Good People Bad Things
L 6 pm – 8 pm
DART GALLERY
L 6 pm – 8 pm
DART GALLERY
Body 13
D 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Play Reading:
Juanita Peters
C 7 pm – 10 pm
ROTUNDA
Landline
B 7 pm – 10 pm
ROTUNDA
Day 3: Friday
ALDERNEY LANDING THEATRE
G Until Aug 24
OUTDOOR MAINSTAGE
Opening Night Gala:
Fireworks FX Pyro Show and
performances by: Dinuk Wijeratne
and Friends, Canadian Primos,
The Sanctified Brothers,
Zacchaeus Jackson, JP Cormier,
Eh440, Allysa Flint and
Reeny Smith
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D 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
EVENTS PLAZA
Willy Badger
F 1 pm – 5:30 pm
WORKSHOP TENT
Willy Badger, Eh440,
Zaccheus Jackson and
Willy Badger
C 4 pm – 7 pm
ROTUNDA
Landline
D 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
EVENTS PLAZA
OUTDOOR MAINSTAGE
Eh440, Hyf,
Sounds of Motown,
Zaccheus Jackson and
Canadian Primos
ALDERNEY LANDING THEATRE
NeoIndigenA
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TIPI
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Journey of the Sun
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WORKSHOP TENT
ROTUNDA
Broken English Karaoke
Day 5: Sunday
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EVENTS PLAZA
D 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
EVENTS PLAZA
Willy Badger
A 1 pm – 2 pm
ALDERNEY LANDING THEATRE
Workshop:
Nova Bhattacharya
B 1 pm – 5:30 pm
OUTDOOR MAINSTAGE
Keon’te Beals, Diaga Dance,
Community Spotlight,
Eh440, Allysa Flint,
Zaccheus Jackson and
The Sanctified Brothers
Willy Badger
B 6 pm – 10 pm
OUTDOOR MAINSTAGE
9:30 am – 12 pm
Prismatic Conference:
Session 4
Liliona Quarmyne and
Willy Badger
D 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
LIBRARY
Willy Badger
A 4:30 pm – 6 pm
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Keont’e Beals, Latispanica,
Hyf, Eh440, Diaga Dance,
Zaccheus Jackson, JP Cormier,
and Allysa Flint
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B 1 pm – 4:30 pm
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JP Cormier Unplugged
Prismatic Conference:
Session 3
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Play Reading:
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JP Cormier, Zaccheus Jackson,
Reeny Smith, Allysa Flint
and A Tribe Called Red
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ROTUNDA
Landline
A 4:30 pm – 5:30pm
ALDERNEY LANDING THEATRE
Good People Bad Things
D 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
EVENTS PLAZA
Willy Badger
E 5 pm – 6 pm
TIPI
Journey of the Sun
C 10 pm – 12 am
ROTUNDA
Broken English Karaoke
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ACCOMMODATIONS
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THE SOUNDS OF MOTOWN
The Sounds of Motown band came about as a result of the vision (and passion
for Motown music) of the late Leo MacKenzie. Leo, who also played guitar with
the band, put together this impressive 13-piece group that has been wowing
audiences from their first show. Who doesn’t love Motown? And who doesn’t
love to dance? The Sounds of Motown band offers a unique, powerful and
exciting entertainment experience that brings joy to all who come out to their
shows. The line-up of professional artists is profound. Come on out and boogie!
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ON STAGE
Wayne Baker: Trumpet, Cyndi Cain: Vocals, Garrie Cook: Bass,
Michelle Durling: Vocals, Patrick Forde: Saxophone Simon Oakey: Trombone,
Henry Lewis: Vocals, James Logan: Guitar, Doug MacKay: Drums,
Sam Moon: Vocals, Jim Ralph: Keyboard, Eric Sproul: Trumpet,
Carl Thomas: Vocals
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P aul Wong is a media-maestro making art for site specific spaces and
screens of all sizes. He is an award-winning artist and curator who is known
for: pioneering early video art in Canada, founding several artist-run groups,
leading public arts policy, and organizing events, conferences and public
interventions since the 1970s.
DisOriental (Outdoor Video Screen)
Is he here or there, in China, Canada, or France? The ‘other’ being in
and out of place.
Dressed in white, wearing a bamboo sun hat and barefoot, and in dark glasses,
Wong materializes himself at the entrance of the Saint-Etienne Bridge in Limognes
France on a clear summers day. Walking seemingly disorientated he navigates
using an iPad screen as a spatiotemporal window on his digital journey.
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WOODEN MONKEY | FREE
Paul Wong, Robyn Badger,
Jayme-Lynn Gloade and Lee Cripps
UNTIL AUG 24
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CRAIG GALLERY AND
OUTDOOR MAINSTAGE
FREE
#LLL, Looking, Listening, Looping (Craig Gallery)
“Looking, Looping, Listening is a wall-to-wall installation of 10, 10" x 12" screens
dominating the darkened exhibition space. Each screen flickers a glowing
series of different animated GIFs (a one or two second moving image file
on perpetual loop). The content varies from selfies to abstraction, blurring
the shapes and patterns of capture and existence. As individual screens are
placed in close proximity to each other, it is nearly impossible to focus for long
on any single screen. Taking a step back, it becomes clear that the multitude
of content viewed as a whole is meant to captivate our full attention.”
Amy Fung Akimblog, January 28, 2014.
Flash Memory (Outside the Craig Gallery)
20,323 pictures are mashed into an intense viewing experience. Photographs
flash on and off at 15 pictures per second, 900 frames per minute. It is a
chronology of three years of incessant picture taking of people, places
and things: part journal, diary, sketchbook, research and documents of the
everyday at home, studio, streets, art events, travels, weddings, funerals,
birthdays, gatherings with friends and family, celebrations, and festivals.
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Santee Smith
Artistic Director/
Choreographer/
Production Design/
Performance
Arun Srinivasan
Lighting Designer
Elaine Redding
and Santee Smith
Costume Design
Tanya Tagaq
Composition/Singer
Michael Red
Programming/
Composition
Joy Mullen
Percussion
Nelson Tagoona
Additional Vocals
Alejandro Ronceria
Dramaturgy
Nikki Shawana
Additional Vocals
Margie Gillis
Solo Mentor
Donald Quan
Additional Mixing
Louis Laberge-Côté
Rehearsal Director
Sheldon Zaharko
@ Zed Productions/
Jesse Zubot
Studio Engineer/
Mastering
Santee Smith
Creative Producer
Jesse Zubot
Composition/Score
Arrangement/Viola
Cris Derksen
Composition
Adrian Harjo
Composition
Tim Hill
Set Construction
Summer Faith Garcia
and Isreal Garcia
Make-up/Hair
Kalina Janik
Production
Stage Manager
AUG 23 @ 4:30 pm
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ALDERNEY LANDING
THEATRE
$ 26
NeoIndigenA
Answer the call for connection, transformation, and healing as Kaha:wi
Dance Theatre presents NeoIndigenA. A performance of the soul exploring
our relationship to all living entities and elements—it promises to be both
transcendent and primordial.
The performance of NeoIndigenA by award-winning Artistic Director,
Choreographer and Performer—Santee Smith, is produced by Kaha:wi Dance
Theatre. NeoIndigenA is an elemental search that fiercely cycles through
the sacred portals between Skyworld, Earthworld, and Underworld. Her
solo journey places her in search of humanity, ancient ways of knowing,
and spiritual evolution while intuitively discovering the sacred pathways
of the human connection to self and universe.
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A TRIBE CALLED RED
Bursting forth from Canada’s capital, native Producer/DJ crew A Tribe Called
Red is producing a truly unique sound that’s impacting the global electronic
scene and urban club culture.
Since 2010 the group—currently made up of DJ NDN, Bear Witness, and
2oolman—has been mixing traditional pow wow vocals and drumming with
cutting-edge electronic music. Their self-titled album, released in March 2012,
was long-listed for Canada’s prestigious Polaris Music Prize and included in
the Washington Post’s top 10 albums of the year.
EVENING, AUG 24
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In a sense, ATCR’s music is the soundtrack to a contemporary evolution of the
pow wow. Their Electric Pow Wow events in Ottawa showcase native talent
and aboriginal culture, alongside an open wild party. Within a couple of years
they’ve become the face of an urban Native youth renaissance, championing
their heritage and speaking out on Aboriginal issues, while being on top of
popular music, fashion, and art. Bear Witness doubles as the crew’s visual
artist and creates stunning, political and sometimes humorous videos that
incorporate film and pop culture references to native people and reclaim
the aboriginal image. On May 7th, A Tribe Called Red released their second
full-length album, Nation II Nation in Canada and in the USA on Tribal Spirit
Music. The album was nominated on the shortlist of the Polaris Music Prize
as one of the 10 best Canadian albums of the year and 4 APCMAs (Aboriginal
Peoples Choice Music Award) for best group, best producer, best album and
best cover art. ATCR have also collaborated and produced one of the last
known Das Racist songs called Indians From All Directions as well as the
song A Tribe Called Red on Angel Haze’s album Dirty Gold.
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BODY13
ON STAGE
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Badih AbouChakra, Jessalyn Broadfoot,
Brad Cook appears courtesy of Canadian Actors’
Equity Association, Trevor Copp, Nada Humsi,
Tawiah Ben M’Carthy and Pam Patel
Three love stories, a stretch of Canadian beach, a wedding and a funeral…
PRODUCTION TEAM
Majdi Bou-Matar
Director
Joan Kivanda and
Gary Kirkham
Workshop Playwrights
Ric Knowles
Dramaturgy
Nick Storring
Composer
Colin Fisher and
Germaine Liu
Musicians
Selin Erkaya
Production
Stage Manager
Jenny Jimenez
Set and Lighting Design
Denis
Huneault-Joffre
Costume Design
Join us on the beach!
Note: Adult content,
brief nudity
Body 13 tackles the politics of the sexualized body using intertwined stories of
desire wherein seven differently-cultured bodies encounter one another.
ALDERNEY LANDING
THEATRE
$ 26
Assaf walks up and down the beach looking for something, or looking for
nothing. He misses a daughter and contemplates a life lost in the Lebanese
civil war. Tristan from Newfoundland meets Ato from Ghana. They have
nothing in common, and yet… Iman, a recent refugee from Syria, coincidentally
meets her immigration officer Rae. The two women find themselves facing
generational, cultural and political differences forcing them apart, or maybe
pulling them together. Thomas, the grandson of a British war veteran, prepares
for his speech at his best friend’s wedding.
Gary Kirkham
Head Carpenter
AUG 21 @ 8:30 pm
AUG 22 @ 4 pm
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Rita tries to spread the ashes of her father. Like Hamlet, she hesitates.
It is an examination of inter-generational, inter-gendered conflict amongst
international cultures. Body 13 exists on a stretch of Canadian beach during
one sunny day between a funeral in the morning and a wedding in the evening.
Using MT Space’s signature physicality and visually captivating style, Body 13
looks at characters driven by their desires—propelled forward or derailed
because of love across difference.
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LANDLINE: DARTMOUTH TO OTTAWA
A singular audio play about the collapse of distances, pairing you with another
audience member a thousand kilometers away.
Landline is a unique collaboration by two Canadian theatre companies from
opposite sides of the country. When artists Adrienne Wong (Neworld Theatre,
Vancouver BC) and Dustin Harvey (Secret Theatre, Halifax NS) met, they
wondered if they could make a show that spanned the nation. Inspired by
the immensity of Canada and the way we use technology to break down
that space, Landline collapses distance between two strangers in real time.
This is a new kind of theatre. Part radio play, part walking tour, you are the
audience, but you are also the actor, and your scene partner is doing exactly
what you are doing—a thousand kilometers away.
With departures every fifteen minutes from home base in Alderney Landing,
an audio guide prompts you to drift through the city streets and to stop at
a series of locations linked to your memories and imagination. You conjure
another city thousands of miles away, and there find your real-life scene
partner. The story invites you to begin a short conversation by text message
on topics like memories, absent loved ones, and massive change. At the end
of the walk, you are drawn back to Alderney Landing where you will find your
scene partner in Ottawa, Ontario, this time on live video. Now face to face,
how much will you reveal, and how much further will the conversation go?
CREATIVE/PRODUCTION TEAM
AUG 21 & 22 @ 7–10 pm
AUG 23 & 24@ 4–7 pm
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Landline is created by Dustin Harvey and Adrienne Wong, and produced
by Neworld Theatre and Secret Theatre, in collaboration with the National
Arts Centre.
$ 12
Venue Sponsor (Ottawa): Arts Court. Presented in Ottawa with support
from STO Union.
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& UNPLUGGED
JP CORMIER
Saturday, August 23
J .P. Cormier appears from the shadows at the side of the stage—an unsmiling
mountain of a man in dark glasses—and stalks almost angrily to his seat in
the spotlight. He picks up his instrument, adjusts his mic stand and asks the
audience: “How’re ya now?” in a rumbling baritone.
King’s Wharf Lounge
7 pm – 8 pm
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Then he starts to tell his story.
His lyrics and melodies illicit every emotion you can muster as he paints
picture after picture of loves lost, towns disbanded, fishermen killed by their
trade and the most important moments of his own life. His voice is surprisingly
sweet and soft-sounding, completely unexpected coming from his 6'4" frame.
He begins an instrumental on one of the five or six instruments he may
have on stage with him and you realize that this man is not just a singer or
a songwriter. As his fingers fly, with such speed and precision, upon each
instrument in turn, you get another picture—one of pure joy and boundless
energy; total spiritual abandon bordering in its execution on genius. It’s a
word that is used to describe him again and again.
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THE SANCTIFIED BROTHERS
EVENING, AUG 22
AFTERNOON, AUG 24
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T he Sanctified Brothers are a booming men’s soul gospel group from
North Preston. Nova Scotia has a long tradition of fantastic gospel music
and The Sanctified Brothers, formerly known as The Deep River Boys, have
quickly established themselves as one of the best groups in Canada. Many
have performed and been members of award-winning groups such as The
Gospelheirs and The Hallelujah Praise Choir and have performed with Rita
MacNeil. The Sanctified Brothers appeared as part of the 2011 and 2012
TD Halifax Jazz Festival.
ON STAGE
Jr Smith: Drums, Shawn Downey: Keyboard, Luke Arsenault: Guitar,
Marlowe Smith: Bass Guitar, Wallace Smith Jr: Vocals,
Wallace Smith Sr: Vocals, Dana Willis: Vocals, Micheal Smith: Vocals
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REENY SMITH
Reeny Smith is an award-winning singer/songwriter. Born into a musically
inclined family in North Preston, Nova Scotia, Reeny began singing and
playing piano at the age of five. Her roots singing in the church laid a solid
foundation for a promising career. She has been awarded several notable
awards and high-profile performances. Commonly referred to as the Canadian
Alicia Keys, Reeny continues to leave her audiences wanting more of her
impeccable vocals, original songs, and modern style. Reeny is certainly
on her way to becoming a familiar sound in the Canadian and American
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AUG 22 @ 6 pm
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GOOD PEOPLE BAD THINGS
In this personal-political monologue, playwright and activist Daniel Thau-Eleff
wrestles with the question of evil: Adolf Eichmann and the Nazis, the Israeli/
Palestinian conflict and a couple whose relationship becomes abusive.
Why do good people do bad things?
Good People Bad Things has been presented in SummerWorks,
Canada’s largest juried arts festival, in Impact! (Kitchener/Waterloo),
in the Winnipeg Fringe and in Vancouver and Charlottetown.
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Written and Performed by Daniel Thau-Eleff
Direction and Dramaturgy by Chris Gerrard-Pinker
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Media Design by Steven Hunnie
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P remiering at the 2014 Prismatic Arts Festival, Broken English Karaoke is an
interactive performance installation that explores community, social anxieties,
and the complexities of translation through karaoke culture. While karaoke
pervades everyday life in many Asian countries, the presence of karaoke in
North America is usually confined to aspiring celebrities and drinking culture.
Adopting the platform of karaoke, and its myriad associations, this piece
delves into the state of being lost in translation.
The performance uses a process of translating popular American songs to
other languages, and then translating the words back to English, to expose
a non-North American perspective where singing in community settings is
more of a way to preserve culture and to voice an identity. Combining both
North American and Asian associations with karaoke, the installation will be
taking place in a functional bar and welcomes people of all backgrounds to
get up and sing.
AUG 21–24 @ 10 pm
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Stephanie Yee is a visual artist and writer originally from Barrie, Ontario,
now based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Though beginning her academic career
in theater, she graduated with a BFA from NSCAD in 2012. Her practice
interrogates concepts of communication and identity. Using performance,
video, sculpture and installation, she creates spaces where she and the
audience can negotiate a work’s meaning together. This blurring of
distinction between audience, artist and work stems from Yee’s radical
re-contextualization of everyday details. She has exhibited around the
Atlantic Provinces, Ontario, as well as New York City.
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EVENING, AUG 22 & 23
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The Los Primos name is well known in Cuba and in Nova Scotia. Local audiences
will know the Canadian Primos for the standing ovation shows they have given
in previous jazz festivals and concerts around the province. They are students
of music who have learned Cuban music from Cuban musicians working with
the Los Primos project. Los Primos is a cultural exchange between music
students in Cuba and Canada. Since 1998 when the first band of Cuban students
came to Nova Scotia, Los Primos has been building a bridge between the
musicial communities of Nova Scotia and Cuba.
This full-sized salsa band will bring you a show of musicianship, rhythm,
harmony, and beauty that will capture your imagination and have you
dancing from the very first note.
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DINUK
WIJERATNE
The Sri Lankan-born, Canada-based composer-performer Dinuk Wijeratne
has been described by the Toronto Star as ‘an artist who reflects a positive
vision of our cultural future’, and by the New York Times as ‘exuberantly
creative’. His boundary-crossing work sees him equally at home in
collaborations with symphony orchestras and string quartets, Tabla players
and DJs, and takes him to international venues as poles apart as the Berlin
Philharmonie and the North Sea Jazz Festival. This fall, Dinuk is curator
for the Canadian Music Centre during Toronto’s Nuit Blanche—a city-wide
celebration of contemporary art, and continues work on new commissions for
Bev Johnston, the Afiara String Quartet, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Dinuk made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2004 as a composer, conductor, and
pianist, performing with Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble. A second
Carnegie appearance followed in 2009 alongside tabla legend Zakir Hussain.
Dinuk has also appeared at the Kennedy Center (Washington DC), Opera
Bastille (Paris), Lincoln Center (New York), Sri Lanka, Japan, and across the
Middle East.
EVENING, AUG 22
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For an upbeat set of his globally-inspired music at Prismatic 2014, Dinuk
leads an ensemble of some of the finest musicians on Canada’s East Coast,
also featuring Toronto’s acclaimed World Musician Ernie Tollar.
ON STAGE
Dinuk Wijeratne: piano, Ernie Tollar: saxophone and bansuri,
Nick D’Amato: bass, Mark Adam: drums, Nick Halley: percussion
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Eh440
E h440 started harmonizing together in 2012. Using just their voices, this
Toronto-based acappella group has wow’d audiences across the USA and
Canada. Now 2014 brings them to the next step in their journey—the release
of their debut album Turn Me Up.
EVENING, AUG 22
BOTH SHOWS, AUG 23
AFTERNOON, AUG 24
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Eh440 is a mix of five people from five very different backgrounds and
musical genres. Joe’s been a low bass singer his entire life, Luke’s an urban
beatboxer, Janet identifies as a country/pop singer, Stacey’s soul/pop, and if
that isn’t confusing enough, Mike’s even more of a musical chameleon who
cites blues, folk, and anything with a good groove, as his influences.
Together they form an unforgettable combination of crazy-ass beatboxing,
sassy rapping, killer harmonies, and fresh, urban, RnB-influenced compositions.
And their debut album, Turn Me Up, exemplifies their abundant influences.
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JOURNEY OF THE SUN
CHIEF OF THE WHITE EAGLE SUNDANCE, WILLIAM NEVIN AND DR. JESSE MORRIS
AUG 22­–24 @ 5 PM
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Many Aboriginal artists incorporate traditions, new technologies, and modern
experiences into their work. Underneath the open sky and next to the ocean
is an ideal place to sit and learn about the history, traditions and teachings
of the Aboriginal peoples who call this place Ji’puktuk.
Join William Nevin, the Chief of the White Eagle Sundance, and Dr. Jesse Morris
for informal conversations about their views on traditional teachings, current
spiritual practices, and the future of Aboriginal culture in North America.
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FIREWORKS FX
An explosive performance by Fireworks FX featuring fire, pyro and the music
of A Tribe Called Red!
EVENING, AUG 24
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Fireworks FX celebrates over 30 years as a proud Atlantic Canadian
company. From large, turn-key professional fireworks shows in unique and
challenging site locations (both in Canada and Internationally) to smaller
community fireworks shows or private functions featuring pyrotechnics or
special effects, Fireworks FX are the experts in creating the special event
that you have visualized!
The New FX Gas Flame show is a state-of-the-art customized pyromusical
featuring choreographed flames dancing to the beats of music. This specially
imported system from Germany consists of seven flame units shooting flames
up to 20' in the air and is guaranteed to provide a short but intense burst of
excitement that audiences everywhere love!
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Anne-Marie Woods is a member
of the Playwrights Guild of Canada
and her new play She Said/He Said
takes a dramatic, comedic and
painful look at black male/female
relationships from the woman’s
perspective. Using music, monologues,
scenes, spoken word, and song, this
show examines different scenarios
and perspectives of painful
experiences and asks the question,
can black men and women actually
come together? Woods’ aspirations
for the script is that it will encourage
what she views as a much needed
conversation between men and
women. The experiences in the
script are relatable by all who
have experienced love or heartache,
no matter what their location or
cultural background.
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THE SWORD OF JHANSI
by Sharada K. Eswar
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THE DART GALLERY | FREE
THE MOTHER CLUB
by Juanita Peters
An original play by director
Juanita Peters, The Mother Club is
produced by San Family Productions
in association with Onelight Theatre.
It is a story of danger, courage,
and love, about a family of women
who are midwives and farmers in
rural Nova Scotia in the 1930s and
are forced to deal with a rape in
the family.
Juanita Peters is a maritime writer/
actor/playwright whose career has
spanned 30 years.
The Sword of Jhansi is the
dramatization of the story of the
relentless, ravishing, and India’s
most celebrated warrior queen
Rani Lakhshmi Bai and her mutiny
against the the British Empire—in
particular against Lord Dalhousie,
son of George Ramsay, Governor
of Nova Scotia.
Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi was
not only an embodiment of valour
and nationalism but the icon of
empowerment of women and the
celebration of the girl child. Today,
155 years after her death, she still
stands for woman power and courage.
Set against the mileu of warfare,
it is the story of 22-year old
Rani Lakshmi Bai who dies a hero,
a martyr for the cause of freedom.
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OUTDOOR MAINSTAGE | FREE
SERGIO GUERRA / HYF
B Aug 22–24
OUTDOOR MAINSTAGE | FREE
ZACCHEUS JACKSON
Raised by wolves since birth,
Zaccheus Jackson came of age
on the streets of Western Canada.
Having battled through addiction,
apathy and a nasty case of 'Virgo'—
Zaccheus has twice been honoured
to represent Vancouver and Western
Canada at the Individual World
Poetry Slam, as well as tying for
3rd at the innaugural Canadian
Individual Poetry Slam in 2011.
Usually infusing rapid-fire delivery,
gritty street tales, intricate rhyme
patterns and social criticism, this
East Van ghetto poet will leave you
counting syllables in your sleep.
B Aug 22–24
OUTDOOR MAINSTAGE | FREE
ALLYSA FLINT
Allysa Flint is a new spoken word
artist on the Halifax scene whose
star is rising. She has been writing
poetry since the age of 12, and her
dream has always been to perform
onstage. Her writing reflects the
topics she feels the most passionate
about: the issues facing youth in this
day and age, such as sexual violence,
suicide, bullying, drugs and alcohol.
A sensitive and passionate youth
artist, Allysa strives to convey an
insightful message to her fellow
youth through her spoken word.
Sergio Guerra aka "Hyf the GypsySun"
is a Salvadorian-born writer, poet/
MC, and producer currently based
out of Ottawa. Exploring themes
of identity, cultural intersections,
Islamic revival, and the reclamation
of ancestral roots for displaced
peoples, Hyf is dramatically
influenced by his early migration,
having fled the civil war at the
age of seven to arrive in Canada.
Hyf works to illuminate our human
potential by creating intersections
between themes that are not easily
held in the same heart. We all have
the choice to be who we want to be,
but do we have the courage? He is
also part of Canada’s only hip-hop
spoken word group Missing LinX
and founder of the Nationless Minds
collective. Hyf is also a music
producer, a skill he uses to give a
sonic element to his blood memory.
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WORKSHOP TENT | FREE
WILLY BADGER
The call to adventure for Willy Badger
all started while working as a clown
in Vancouver, Canada. There he was
recruited to perform at a Scottish
Castle in Japan!
The class clown in primary school,
one of his earliest stage appearances
was in grade five, as Prince Charming
in Sleeping Beauty. Willy arrived
on stage with his modified tricyclehorse, purposefully tipping it over.
The audience roared with laughter,
and Willy’s career as clown was
well and truly born.
After receiving his BA in Drama from
Bishop’s University in Quebec, Willy
taught drama for three years, then
moved out to Western Canada and
joined a traveling performance troupe.
An award-winning, multi-lingual
performer, The Willy Show has been
featured at many different venues
throughout Japan and Canada.
F Aug 24 @ 3 pm
WORKSHOP TENT | FREE
LILIONA QUARMYNE
Dance artist Liliona Quarmyne
has worked across Canada and
internationally, including performing
with Compagnie Danse Nyata Nyata;
dancing with MamaDances; and
creating with Diane Roberts through
the Arrivals Process. Liliona is
currently showing her new piece
Tide, developing another piece,
teaching dance for the Antigonish
Creative Dance Association
and for her own organization
Generations in Motion, and
coordinating programs for the
Tatamagouche Centre. Liliona sees
her body as a link to past and to
future generations, and uses it to
create art that is unconventional,
provocative, and grounded.
Nova Bhattacharya creates powerful
and humanistic dance works. She
has performed works by many
acclaimed creators including:
Peggy Baker, José Navas, and Mika
Kurosawa. Critics have said Nova is
“adept at transforming bharatanatyam
dance vocabulary into stunning
contemporary dance” (Globe & Mail).
In 2008 she established Nova Dance,
the company’s productions and
educational programs have been
presented from coast to coast in
Canada, Germany, and Japan and
have garnered five Dora Mavor
Moore Award nominations. Nova
Dance is committed to nurturing
the upcoming generation. Through
internships, one-on-one mentoring,
and contract engagements the
company contributes to the artistic
and professional development of
emerging artists. Bhattacharya
was the 2012 recipient of the Victor
Martyn Lynch Staunton Award for
outstanding artistic achievement
in dance and a 2003 Chalmers
Fellowship recipient. She is the
President of the Toronto Arts
Council and a board member of
the Toronto Arts Foundation.
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CRAIG GALLERY | FREE
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JAYME-LYNN GLOADE
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ROBYN BADGER
About the Artist
Robyn Badger lives in Dartmouth,
Nova Scotia and is currently writing
a short film drama. My Right Leg
funded by Canada Council of the
Arts and Arts Nova Scotia—is about
a woman’s courageous battle for
normality in a life of differences.
It is what you don’t see.
In 2005, Robyn came out on
Canadian national television about
her living with a mental illness in a
Canadian Broadcasting Cooperation
(CBC) half-hour documentary
called, Robyn.
Robyn has found success with film
workshops within communities
that deal with marginalization—she
helps people find a voice through
video production.
About the Piece
My Right Leg is a short film
screenplay. After receiving a grant
from Canada Council for the Arts
and Arts Nova Scotia Equity Pilot
project, Robyn Badger completed
a draft of the screenplay. With the
current support from Prismatic
Arts Festival organizers, Robyn is
developing the screenplay further
with the direction of writing mentor,
Ann Verrall. During the festival the
two will discuss the process and
successes of its development. It is
a dramatic comedy based on a true
story about coming out, not only as
a lesbian but with a mental illness.
Jayme-Lynn Gloade is a photographer
from Millbrook First Nation. She
recently graduated with her BFA from
NSCAD University. Her photographs
represent fear and loss of tradition,
lifestyles, and people. She addresses
a modern malaise and apathy in
which she uses photography as a tool
to memorialize the human tragedy
of forgetting. Her work is relatable
through the expression of shame
we carry as we forget. Culturally,
we are consumed by ideas of
modernization; by being as close
to perfect as humanly possible we
forget it’s the flaws that attach us
to one another. Her photographs
serve as a reminder that we all have
the ability to connect and share
stories that unite and align us with
our past, present, and future. To
share is to pay intense attention,
which keeps alive the stories of who
we are and why we do what we do.
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LEE CRIPPS
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About the Artist
After more than a decade in
television, Lee made a conscious
return to her fine art roots upon
the birth of her daughter in 2007.
Becoming a mother solidified for
her the importance of living life with
intention and truth. Her painting,
photography, and writing continues
as an ongoing investigation of her
spirituality, sexuality, and feminist
beliefs. She is interested in art as
expression in the purest form.
About the Presentation
These photographs are
representations of the fleeting
moments of higher connection
I have been fortunate enough
to experience in my short life
as a spiritual seeker. Much of my
photography is contemplative and
driven by meditative integration
with the natural world. My motivation
here was to capture and express
the freedom I often feel in these
moments, allowing myself a release
from the clumsiness and weight
of my earth-bound body.
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KEONT'E BEALS
Keont'e Beals sings R&B, Soul
and Gospel. His singing roots come
from singing in Gospel choirs at his
church Saint Thomas United Baptist
Church. His style has often been
compared to Luther Vandross,
Anthony Hamilton, and John
Legend. Singing smooth oldschool
R&B but still keeping that Current
R&B vibe. Keont'e’s voice has been
said to consume incredible soulful
vocal balance when singing ballads. Be sure to check out Keont’e’s
website and youtube channel,
and stay tuned for his brand new
album soon to be released!
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Prismatic
Karen Tisch, Programmer, Industry Events
Karen Tisch is long-time arts manager and
programmer, who currently runs an arts
consultancy practice serving clients across
the Canadian arts community. She has
worked as Executive or Artistic Director
for many arts organizations, including the
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary
Festival, the Ashkenaz Festival, and the
Images Festival. She has also served as a
Grants Officer at both the Toronto Arts
Council and the Canada Council for the
Arts, managing programs in dance, media,
visual and literary arts, and is currently
working with the Canada Council’s Equity
Office on a program redesign. Karen is a
Past-President of the Toronto Arts Council,
A Space Gallery, and the Racial Equity Fund.
She is a current board member of Red Sky
Performance and the Co-Chair of the Toronto
Book Awards 40th Anniversary Committee.
INDUSTRY
EVENTS
The Prismatic Arts Festival is pleased to present a series of roundtable
discussions for artists, arts professionals, and audiences. This year, the focus
is on developing networks and community building. Each session will open
with reflections, or food for thought, from artists participating in this year’s
festival. Attendees will then be invited to share their own experiences and
ideas in an open-mic format.
Our conversation will begin with a look back at the development of culturally
diverse and Aboriginal arts movements in Canada; continue with an investigation
into collaborative models and networks that artists are developing to create
and disseminate their work; and will close with a reflection on how the work
of Aboriginal and culturally diverse practitioners are shaping communities
and transforming Canadian society.
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We are currently trying to engage as many individuals
from these communities as possible in a consultation
process. If you are a professional artist or arts professional
(arts manager, administrator, presenter, curator, teacher,
etc.) from one of the targeted communities, please join
us for a day-long community consultation meeting on
the proposed network.
The objectives of this first consultation meeting are to:
•ascertain the level of interest and demand for a network
or association that would link and serve diverse artists
across the region,
•determine community needs and priorities, particularly
in the areas of networking and professional development,
•brainstorm potential models for the proposed network,
•create a space for diverse artists from the Atlantic
provinces to meet one another and share their experiences
and aspirations.
In anticipation of the consultation meeting, artists
and arts professionals from the designated communities
are asked to complete an on-line survey at:
www.surveymonkey.com/s/WZL8G3S
For more information on the consultation meeting,
please contact Karen Tisch at karen.tisch@gmail.com.
A limited number of travel subsidies are available for
non-Halifax residents.
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The Prismatic Arts Festival and Onelight Theatre are
pleased to announce that we have secured a grant
from the Canada Council’s Equity Office to explore the
potential formation of an artist network serving culturally
diverse (visible minority), Aboriginal, deaf, and disability
arts communities from the Atlantic region.
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LIBRARY
PRISMATIC CONFERENCE: SESSION 1
Looking Back and Moving Forward
Since the early 90s, when diverse artistic communities
came together to advocate for increased arts funding,
opportunities and recognition, culturally diverse and
Aboriginal artists have become an ever-growing force
in the Canadian arts sector. This discussion will focus
on how the experience of diverse arts practitioners has
shifted over the years, the changes that have occurred in
the arts ecology surrounding their work, and the ongoing
challenges and opportunities faced by equity-seeking
artists in the current environment. The role of community
organizing in advancing diverse artistic practices in
Canada will be highlighted.
OPENING SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE:
Sylvia Hamilton, filmmaker and writer
Anne Marie Woods, playwright,
performance artist and educator
Paul Wong, visual and media artist and curator
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1 Friday, Aug 22 @ 9:30 am – 12 pm
LIBRARY
PRISMATIC CONFERENCE: SESSION 2
Developing Alternative Presentation Networks
for Culturally Diverse and Aboriginal work
With competition for production and dissemination
opportunities in the Canadian arts sector mounting,
and access to mainstream presentation venues limited,
culturally diverse, and Aboriginal artists, and presenters
are banding together to develop alternative platforms
for their work. This discussion will investigate emerging
touring and presentation networks, and explore
collaborative models for producing, commissioning,
and disseminating work.
OPENING SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE:
Christine Sokaymoh Frederick, theatre artist and
Co-director of Alberta Aboriginal Arts and the
Rubaboo Festival
Majdi Bou-Matar, theatre director, performer,
and Artistic Director of MT Space
Shahin Sayadi, theatre director, playwright, and
Artistic Director of Onelight Theatre and the
Prismatic Arts Festival
Ryan Cunningham, Actor and Artistic Director of
Native Earth Performing Arts
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LIBRARY
PRISMATIC CONFERENCE: SESSION 3
Whether traversing cultural, geographic or disciplinary
boundaries, melding classical and contemporary
traditions, mining new technologies, or actively engaging
audience members in the creative process, culturally
diverse and Aboriginal artists are forging new and
collaborative models of artistic creation. This discussion
will highlight innovative approaches to creating work
and building community.
OPENING SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE:
Nova Bhattacharya, Choreographer and Artistic
Director of Ipsita Nova Dance Projects
Santee Smith, Choreographer and Artistic Director
of Kaha:wi Dance Theatre
Adrienne Wong, theatre/interdisciplinary artist
and Associate Artist of Neworld Theatre
Stephanie Yee, visual and performance artist
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JOINING US!
WAIT, IT’S NOT OVER!
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LIBRARY
PRISMATIC CONFERENCE: SESSION 4
Transforming Society through the Arts
The arts have the power to extend and strengthen civil
society and further democratic values. The Prismatic
Arts Festival celebrates this vital link between art and
society, while promoting equity as a key principle in
Canadians’ lives. This discussion will focus on how
culturally diverse and Aboriginal artists are using the
arts to engage youth, stimulate public debate on political
and ethical issues, further social justice, and build and
transform communities across Canada.
Don’t miss out on
any of the action!
VISIT US ONLINE TO STAY INFORMED ABOUT
UPCOMING SHOWS AND EVENTS
OnelightTheatre.com | PrismaticFestival.com
OPENING SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE:
Zaccheus Jackson, spoken word artist
Juanita Peters, Playwright and performer
Curtis Peeteetuse, performer and Artistic Director
of the Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company
Daniel Thau-Eleff, Playwright, performer, and founder/
Artistic Producer of the Moving Target Theatre Company
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Sponsoring Prismatic is just one
way we help connect people to art
and culture in communities across
Canada.