2020 Coastal Dance Festival

Stage

PAY WHAT YOU CAN

Dancers of Damelahamid, in partnership with the Anvil Centre, will host 13th annual Coastal Dance Festival, an annual celebration of Indigenous stories, song and dance from Canada, the United States and New Zealand.

Festival Stage Performances showcase presentations from visiting Indigenous artists. Audiences will enjoy a vibrant array of Northwest Coast First Nations and international Indigenous artistry through traditional and contemporary performances. The Festival Stage Performances take place on weekend afternoons and are pay as you can.

 

Saturday, February 29

Program 1 at 1pm:
Tsatsu Stalquayu – Musqueam
Dakhká Khwáan – Inland Tlingit

Program 2 at 2pm:
Yisya’winuxw – Kwakwaka’wakw
Tuakana and Teina Leadership Academy Group – Māori

Program 3 at 3pm:
Git Hoan – Tsimshian

 

Sunday, March 1

Program 1 at 1pm:
Kwhlii Gibaykw – Nisga’a
Dakhká Khwáan – Inland Tlingit

Program 2 at 2pm:
Tooma Laisa & Leanna Wilson – Inuit
Git Hayetsk – Nisga’a/Tsimshian

Program 3 at 3pm:
Chinook Song Catchers – Squamish

 

The festival takes place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Qayqayt people. Dancers of Damelahamid and the Anvil Centre proudly acknowledge their traditional hosts.

Festival Program Details click here