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Aboriginal experiences This innovative Aboriginal dance troupe offers a performance that tells a legend and is followed by the Spirit of Dance, which includes an authentic Pow Wow dance, a contemporary hoop dance and shared dance of friendship. PeRFoRMANCeS New S KywoMAN FALLS To THe e ARTH New Sky Woman Falls to the Earth is an ancient Haudenosaunee creation story. Using mask, movement and scripted narration, the story brings the audience to a time when there was only a water world and a sky world. From this legend we learn how sky woman created what we now know as Turtle Island. S PiRiT oF D ANCe This performance celebrates the diversity of our evolving culture with vibrant performances of five unique Pow Wow dance styles set to the “heartbeat” of the drum, concluding with a special contemporary hoop dance as well as a friendship dance. oNe PeRFoRMANCe : 50 MiNuTeS (including Q & A) $795 + HST woRKSHoPS F eeL THe H eARTBeAT Explore First Nations culture through their strong connection to the “heartbeat of Mother Earth”: the drum. This interactive workshop includes an opportunity to play horn rattles as well as learn social and stomp dances. MAxiMuM : 50 PARTiCiPANTS oNe woRKSHoP : 1 HouR $275 + HST Two woRKSHoPS : 1 HouR eACH $315 + HST “It was lively, engaging, colourful and educational. The seniors founds this very important and hopeful.” Patricia Goyeche, Abbotsford Community Programs S e n i o r S For information on booking an artist or to access subsidies, please contact: Micheline Shoebridge [phone] ext. 225 [email protected]