Coastal First Nations Dance Festival

Coastal First Nations Dance Festival presents traditional First Nations culture

Dancers of Damelahamid has partnered with UBC’s Museum of Anthropology (MOA) to bring a spectacular show of First Nations culture to Vancouver. In the works are six days of signature acts, artist presentations, and school performances by indigenous artists from across North America. Headlining the festival are hoop dancer Jesse McMann Sparvier from Calgary and sisters Urseloria and Nikollane Kanuho from Arizona, USA. Both acts are inspired by traditional pow wow dance and promise to provide spectacular entertainment and cultural education. In their eighth year of the festival, Dancers of Damelahamid is a product of artistic director Margaret Grenier’s cultural…

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