flicker

Flicker magnifies indigenous dance in a multimedia performance

Culture is always evolving, ‘flickering’ between what it was and what it is becoming. Dancers of Damelahamid carefully negotiate this in-between space in their new work Flicker, which premiered at the Cultch Historic Theatre on May 25. The work is named after the flicker, a woodpecker frequently pictured in indigenous art. The show weaves a narrative through a multimedia performance, combining indigenous dance in traditional Gitxsan regalia with projected environments of light and sound. I chatted with artistic director Margaret Grenier about the upcoming show. She explained that Flicker has been a two-year process, involving more collaborators than the company…

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