Performing Arts

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Scenes from the Fringe: Gendered Violence and the Geographies of Indigenous Feminism

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shari M. Huhndorf
Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, vol. 46, no. 3, Spring, 2021, pp. 561-587
Description
Reviews three Indigenous visual artistic projects, created in response to the arrest of serial murderer Robert Pickton, and their representations of Indigenous women's historical mistreatment.
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The Sioux War Panorama and American Mythic History

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Bell
Theatre Journal, vol. 48, no. 3, October 1996, pp. 279-299
Description
Exploration of the themes represented in the travelling performance popular in the 1860s and 1870s.
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Spatial Narrative: Aural and Visual Construction in the

Musical Narrative of Minority Discourse

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Servio Marín
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1995, pp. 9-34
Description
Looks at how both singing and dancing constitute shared elements of minority cultures. The article also discusses how the spatial construction of musical narrative of minority discourse is predetermined by the unity between aural and visual perception. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Storytelling and Strength: Voices from Indigenous Theatre in Canada

Alternate Title
Big Thinking Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Margo Kane
Sylvia Cloutier
Corey Payette
Description
Panelists discuss theatre as an expression of identity and cultural practice, how personal experience is interwoven in their projects, and how their work manifests their connections to their homelands and ancestral knowledges.
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Subject to the Tourist Gaze: A Response to "Weesageechak Begins to Dance"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Bennett
Jennifer Preston
Doris Linklater
Bill Henderson and Richard Schechner
TDR [The Drama Review], vol. 37, no. 1, Spring, 1993, pp. 9-17
Description
Letter to the editor regarding the article Weesageechak Begins to Dance: Native Earth Performing Arts Inc. (published in vol. 36 , no.1, 1992) as well as several letters in rebuttal.
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Suffer Little Children

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adrian Stimson
West Coast Line #74, vol. 46, no. 2, Reconcile This!, Summer, 2012, pp. 68-79
Description
Comments on an art installation and a performance, both of which help the artist to exorcise the history of his residential school experiences. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 68.
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Tanya Lukin Linklater's Choreography of Space

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kari Cwynar
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 2, Performance, Summer, 2016, pp. 28-35
Description
Comments on the collaborative nature of the artist's work, involving objects, space, performers and the public. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 28.
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Terrance Houle & Adrian Stimson: Buckskin Re-Mounting

Alternate Title
Terrance Houle and Adrian Stimson: Buckskin Re-Mounting
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Adrian Stimson
Terrance Houle
Description
In performance piece, two artists deal with issues "at the intersection of gender and indigeneity while working through stereotypical conceptions of the Indigenous male body". Duration: 17:26.
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Terrance Houle: Road Warrior

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Murray Whyte
Canadian Art, Fall, 2011, pp. 144-149
Description
Discusses how the artist uses humour to subvert mainstream stereotypes about Aboriginals using the Urban Indian photographic series as an example.
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Testimony Of Actions: Actions Of Testimony

Alternate Title
INDIANacts: Aboriginal Performance Art
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Glenn Alteen
Description
Overview of the conference on Aboriginal performance art and issues raised by Aboriginal performance artists.
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This Riel Business

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ian McLaren
Description
Includes scences from a play entitled by Rod Langley about the Northwest Rebellion during the opening of Canada's west by white settlers. Includes commentary from the members of the audience. Duration: 27:35.
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Throatsinging: More Than a Game

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Taqralik Partridge
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 16 , no. 4, Winter, 2001, pp. 6-17
Description
Discusses the technique of throatsinging, the variances from region to region, and profiles some singers. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 6.
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Tomson Highway

Alternate Title
Rockburn Presents
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tomson Highway
Ken Rockburn
Description
Interview with a critically-acclaimed Canadian playwright and author. Duration: 28:31.
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Tomson Highway: Freeing Myth & Language

Alternate Title
Tomson Highway: Freeing Myth and Language
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maire Mendenhall
Performing Arts & Entertainment in Canada, vol. 33, no. 2, Autumn, 2000, p. 12
Description
Highlights of talks given by the author at the University of Regina.
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Tonto's Tale

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ken McGoogan
Canada's History, vol. 92, no. 2, April/May 2012, pp. 16-17
Description
Brief article looks at the life of Harold Jay Smith who played Tonto in the hit 1950 series the Lone Ranger.
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Trickster by Trade: Thomas Riccio on Indigenous Theatre

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dale E. Seeds
Thomas Riccio
TDR [The Drama Review], vol. 40, no. 4, 1996, pp. 118-133
Description
Presents an interview with University of Alaska-Fairbanks Associate Professor of Theatre Thomas Riccio.
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Tulugak: Inuit Raven Stories

Alternate Title
[National Arts Centre English Theatre Programme for Student Audiences; 2013]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pamela Levac
Description
Study guide includes synopsis of play, characters, themes, curriculum connections, exercises and discussion questions.
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Turn the Beat Around

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Melanie Cummings
Herizons, vol. 12, no. 4, Winter, 1999, pp. 24-[?]
Description
Focuses on the teenage girls drum group, Neebin Nodin from Winnipeg, and their commitment to cultural traditions.
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The Unnatural and Accidental Women

Alternate Title
Twentieth Century North American Drama
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marie Humber Clements
Description
Dramatization of an old murder case and other suspicious deaths in the skid row area of Vancouver. Originally published by Talonbooks, 2005.
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Unsettling Canadian Heritage: Decolonial Aesthetics in Canadian Video and Performance Art

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah E.K. Smith
Carla Taunton
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 52, no. 1, Winter, 2018, pp. 306-341
Description
Article examines the work of contemporary artists Leah Decter, Jacqueline Hoàng Nguyễn, and Caroline Monnet. Discusses the artists’ engagement with current discourse surrounding settler colonialism and their use of the arts to disrupt conceptualization of the Canadian state as inclusive and benevolent.
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Using Cultural Difference as a Basis For Creative Expression

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lloyd K. New
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 4, no. 3, May 1965, pp. [8-12]
Description
Describes the Institute of American Indian Arts, a post -secondary vocational school for Native American students which stresses cultural traditions as the inspiration for artistic endeavours.
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Views and Reviews

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andrew Houston
Canadian Theatre Review, no. 128, Fall, 2006, pp. 112-115
Description
Critiques various articles within the issue as they pertain to regional identity and discusses Aboriginal Canadian drama in theatre as a mode of engagement.
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