Crimson Coast Dance Society presents 26th Annual InFrinGinG Dance Festival

Downtown and all around, alongside Nanaimo Dragonboat Regatta 2024

Free and ticketed dance performances and events.
Venues: The Port Theatre, Maffeo Sutton Park, Swy a lana Lagoon, the Night Market, and Triple Moon

For full festival list including free or non-ticketed events go to: Crimson Coast Dance Infringing Dance Festival 2024

Summer! Creativity! Live Arts! From staged presentations, to outdoor events, to Virtual Reality (VR) and hybrid performances, the 26th Annual InFrinGinG Dance Festival is your gateway to a summer of adventure in a world of culture, inspiration and beauty! Presented by Crimson Coast Dance!

Festival Brochure: https://online.fliphtml5.com/vapwp/niut/#p=1
For tickets to events elsewhere go here: CRIMSONCOASTDANCE.COM

InFrinGinG AT THE PORT THEATRE:

Tuesday July 9  12 pm – 1 pm
DanceAble

The 2nd Annual Creation Project featuring Local performers of all abilities.
Facilitated by Myriam Verzat, Tatiana Hassan & Jack Chennel

Every Body Dances! Crimson Coast Dance hosts a monthly dance jam that seeks to support a fully integrated sense of belonging for everyone in our community! Participants from The Clay Tree Society and Nanaimo Association of Community Living have built a performance with facilitators and dance artists, Myriam Verzat, Tatiana Hassan and Jack Chennel. These creatives with varying physical and cognitive abilities have rehearsed over two weeks with Myriam ,Tatiana and Jack, to bring their original presentation to you.

Tickets: $20.50

Friday, July 12   2 – 3 pm & 6 – 7 pm
Maamawi (ᒫᒪᐏ): together through the fire
An expression of the Anishinaabe Seven Fire Prophecies

SPECIAL OFFERING: A VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSET SHOW – 8 seats only per show

The world has been transformed through fire, revived through water, and humankind has been gifted the ability to experience life through the lessons of the Heart.

Choreography by Anishinaabe choreographer, Olivia C. Davies | Co-Creator + Digital Designer, Athomas Goldberg | based on stories shared by Anishnaabe Elder, Gloria May Eshkibok | Visual Designs by Anishinaabe artist, Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley | Lighting Design by Jonathan Kim | Performed by Sophie Dow, Daisy Thompson, Olivia C. Davies | Music by Micheal Red

NOTE: Maamawi will also be offered Saturday at 2:00 PM on VR headsets, and at 7:30 pm as a fully staged Augmented Reality production, without VR headsets and with the full theatre seating available. (See below)

Tickets: $30.50/ $15.50 Youth 12 and under

Friday, July 12   8:30 pm – 10 pm
The Sun and the Moon
An Experimental Dancefilm Documentary

The Sun and the Moon is an experimental dancefilm documentary, made in collaboration with Snuneymuxw author and storyteller, Celestine Aleck, choreographer Holly Bright, filmmaker Evann Siebens, dancers Geneviève Johnson and Nicola Jackson, costume design by Graham McMonagle and with music by Wayne Lavallee. The stage production includes video design by Chimerik 似不像, drawings by Cole Melvin Good and lighting by John Carter.

A translation from a live performance, the film explores themes of Indigenous and settler reconciliation, mental health and healing and explores challenges in creating a collaborative dance piece. Beautifully shot in nature on Snuneymuxw homelands, in and around Nanaimo, Canada, the film brings to life how a mythic fable about the Sun and the Moon, acts as a metaphor for the ways in which life imitates art and art reflects life.

This filmed adaptation of The Sun and the Moon is supported by Canada Council for the Arts and the British Columbia Arts Council.

Tickets: $25.50

Saturday, July 13

Maamawi (ᒫᒪᐏ): together through the fire
An expression of the Anishinaabe Seven Fire Prophecies

The world has been transformed through fire, revived through water, and humankind has been gifted the ability to experience life through the lessons of the Heart.

Choreography by Anishinaabe choreographer, Olivia C. Davies | Co-Creator + Digital Designer, Athomas Goldberg | based on stories shared by Anishnaabe Elder, Gloria May Eshkibok | Visual Designs by Anishinaabe artist, Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley | Lighting Design by Jonathan Kim | Performed by Sophie Dow, Daisy Thompson, Olivia C. Davies | Music by Micheal Red

2 pm –3 pm
SPECIAL OFFERING: A VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSET SHOW – 8 seats only 

7:30 pm – 9 pm
FULLY STAGED, LIVE PERFORMANCE featuring Augmented Reality; projection + motion capture technology
This performance of Maamawi, for the entire family, features projected animation of the narrative of the seven prophesies while we witness costumed dancers, wearing motion capture suits underneath, bring featured animal to life. The animals tell the story right before our eyes alongside the dancers. Sure to bring wonder and magic to your InFrinGinG Dance Festival experience.

1 PM Tickets: $30.50 / $15.50 Youth 12 and under

7:30PM Tickets: $40.50 / $25.50 Seniors + Youth 12 and under