What is happening to our land is having a direct effect on our Anishinaabe way of living. We return to the original knowing of how to be with the land through ceremony, dance and unbind the effects of colonial greed and destruction. Through connection to land and spirit we carry the messenger to ignite a shift in consciousness.
Christine Friday - Algonquin-Anishinaabe a proficient resilient Indigenous storyteller. She began her career with In the Land of Spirits in 1992 and has maintained a professional dance career for over 25 years. She is deeply connected to the cultural wellness of her Anishinaabe people. Her company, Friday Creeations, a film and stage Production Company, has allowed her to transition her skills into filmmaking to broaden her audience while fulfilling her potential. Christine is the recipient of the 2018 K.M. Hunter Award for Dance through the Ontario Arts Council. She is currently building a Cultural Creation Centre in her community of Bear Island, Lake Temagami.
Filmed on traditional tribal territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe. Lake Temagami - Ndakimenan
Credits
Director, Choreographer and Dancer: Christine Friday Director of Photography, Editor: Dkamse Keeshig Composer: Bonnie Couchie Sound Design: Rob Bertola Vocalist: Tasheena Sarazin Music: What's It Going For? - Bonnie Couchie
Christine is a proficient resilient Indigenous storyteller. She began her career with In the Land of Spirits in 1992 and has maintained a professional dance career for over 29 years, choreographing, solo work, commissioned work, youth creations and full -scale productions. She is deeply connected to the cultural wellness of her people and works hard to maintain cultural traditions and gifts of her Anishinaabe people.
Her company: Friday Creeations a film and stage Production Company, allowing her to transition her skills into filmmaking to broaden her audience while fulfilling her potential, as well as the development of a life-long dream of a Cultural Creation Centre based in N’Dakimenan -Our Homeland.
She recently won the 2018 KM Hunter Award for dance through the Ontario arts council, this award is given to those who demonstrate an original artistic voice while encouraging the artist to propel to the next level. Her intention is to awaken people within themselves, creating a shift change in the world by reflecting reality and the human experience.
The NAC Foundation would like to thank the Faris Family for helping make the NAC a more accessible and inclusive space through their support of free summer programming.
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