AWAKEN FESTIVAL: Omaagomaan CANCELLED
When
Runs from
Friday April 26 2024
to Sunday April 28 2024
Approximate running time: 1 hour
Venue
Performance Notes
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The Anishinaabe of Grassy Narrows are resilient. They are stitching their fractured landscapes back together from the impact of mercury poisoning. Using dance, movement, sound, and storytelling, the Dora-award winning Waawaate Fobister embodies Omaagomaan, a two-spirit being, and a manifestation of the earth and man-made poisons that have seeped into the earth’s crust. A fierce shape-shifter inspired by Anishinaabeg worldview and cosmologies, Omaagomaan forces us to reckon with the ways the maanaadizi (ugly) and the onishishin (beautiful) collide.
Omaagomaan is created and performed by Waawaate Fobister and is part of Gwaandak Theatre’s Fifth Annual Awaken Festival. Find out more about the Creative Team and the Awaken Festival at gwaandaktheatre.ca/awaken-festival-2024. Omaagomaan is co-presented with Native Earth Performing Arts (nativeearth.ca).
Audience Advisory: Flashing lights, sudden loud noises, and mature themes.
*Opening Night (April 26th) includes Post-Show Mixer.
**Saturday Evening Performance (April 27th) includes Post-Show Talkback / ASL Interpretation is available by request only. Email rebecca@gwaandaktheatre.ca no later than Friday, April 19th at 5PM to request ASL Interpretation. (Please note that ASL Interpretation is only available for the post-show talkback based on the composition of this particular showcase.)
***Sunday Matinee (April 28th) includes Post-Show Tea / Alcohol-Free Showing.
If you are sick or exhibiting any symptoms of COVID-19, please stay home. DO NOT attend the performance if you are ill. Please contact the Box Office at (867) 667-8574 or emailing boxoffice@yac.ca if you are unable to attend due to illness.
Ticket Pricing: (Select from price list after you select 'Buy Tickets')
Adult: $25.00
Senior / Elder (65 and Over): $15.00
The Anishinaabe of Grassy Narrows are resilient. They are stitching their fractured landscapes back together from the impact of mercury poisoning. Using dance, movement, sound, and storytelling, the Dora-award winning Waawaate Fobister embodies Omaagomaan, a two-spirit being, and a manifestation of the earth and man-made poisons that have seeped into the earth’s crust. A fierce shape-shifter inspired by Anishinaabeg worldview and cosmologies, Omaagomaan forces us to reckon with the ways the maanaadizi (ugly) and the onishishin (beautiful) collide.
Omaagomaan is created and performed by Waawaate Fobister and is part of Gwaandak Theatre’s Fifth Annual Awaken Festival. Find out more about the Creative Team and the Awaken Festival at gwaandaktheatre.ca/awaken-festival-2024. Omaagomaan is co-presented with Native Earth Performing Arts (nativeearth.ca).
Audience Advisory: Flashing lights, sudden loud noises, and mature themes.
*Opening Night (April 26th) includes Post-Show Mixer.
**Saturday Evening Performance (April 27th) includes Post-Show Talkback / ASL Interpretation is available by request only. Email rebecca@gwaandaktheatre.ca no later than Friday, April 19th at 5PM to request ASL Interpretation. (Please note that ASL Interpretation is only available for the post-show talkback based on the composition of this particular showcase.)
***Sunday Matinee (April 28th) includes Post-Show Tea / Alcohol-Free Showing.
If you are sick or exhibiting any symptoms of COVID-19, please stay home. DO NOT attend the performance if you are ill. Please contact the Box Office at (867) 667-8574 or emailing boxoffice@yac.ca if you are unable to attend due to illness.