Maamawi (ᒫᒪᐏ)
O.Dela Arts & Pepper’s Ghost New Media Collective
Feb 18, 7pm
Live @ Scotiabank Dance Centre + VR sharing for remote audiences
tickets
Post-show artist talk, followed by closing reception
You're invited into our vision of the future. 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.
Maamawi (ᒫᒪᐏ): Together Through The Fire braids the dreams of past, present, and future into a post-apocalyptic landscape. An expression of the Anishinaabe Seven Fire Prophecies, as shared by Anishinaabe Elder, Gloria May Eshkibok, Maamawi (ᒫᒪᐏ) imbues us with heart-light, stewarded by the Original Ones. We are held in trust with Love and Respect for all that is, all that was, and all that will be as we move steadily toward our destiny.
As well as the live performance, Maamawi (ᒫᒪᐏ) can be witnessed online through virtual reality. Using real-time motion-capture techniques, the movements of the dancers are accurately captured live, filling the 3D space of an online immersive multiplayer virtual reality environment that remote audiences can connect to and enter from around the world.
credits
producers O.Dela Arts & Pepper’s Ghost New Media Collective
co-creator, choreographer Olivia C. Davies
co-creator; MoCap, VR, AR experience Athomas Goldberg
co-creator, visual design Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley
co-creator, composer Michael Red
cultural consultant Gloria May Eshkibok
dance artists Sophie DowDaisy Thompson
lighting designer; projection, audiovisual playback system support Chimerik 似不像: Shang-Han Chien & Sammy Chien
lighting designer, technical director Jonathan Kim
assistant lighting designer Vanka Salim
costume designer Raven John
rehearsal director Kelly McInnes
stage manager kayleigh sandomirsky
producer Brian Postalian
Since its inception, O.Dela Arts seeks to develop audiences for Contemporary Indigenous dance and multidisciplinary arts. Under the leadership of professional dance artist Olivia C. Davies, the organization has built a solid foundation of peer exchange, professional development opportunities and performance series. Highlights include the creation of multiple Contemporary Indigenous dance works including residencies and presentations in Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary, Toronto, Prince Rupert, and Nanaimo, BC. Our Talking Truths series of circle conversations hosted by Olivia and featuring Indigenous choreographers from across Turtle Island, Aotearoa, and Australia have provided new ways to educate audiences to the nuances of Contemporary Indigenous dance practice and have been supported by partner organizations including DanceHouse Vancouver, Talking Stick Festival, Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival, and Dance West Network.
Pepper's Ghost New Media & Performing Arts Collective was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia in the spring of 2014 by veterans of the theatre, dance, film, music and video game industries, along with leading academic researchers in new media, to explore the expressive potential of advanced computer graphics, digital audio and visual effects technologies, including real-time motion capture, stereo 3D projection, electronic sound synthesis and virtual & augmented reality, in the creation of live theatre, music and dance performances.