Katie Couchie, Kristin DeAmorim, Zachary Cardwell and Cody Berry-Ottertail in Naŧa. Photo Drew Barry.
naŧa
Performance work by Samantha Sutherland
Performance work by Samantha Sutherland
naŧa + all roads lead home 3.0
Double bill with performance works by Samantha Sutherland & Sophie Dow
Thursday, February 20
7:00 pm ↛ Scotiabank Dance Centre
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naŧa is a grammar device used in the Ktunaxa Language in where adding it to a word implies plural, we, or many. This piece follows four characters representing four branches of one soul. How does our environment and the people we are around, shift our behaviours and self-presentation? What occurs when the four branches intersect? This ensemble work seeks to unravel the intricacies and multiplicities of identity within each one of us.
- choreography Samantha Sutherland
- dancers Katie Couchie, Cody Berry-Ottertail, Kristin DeAmorim, Zachary Cardwell
- costume design Asli Ozuak
- lighting design Emerson Kafarowski
- set design Julia Kim
- sound design Sophie Dow
- mentors and outside eyes Olivia C. Davies, Aria Evans, Martha Hart
- Thank you to Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, and the National Ballet of Canada for your support of the creation and production of this work.
Samantha Sutherland is a contemporary dance artist, choreographer, and teacher based in Tkaronto. Her ancestry is Ktunaxa and Scottish. She grew up on unceded Coast Salish Territories and graduated from the Arts Umbrella Graduate Program in 2018. Samantha has been choreographing dance works since 2021 and has had the pleasure of presenting in festivals across Turtle Island. Some include the Matriarchs Uprising Festival by O.Dela Arts with presentations both in Vancouver and at the National Arts Centre, Sharing the Stage with The National Ballet of Canada, Night Shift by Fall for Dance North, Dance Made in Canada, and Weesageechak Begins to Dance. Recently Samantha premiered her first ensemble work naⱡa at the Citadel Spring Mix festival in Toronto. She has performed in dance works by Indigenous choreographers Alejandro Ronceria, Jera Wolfe, and Santee Smith. She is currently on faculty at the Centre for Indigenous Theatre, and an Artistic Associate with O.Dela Arts.