Coastal Dance Festival, March 2 – 5, 2023

The Dancers of Damelahamid produce the annual Coastal Dance Festival (CDF), in partnership with The Anvil Centre in New Westminster and the Museum of Anthropology at UBC. The Festival is a celebration of the stories, songs and dances of the Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast with guest national and international artists.The 16th annual festival brings Indigenous artists together to share and support one another in a celebration of lived artistic practices. Guest national and international artists have connected the festival with a global community of Indigenous dance.More info: damelahamid.ca

PROGRAM:
THURSDAY, March 2

ARTIST SHARING: Embodying Ancestral Lands
6:30pm, doors open at 6:15pm | FreeSIGNATURE EVENING PERFORMANCES
8:00pm, doors open at 7:30pm | Tickets: ticketsnw.ca
–Welcome to territory
–Paunnakuluit
–Jessica McMann
–Wagana Aboriginal Dancers
–Rosie Te Rauawhea Belvie

FRIDAY, March 3

ARTIST SHARING: Language as an Embodied Practice
6:30pm, doors open at 6:15pm | FreeSIGNATURE EVENING PERFORMANCES
8:00pm, doors open at 7:30pm | Tickets: ticketsnw.ca
–Welcome to territory
–Spakwus Slolem
–Dancers of Damelahamid
–Yisya̱’winux̱w
–Rainbow Creek

SATURDAY, March 4

FESTIVAL STAGE PERFORMANCES
1:00pm | By donation
–Chesha7 iy lha mens
–Dakhká Khwáan
–Adam Daigneault
–Yisya̱’winux̱w
–Paunnakuluit
–Git Hoan
–Wagana Aboriginal Dancers

SUNDAY, March 5

FESTIVAL STAGE PERFORMANCES
1:00pm | By donation
–Xwelmexw Shxwexwo:s
–Dakhká Khwáan
–Dancers of Damelahamid
–Rosie Te Rauawhea Belvie
–Git Hayetsk
–Chinook Song Catchers
Toyaxsii hla gyethl yip tuun qəyqəyt (Qayqayt), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), q̓ʷainƛ̓ən (Kwantlen), q̓ic̓əy̓ (Katzie), wint ‘nii anook’t diit nuum lax yip diit.ASL interpretation will be provided for all performances and Artist Sharings.