{"id":14260,"date":"2017-06-20T14:42:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T21:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=14260"},"modified":"2017-06-23T09:21:14","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T16:21:14","slug":"local-dance-performance-about-unity-and-reconciliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2017\/06\/20\/local-dance-performance-about-unity-and-reconciliation\/","title":{"rendered":"Local dance performance about unity and reconciliation"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s not all about changing policies for City of Victoria indigenous artist in residence Lindsay Delaronde, who\u2019s currently putting the final touches on ACHoRd<\/em>, her multi-medium art piece that takes stories and transforms them into what she hopes is a meaningful and communal spiritual experience through dance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis ACHoRd<\/em> piece was inspired by really looking at this city and how I\u2019d activate space in sight-specific performance art, looking at the city\u2019s landscape and the different histories and buildings, and formulating ideas and concepts based on sight-specific work,\u201d says Delaronde.<\/p>\n

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ACHoRd<\/em> brings performance art to the Legislature; here, the dancers get ready in a rehearsal (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Delaronde, who has a master\u2019s degree in Indigenous Communities Counselling Psychology from the University of Victoria, says the performance piece at the legislature building is her first attempt at doing dance-inspired performance art. The performance involves 13 women whose chorographical themes are loosely based off A Recognition of Being<\/em>, a book about indigenous womanhood by photographer and author Kim Anderson.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe interviewed about 34 indigenous women across Canada wanting to get information around womanhood or identity. She used a framework about resistancy, claiming, constructing, and acting,\u201d says Delaronde, adding that all of the stories told through the movements of dance are coming from those four themes. \u201cAll of our stories are being interpreted\u2014not verbally, but through the body\u2014our narratives and our personal stories, our origins, and where we\u2019re from, and the land that we\u2019re on, even past traumas. It\u2019s really about reconciliation of the self.\u201d<\/p>\n

The three-month training process for the performance took place every Saturday and Sunday for two hours. (Audience members can show support at the event by wearing a gray top and black pants, shorts, or skirt.)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an interesting process that way, because the cohesion is always changing,\u201d she says, \u201cand now we\u2019re going to execute the piece on June 25.\u201d<\/p>\n

Delaronde says there are some changes she would welcome within government, specifically around the Truth and Reconciliation Commission\u2019s 94 \u201ccalls to action.\u201d She welcomes those changes through performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I talk about reconciliation it\u2019s really about integration and inclusivity of other narratives and different histories,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

ACHoRd
\n<\/em>7 pm Sunday, June 25
\nFree, Legislature steps
\nvictoria.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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