Maggie & Me: A Healing Dance

A Friday Creeations Production
In partnership with Native Earth Performing Arts
Presented by Canadian Stage

July 15-18, 2021

Dream in High Park
Canadian Stage High Park Amphitheatre

Maggie & Me honours the legacy of women as healers in our communities.

Through her ancestral gifts and experiences, the dancer receives a contemporary healing dance. Travelling through dimensional realms of existence – spirit, dream, and present – we are invited into the dancer’s journey of healing and revitalization of the Anishinaabe culture. With a movement style that is free, lyrical and explosive, she walks into her own power.

Created by Christine Friday, the recipient of the 2018 K.M. Hunter Award for Dance, this breathtaking immersive performance shares the story of how a healing dance can strengthen communities.

Showtimes
Creative Team

SHOWTIMES

Thursday July 15 | 8:00 PM – Opening
Friday July 16 | 8:00 PM
Saturday July 17 | 8:00 PM
Sunday July 19 | 8:00 PM

Creative Team

Concept, Director, Choreography & Performance Christine Friday
Dramaturgy Supported by Robert Desrosiers and Penny Couchie
Original Lighting & Technical Direction Rasmus Sylvest
Lighting Design and Adaptation for High Park Logan Cracknell
Sound Design Rob Bertola
High Park Set Design Jamie Whitecrow
Opening Night Hand Drum Singer Tasheena Sarazin
Cultural Support from Dr. Debby Danard
Additional Music Credits: Darren Nakogee, Tasheena Sarazin, Eddy Robinson, Gabe Gaudet, Dawn Avery, Don Kavanaugh
Stage Manager Laura Baxter

“All our stories are in the land, all you have to do is go to the land to hear the stories, nothing is lost, and I find that empowering.”

“The stage was alive with a resurgence of culture and dancing with ancestors. Rich visuals of video backdrops with maximized sound design fulfilled the senses.”

“Christine Friday is a force of nature.”