Simran Sachar and Sevrin Emnacen-Boyd, two professional dancers are coming to Revelstoke to meet the community and teach workshops showing their specialized styles! Its all about dance and bringing new styles to the community!
Friday Sept 11 WORKSHOPS, adults
7:30-8:30pm - W*acking Workshop with Simran Sachar (adults/community)
8:30-9:30pm - Break Dance Workshop with Sevrin Emnacen-Boyd (adults/community)
Saturday Sep 12 WORKSHOPS, youth
3:00-4:00pm - W*acking Workshop with Simran Sachar (kids/youth/students)
4:00-5:00pm - Break Dance Workshop with Sevrin Emnacen-Boyd (kids/youth/students)
COMMUNITY CYPHER
with special guest NIKITA RAIN and featuring Revelstoke’s DJ "Double J”
Saturday Sept 12 5:30-8pm
open to all - snacks and beverages provided
includes Q&A with visiting artists.
NIKITA RAIN - will open Saturday’s cypher
Nikita was born and raised in Nelson, BC. She is Secwépemc and a member of the Xat’sull First Nation. She also has Danish, Italian, Irish, French, and Scottish ancestry.
Nikita has been dancing Pow Wow since she was 8 years old. She first started as a Fancy Shawl dancer and has been a Jingle Dress dancer for the past six years. She is also a hip-hop dancer. Nikita is part of a dance group in Nelson called Wild Rose Dance.
The Jingle Dress Dance is a sacred healing dance that originated with the Ojibway people during the influenza pandemic over a century ago. It began with a vision in which a grandfather dreamt of a jingle dress that would heal his sick granddaughter. The cones are made from tobacco lids and create the beautiful jingle sound.
Each step of the Jingle Dress Dance is a healing prayer. The dancer keeps one foot connected to Mother Earth while moving to the heartbeat of the drum.
Nikita will be sharing a dance, teaching some of the steps, and then inviting everyone to join in for a dance together to the song “Sisters” by The Halluci Nation—that Nikita and Wild Rose Dance actually performed to and with on stage at the Nelson International Mural Festival!