Kehewin Native Dance Theatre
 
 
Audience Responses: “…We’ll tell everyone about your group…. And will you come again next year?” “When you can captivate 1,000 grade 4, 5, and 6’s like that… you know you’re good…” “The dances, the colors, the stories…. It was delightful”   Kehewin Native Dance Theatre: Has performed for royalty from New Zealand, Hawaii and Poland Has performed for several years at the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards   Has been closely involved with the Canadian Aboriginal Festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada since 1993 and Rosa John has been the Artistic Director of the festival since 2004.   Provided annual Dance and Theatre Training at the Centre for Indigenous Theatre in Toronto. Ontario, Canada from 1996-2009.   Hosted other performing and visual artists during its 4 years of hosting and coordinating the Aboriginal Youth Festivals held on-reserve in Kehewin, Alberta, Canada.     Was involved with the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow in 2007 and 2008, when Rosa John was the Artistic Director of the Miss Indian World Pageant Showcase.   Performed at the Miccosukee Arts Festival in Miami, Florida from 2003 -2007   Performed at the Miami Storytelling Festival in Miami, Florida in 2008 and 2009 and at the Toronto Storytelling Festival in 2010.   Has Performed, Choreographed and Guided Tours for Aboriginal Experiences in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada since 2004.   Provided the Cultural Coordination at the Banff Centre for the Arts during 4 years of the Aboriginal Dance Project,   Has supported various cultural projects for the Indigenous Performance Initiatives at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.   Has supported festivals, pow wows and performances with Melvin and Rosa John, the Co-Directors of Kehewin as MC’s, including the; 2008 Council of 3 Rivers Pow Wow in Pittsburgh, Mainstage Performances at Toronto festivals and performances at the Nozhem Theatre in Peterborough.

Tansi, Taino Te and Welcome...






My people will sleep for one hundred years, but when they awake, it will be the artists who give them their spirit back.

        -Louis Riel, July 4, 1885.

 

To Canada’s most celebrated Native Dance Theatre.  For 18 years Kehewin has entertained and dazzled audiences of every culture and age with our champion dancers and world renowned storytellers. 


Creation stories, Trickster stories and stories of Healing come alive with the vibrance and passion that comes from celebrating age old traditions.