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Thursday, February 13, 2025

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fri07marAll DayCoastal Dance Festival Event Organized ByDancers of DamelahamidEvent Type Dance,Festival(All Day: Friday) Anvil Centre, 777 Columbia St, New Westminster, BC, V3M 1B6, Canada

Event Details

Dancers of Damelahamid present the 18th annual Coastal Dance Festival, honouring Indigenous stories, song, and dance from across Canada and around the world, on stage March 4-6, 2025, at the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC in Vancouver and from Mar 7-9, 2025, at the Anvil Centre in New Westminster.

Audiences of both venues will be treated to a dynamic offering of ancestral and contemporary performances from Northwest Coast and international Indigenous artists. Highlights at MOA include a youth-focused collaboration between Vancouver’s Raven Spirit Youth Dancers and Australia’s Wagana and a site-specific, multidisciplinary installation from New Zealand’s Charles Koronheo, in collaboration with Montreal poet and artist Natasha Kanapé Fontaine. At the Anvil Centre, Vancouver-based powwow dancer Nyla Bedard will make her festival debut.

“This year is a time of great celebration for the Coastal Dance Festival,” says Margaret Grenier, Festival Executive & Artistic Director. “After a six-year hiatus, we are thrilled to return to our original home venue at MOA, upon the completion of seismic upgrades to its historic Great Hall in 2024. At the same time, we treasure the relationships we’ve built with the communities surrounding our vibrant home at New Westminster’s Anvil Centre. For 2025, our wish was to honour both places, expanding our reach to a wider audience and allowing for an even richer exchange of knowledge and culture.”

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