{"id":192258,"date":"2023-11-07T12:32:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T17:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=192258"},"modified":"2024-02-05T12:36:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T17:36:12","slug":"over-20-artists-set-to-perform-at-weesageechak-begins-to-dance-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/over-20-artists-set-to-perform-at-weesageechak-begins-to-dance-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 20 artists set to perform at Weesageechak Begins to Dance Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Native Earth Performing Arts returns to the Aki Studio in Toronto to host the 36th edition of Weesageechak Begins to Dance taking place Nov. 6-19, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The Weesageechak Begins to Dance festival has doubled the number of artists from last year's festival. Weesageechak Begins to Dance will host over 22<span data-contrast=\"none\"> artists across Turtle Island, showcasing modern Indigenous (First Nations, M\u00e9tis, &amp; Inuit) art in disciplines such as theatre, dance, opera, visual art and multidisciplinary works plus many more. The festival can be enjoyed in person or online.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-192258 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"rollover\" href='https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/over-20-artists-set-to-perform-at-weesageechak-begins-to-dance-festival\/img_9652-philip-geller\/'><img width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_9652-Philip-Geller-250x250.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Man sitting in chair, with large earrings, a jackets and jeans, image is black and white.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-192847\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-192847'>\n\t\t\t\t\tPhilip Jonah Logan Geller is a M\u00e9tis (Red River) and Jewish (Ashkenazi) theatre artist, director, and educator Photo submitted by Damien Nelson.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"rollover\" href='https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/over-20-artists-set-to-perform-at-weesageechak-begins-to-dance-festival\/dakota-ray-hebert-e20-2023-dakota-ray-hebert\/'><img width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Dakota-Ray-Hebert-E20-2023-Dakota-Ray-Hebert-250x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A woman leaning on brick wall, looking at camera smiling.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-192849\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-192849'>\n\t\t\t\t\tDakota Ray Hebert is a Dene comedian, actress and writer from Canada. Photo submitted by Damien Nelson.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Artists presenting at the Weesageechak Begins to Dance 36 Festival include: Brefny Caribou, Damion LeClair, January Rogers, Lisa Nasson, Nova Courchene, Philip Geller, and Sophie Dow, plus performances by Denise McLeod, Lacey Hill, Zachariah Highgate, Jennifer Alicia Murrin and Montana Adams Lena Recollet, <span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW67353486 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW67353486 BCX0\">Trina <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW67353486 BCX0\">Moyan<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW67353486 BCX0\">, Lee Maracle, Dakota Ray Heber, Aren <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW67353486 BCX0\">Okemaysim<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW67353486 BCX0\">, Raven Grenier, Monique Mojica, Lindsay Lachance<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW67353486 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"> and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\"The Weesageechak Begins to Dance festival includes Indigenous peoples from other regions including South America, Australia, New Zealand, and Greenland,\" according to the <span id=\"speechify-first-word-listening-nudge-10\">Native Earth Performing<\/span> Arts website.<\/p>\n<p>Native Earth Performing Arts is a long-standing Indigenous theatre company that helps in the <span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">production &amp; development of sharing artistic expressions of the Indigenous experience in Canada. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">Native Earth helps the artistic vision of artists, by offering help with script development, apprenticeships, and internships.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">For more information, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeearth.ca\/shows\/w36\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">festival website<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Native Earth Performing Arts returns to the Aki Studio in Toronto to host the 36th edition of Weesageechak Begins to Dance taking place Nov. 6-19, 2023. The Weesageechak Begins to Dance festival has doubled the number of artists from last year&#8217;s festival. Weesageechak Begins to Dance will host over 22 artists across Turtle Island, showcasing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":192851,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,219,16830],"tags":[32389,29510,980,10821,22836,32387,1506,27013,32388],"radio":[25164],"origine":[267,269,273],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192258"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192258"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203351,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192258\/revisions\/203351"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192258"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=192258"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=192258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}