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Kehewin Native Dance Theatre

Rosa John and Melvin John

Kehewin Native Dance The­atre was found­ed in 1991 by Melvin John (Plains Cree Nation) and Rosa John (Ciboney Taino Nation). For over thir­ty years, Kehewin has devel­oped an inter­na­tion­al rep­u­ta­tion for their inspir­ing Native The­atre, Dance and Sto­ry­telling.  The orga­ni­za­tion deliv­ers com­mu­ni­ty work­shops, inter­ac­tive per­for­mances and class­room vis­its, tour­ing shows nation­al­ly and inter­na­tion­al­ly for audi­ences of all ages.  They have toured through­out the world, per­form­ing in Switzer­land, New Zealand, Ger­many, Italy, France, Mex­i­co, Ecuador, the U.S., Cana­da and Aus­tralia. 

Every Sum­mer Kehewin pro­vides the­atre and dance train­ing for Native youth dur­ing the Sum­mer Train­ing Pro­gram in the Kehewin stu­dios on the Kehewin First Nation.  They also pro­vide Native Stud­ies, Craft, Dance and The­atre work­shops to inter­est­ed com­mu­ni­ties and schools. Train­ing has become an inte­gral part of Kehewin annu­al oper­a­tions.  Kehewin has devel­oped its own train­ing process, which they have named NAH (mean­ing ‘here’ or ’take this’ in sev­er­al Native lan­guages).  This process is com­mu­ni­ty ori­ent­ed and cul­tur­al­ly based.  Rosa and Melvin John have also devel­oped a com­mu­ni­ty work­shop man­u­al that is now used through­out Cana­da. Kehewin Native Dance The­atre also pro­vides resource mate­ri­als about com­mu­ni­ty the­atre and Native Studies.

Web site: https://www.kehewinnativedancetheatre.com/
Email: Rosajohn57@yahoo.com

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