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Choreographer comes home Cameron Fraser-Monroe creates ballet piece through lens of a fully Indigenous creative team TANYA HILL thill@prpeak.com The dance production T’əl: The Wild Man of the Woods, choreographed by Royal Winnipeg Ballet (RWB) school alumnus and Tla’amin Nation member Cameron FraserMonroe, will have its west coast premiere at Evergreen Theatre on January 27. “This will be the first time this [production] has been performed outside of Winnipeg,” says Fraser-Monroe. “It’s fitting and exciting to be bringing it back to the place where the story originated, in Tla’amin.” RWB has collaborated with Indigenous artists in the past, however, this will be the first production created through the lens of a fully Indigenous creative team. The contemporary dance production is narrated in both English and ayajuthem by Tla’amin elder Elsie Paul. The original score is composed by twospirit Indigenous cellist and composer Cris Derksen, and costume design is by Navajo designer and Yale graduate Asa Benally. “A big piece of my work is making sure [the production] is able to be performed, not only in the concert hall in Winnipeg or at larger theatres in Vancouver, but that it also stays tour-able and accessible to people who contributed to the work, and ultimately NEW RANCHER
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