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MOA is thrilled to welcome the Coastal Dance Festival back to MOA for the popular Signature Performances.The Dancers of Damelahamid, in partnership with MOA and the Anvil Centre, present the 18th annual Coastal Dance Festival. The Festival is a celebration of the stories, songs and dances of the Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast with national and international guest artists. The Festival brings Indigenous artists together to share and support one another in a celebration of lived artistic practices. National and international artists have connected the festival with a global community of Indigenous dance.
The Coastal Dance Festival’s Signature performances will take place at MOA, amongst the powerful setting of poles in the museum’s Great Hall. During both evenings, Dancers of Damelahamid will perform a site-specific excerpt, adapted from Raven Mother that features Raven sculptures, masks, regalia and dance.
Tuesday March 4 | 7:30 pm
Performance program includes dances by:
Xwelmexw Shxwexwo:s (Stó:lō, Musqueam, Sts:ailes, Snuneymuxw, Nuu-chah-nulth, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh)
Wagana Aboriginal Dancers (Australia)
Dancers of Damelahamid
Wednesday March 5 | 7:30 pm
Performance program includes dances by:
Spakwus Slolem (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh)
Laura Grizzlypaws (St’át’imc)
Dancers of Damelahamid
The Coastal Dance Festival takes place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the qəyqəyt (Qayqayt), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), q̓ʷainƛ̓ən (Kwantlen), q̓ic̓əy̓ (Katzie) peoples.
MOA • $40 Adults | $30 Students + Youth
LEARN MORE: https://moa.ubc.ca/event/coastal-dance-festival-2025-signature-performances/
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
6393 NW Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC, Canada, British Columbia V6T 1Z2
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