About this Event
Experience Blackfoot storytelling through dance, theatre, language, and conversation.
Join the team for the Napi Creation Story: Performance & Symposium. An evening of creation, discovery, and community dialogue marking the first introduction of the Niitoyis Methodology back to the community.
Developed by Justin Many Fingers through years of artistic practice, research, and community relationships, the Niitoyis Methodology centres Blackfoot ways of knowing and creating. Language, land, story, movement, and community knowledge guide how we come together to create and how our stories take shape in performance.
See the method in motion. Through a work-in-progress sharing of the Napi Creation Story, experience what emerges when Blackfoot knowledge guides the creative process. This evening offers a first look at the developing work and an invitation to help shape the conversation around it.
Following the performance, join us for a symposium and community discussion. We’ll share discoveries from the workshop, reflect on the Niitoyis Methodology, and open space for your questions, perspectives, and responses. Together, we’ll explore what this approach can mean for Blackfoot storytelling, artistic creation, and future generations.
Witness the creation. Connect through story. Invoke new possibilities.
Producers: Justin Many Fingers & Randy Plain Eagle
Director & Dramaturge: Justin Many Fingers
Creators & Performers: Stephanie Brave Rock, Katie-Jo Rabbit, Randy Plain Eagle, Dustin Frank
Costume Designer: Wendy Day Chief
Project Research & Co-Author: Rebecca Many Grey Horses
Project Management & Community Outreach Coordinator: Maya Many Grey Horses
Event venue & nearby stays
Galt Museum & Archives, 502 1 Street South, Lethbridge, Canada
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