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Talking Stick Festival - A Celebration of Aboriginal Performance & Art

February 20, 2012 - March 3, 2012

Vancouver, BC - Full Circle First Nations Performance is very excited to present the 11th Annual Talking Stick Festival from February 20-March 3, 2012. This vibrant citywide festival provides a stage for extraordinary Aboriginal artists; established and emerging, national and international, performing live music, dance, theatre, multi-media, storytelling and performance art.

The festival will have performances and workshops that will take place in the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, The Cultch, Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites Vancouver Downtown and Grandview School.

Talking Stick Festival 2012 Highlights include:

  • Métis Mutt By Sheldon Elter
  • In a World Created by a Drunken God by Drew Hayden Taylor
  • Celebration of Powwow Culture! 
  • Chocolate Woman Dreams the Milky Way by Monique Mojica
  • Workshops and Artist Talks Series

Since its inception, the festival has become a place to honour Aboriginal tradition in contemporary forms, the artistic wealth of the people, and the promise of their future in Canada. The festival is a smorgasbord of Aboriginal artistic expression including, but not limited to music, dance, and spoken word and provides a stage for emerging and established artists.

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