Red Star Women is a First Nations contemporary performance group from the Blackfoot Confederacy made up of three First Nations female performers (Andrea, Shaneen and Simone) with diverse backgrounds in acting, choreography, dancing, directing and singing, with Whirlwind Warriors- Lennie and Nathan. Red Star Women creates, choreographs, directs and performs in dance and song creations based on traditional and contemporary expressions of Blackfoot First Nations culture, identity and knowledge expressed through the Fine Arts. Red Star Women has collaborated, performed and studied with numerous accomplished and established choreographers, directors and educators from national and international corners, at places like The Banff Centre for the Arts, Centre for Indigenous Theatre, Trent University, University of Lethbridge, and Calgary, Alberta, as well as the United States. We, the “Nitsitapi’ – ‘Real People’ are Whirlwinds that move through this world, awakening, dancing, dreaming, shifting and soaring through our existence, our struggles and success, and our voice. The generation of our youth today is instrumental in continuing to whirlwind throughout this world, in our way of life, and around those we encounter to honor those who walked before us. Together, we gather, search, recover, find, sing and dance as beings that embody the memories of our ancestors who we live through today and who live through us tomorrow.Andrea True Joy Fox was recently crowned Miss Blackfoot Canada 2008 and will be representing Alberta, Canada, and the Blackfoot First Nations by competing in the 2008 Miss Indian World Pageant in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Gathering of Nations. Her platform as Miss Blackfoot Canada 2008 and as a professional First Nations performer is creating awareness, and promoting First Nations Traditional and Contemporary performing arts for and through the arts, education, and multi-cultural communities, both nationally and internationally.Red Star Women and Whirlwind Warriors travel nationally and internationally to perform and facilitate workshops that focus on suicide prevention and intervention. They recently visited the First Nations communities in the Northwest Territories to perform and facilitate youth workshops on suicide prevention. Their Traditional and Contemporary performances promote the cultural and educational aspect of healthy choices and lifestyles and youth leadership and empowerment.For Booking information please contact:
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