Hold On Let Go 2025 - Raven Mother - Dancers of Damelahamid

When: Feb 6 @8pm // Feb 8 @5pm
Where: The Russian Hall (600 Campbell Ave. Vancouver)

Raven Mother is the Dancers of Damelahamid’s newly choreographed dance work in honour of late Elder Margaret Harris (1931 – 2020). Raven Mother illustrates the vast impact Elder Harris had on the revitalization of Indigenous dance along the Northwest Coast. Raven Mother illuminates the profound leadership of our mothers, their essential contribution in this resurgence, and the force and transformation of this awakening.

Raven Mother is the Dancers of Damelahamid’s most ambitious production and will be the culmination of generations of artistic and cultural work. With Raven Mother, movement, song, regalia, sculpture and design are interwoven with the embodied narrative. Raven Mother speaks to our current realities, drawing from a rich lineage of teachings and insights. Raven Mother is a tangible remembrance of a woman’s spirit, marking the shift between generations that has sparked a new role for our daughters as the force to hold their grandmother’s vision.

For HOLD ON LET GO, this will be a 30-minute excerpt of the full length work.

There will be a talk back following the show on Thursday, February 6th, facilitated by Michelle Olson, Co-Artistic Director of Raven Spirit Dance.