​​Emergent – Coming to be in a State of Emergency. DiverseWorks Inaugural Choreography, Emergent, is a living exploration of an Artist’s experience through a BIPOC lens. Bringing their own lived experiences and perspectives together as a diverse group of racialized and marginalized artists, Emergent explores the intersections of Afrocentric and Eurocentric traditional/classical approaches to technique […]

Kevin A. Ormsby, along with KasheDance, will draw from Pan-Africanist based movement and host the ‘Kultcha Live Yah’ series at Citadel + Compagnie during the Festival. The series includes in-person and online workshops leading up to a final performance, which will feature a spectrum of dancers performing against a backdrop of digital artwork. The series […]

Esie Mensah and Raechele Lovell – two artists who honour the voices that live within them and find themselves intrigued with seeing beyond their capacities. Drawing on their heritage, experiences and what it means to be an artist today, this mentor and mentee collaboration asks the question, “what does it mean to heal through intentional movement?” […]

Join us on select Wednesdays in January to experience Black and Free: New Art, an event that explores the multifaceted experiences of Blackness and freedom through historical and contemporary lenses. […]

THE WATAH THEATRE AND UBUNTU! DECOLONIAL ARTS CENTRE PRESENT THE DECOLONIAL FRAMEWORKS SYMPOSIUM FEATURING WORKSHOPS BY NINE BLACK ARTS PARTICIPANTS OF THE DECOLONIAL FRAMEWORKS PROGRAM; FACILITATED BY D’BI.YOUNG ANITAFRIKA USING […]

In Canada, the United States, Australia, and other settler colonies, the dispossession of Indigenous land is integral to histories of industrialization. Resource industries like forestry, mining and oil are inextricably […]