Raven Spirit Dance Society

03/30/2026

Our $20 for 20 years fundraiser is on now until April 15th!

✨As our 20th Anniversary season comes to a close, we invite you to join us in continuing to empower our ongoing vision of creating & sharing contemporary Indigenous dance.

We are committed to nurturing the vitality of new creations and carving out spaces for more Indigenous art to be shared, seen, and witnessed.

Celebrate our next chapter with a $20 donation, which includes a one-year Community Circle membership. A meaningful way to honor this milestone and carry the work forward with us.

Click link in comments to make your contribution today, we are grateful for your support! ✨

03/15/2026

MONDAY EVENINGS for the next 4 weeks! POWWOW with Nyla Bedard

March 16- April 6, 5:15-6:45
The Dance Centre

Register Here:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/pow-wow-bootcamp-tickets-1982315802929

03/11/2026

IT'S BACK. Powwow Bootcamp w/ Nyla Carpentier

Tell a friend 😊😆😁

Monday nights at the Scotiabank Dance
March 16th - April 6 , doors at 5pm, class starts at 5:15pm.

Each workout class will build on each other, the first will focus on the basic steps of traditional.

Come on out dancing!

REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/pow-wow-bootcamp-tickets-1982315802929?aff=

02/26/2026

VIDF chatted with Jeanette Kotowich about the relational process driving BOLT, in this candid + playful interview for the Living Room series.

INTERVIEW - https://vidf.ca/lr-jeanette.html

March 5 + 7 BOLT WORLD premiere
info + tickets: https://vidf.ca/jeanette-kotowich.html

co-produced and community support by Raven Spirit Dance

02/25/2026

Jeanette Kotowich premieres BOLT March 5 + 7, 8:30PM at the Annex Theatre, MST Territory [Vancouver] at VIDF.

co-produced and community partner - Raven Spirit Dance

Click the link for more information, tickets, and other VIDF offerings!

With the support of British Columbia Arts Council + Canada Council for the Arts + City of Vancouver [Odd Meridian Arts] + Vancouver International Dance Festival

02/25/2026

where did you go?
By Michelle Olson - work in development studio sharing at Matriarchs Uprising Feb 2026

Listen to CBC interview with Michelle
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-43-north-by-northwest/clip/16198046-michelle-olson-where-go

02/05/2026

Been a whirlwind 48 hours here in Toronto…getting excited for our opening night tomorrow! 🤩

02/03/2026

Blasting off to ! Full box office is open * Buy your TICKETS + PASSES now * vidf.ca/tickets.html

We've launched the TICKETS for VIDF 2026, including sliding scale pricing, child/youth rates, donation top-ups + pay-it-forward options, so you can pay what you want!

We also continue to offer PASSES options, which provide the best value for folks ages 26 + up.

VIDF promotes access to meaningful dance experiences for everyone * The stage is set for dance to connect us this Mar 4–14, with OFFSITES + OUTREACH happening Feb 28–Mar 15 * vidf.ca/

📸 Aluma

02/03/2026

Interview with our amazing composer Edgardo Moreno who composed both pieces for the double-bill this week in Toronto…What a gift to collaborate with him over all of these years 🙏

02/03/2026

Limited tickets available for Opening Night of ‘Niimi’iwe Dance Double Bill’
Thursday, February 5
7:30PM

Featuring:
“Conversations: Hidden Stories”
by Vanguardia Dance Projects & Aanmitaagzi
and
“Spine of the Mother”
by Raven Spirit Dance

Niimi’iwe Dance Double Bill
February 5-8, 2026
Tickets: PWYC, Starting at $20.00

Spine of the Mother photo (Top) by Yasu Okada
Conversations: Hidden Stories photo (Bottom) by Colin Boyd Shafer

01/30/2026

Next week…back to Toronto we go! 💕🙏