Origins – Festival of First Nations
Date: 23 October - 3 November 2013, and 27-29 November
Location: London
Host: Border Crossings Theatre Company
For Origins 2013, Border Crossings is bringing to London some of the world’s foremost indigenous musicians, dancers and choreographers, theatre-makers, visual artists, film-makers and cooks, to perform and inform, to exhibit and explain, to debate and celebrate.
We will lead you into extraordinary adventures, experiences and cultural encounters. Most of our artists are being seen in London for the first time, and will share with you sights, sounds and stories which originate far from any beaten track.
First Nations are ancient cultures – including Aboriginal Australian, Inuit, Maori, Maya, Native American, Pacific Islanders, Papuan, Sámi, Saharawi, and Gaelic.
An ancient culture is not a dead culture, and the artists in Origins are not purveyors of museum pieces and tourist tat. Rather, these are artists whose deep cultural roots give them powerful and specific viewpoints on the key issues of the current moment: on climate change and human rights, on migration and globalisation.
Origins is more than an international arts festival: it is a space for dialogue between First Nations artists and London audiences.
There’s something here for everyone – something truly different – encounters that you will always remember.
Find out more at: http://www.originsfestival.com/
Events include:
Dance – Copper Promises by Victoria Hunt: (25, 26 October 8.00pm, – The Place, Dukes Road WC1)
Film – The Orator (Sat 26th October, 1.00pm, Rich Mix Bethnal Green Road E1)
Theatre – GAFA: A family called Samoa (29, 30 October and 1 November, 7.00 pm, Testbed1, Parkgate Road, 33 Parkgate Rd, Battersea SW11 4NP)
Music – Indigie Femme (Sun 27th October, 4.30pm, Rich Mix Bethnal Green Road E1)
Special Event – An Evening of Truth and Reconciliation, featuring Ngati Ranana. (Tues 29th October, 7.30pm, Rich Mix Bethnal Green Road E1)
Participation – Haka workshop (Sat 2nd November, 11.00am, Rich Mix, Bethnal Green Road E1)
As the Maori say: Tena koutou katoa – welcome everyone
To be added to our emailing list, please send a request to info@bordercrossings.org.uk
