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Blood Tides features the incredible master dance artist Marina Acevedo. She grounds her performance in the strength of her ancestors.

Blood Tides premiere footage from FirstON Performing Arts Centre / Celebration of Nations, St Catherines, Ontario, Canada - May 1, 2018

Marina started her professional studies in dance in Oaxaca, Mexico, where she was born. She holds a Bachelor´s Degree in “Art Education with a specialty in Dance” from the Center for Arts Education Miguel Cabrera of the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature (INBAL), as well as a major in “Dance Creation” from INBA’s Choreographic Research Center. Her training includes: Choreography, Limón Technique, Improvisation, Contact Improvisation, Topf, Release, Butoh, Videodance, Flying Low, among others. She is a collaborator on projects with national and international choreographers and companies such as Eterno Caracol, En Dos Partes, El Cuerpo Mutable, Tándem Dance Company, Proyecto Bará, Red Sky Company, Tribal Crackling Wind Company, Kaha:wi Dance Theatre. In 1998, she was awarded a Scholarship for Artistic Development by the FOESCA in Oaxaca, and later, in 2002 she won a prize for “Best Female Performance” in the "Alas para danzar un sueño". In 2011 she was invited by the Limón Dance Company to work in José Limón's “Missa Brevis” for the Mexico-New York tour. Currently, she teaches dance at INBA’s Choreographic Research Center and at the National College of Dance “Nellie y Gloria Campobello”, and continues collaborating with Eterno Caracol Dance Company.

Production - Kaha:wi Dance Theatre
Managing Artistic Director/Producer, Concept, Design, Dance Artist - Santee Smith
Dance Artists - Marina Acevedo, Jahra ‘Rager’ Wasasala, Julianne Blackbird
Creation Process Dance Artists - Sophie Williams, Nancy Wijohn, Kura Te Waati, Raelyn Metcalf, Irma Villafuerte
Dramaturgy - Monique Mojica
Cultural Advisor, Outside Eye, Vocals (Māori Karanga, Waiata) - Ngāhuia Murphy
Cultural Advisors - Louise McDonald, Dawn Martin-Hill, Leigh Smith
Video Designer, Creation Outside Eye - Louise Potiki Bryant
Set, Lighting Designer - Andy Moro
Costume Designer - Adriana Fulop
Score Composer, Arrangement - Cris Derksen
Song Composers - Pura Fé, Semiah Kaha:wi Smith
Musicians - Paddy Free (percussion), Adrian Dion Harjo (percussion, additional scoring, mix/master)
Taonga Pūoro - Jo’el Komene
Musical Engineer - Damian Lunson
Pottery - Steve T. Smith, Talking Earth Pottery
Video Technical Director - Ryan Webber
Production Manager - Evan Sandham
Stage Manager - Kennedy Brooks
General Manager (past) - Cynthia Lickers-Sage
Recorded at Toi-Ohomai Institute of Technology (NZ), Jukasa (Six Nations)
Set Construction - John Hobbs at Great Lakes Scenic Studio
Archival Video recording and editor: Shane Powless
Company Sponsors - Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council
Production Partners - Woodland Cultural Centre, McMaster University - Indigenous Studies Department

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