Refusing White Supremacy in Theatre
I read this blog post Indigenizing Canadian academia and the insidious problem of white possessiveness by Zoe Todd and found so many...
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Kim Senklip Harvey
- Oct 20, 2018
The Vulnerability of Comedy
Laughter is medicine. It has a healing power like nothing else and Kamloopa beyond any academic authority has absolutely taught me that....
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Oct 13, 2018
Hello Cree and Metis Treaty 6 Territory
We've had the World Premiere in Tk'emlúps at WCT and the Coast Salish Premiere at The Cultch and now we're a few days away from having...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Oct 5, 2018
Active Artistic Ceremony
As the Fire Creator I've been deep into this ceremony going on 4 months now. The Igniters lit this about 3 months ago and the Holders...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Sep 23, 2018
Knowledge Sharing
To have knowledge is a privilege and when gifted with a teaching it's an Indigenous practice to then share those teachings with others....
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Sep 16, 2018
An Opening
Today is a big day of celebrating because we give Kamloopa to the community. There's something very remarkable happening here and the...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Sep 14, 2018
The Fire Holders and Fire Company of Kamloopa
We are close my friends, Saturday September 15th is the official World Premiere of Kamloopa. People thoughtfully keep asking me how I'm...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Sep 9, 2018
Holy Chit Kamloopa is Here!
We just finished week 3 of creating the artistic ceremony that is Kamloopa. To lean into the 7 Grandmother teachings I'm going to be...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Sep 3, 2018
Indigenous Theatre is Medicine
Headed into week 3 of rehearsal for Kamloopa and there have been so many teachings this far that I feel so grateful for. The Fire Company...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Aug 27, 2018
Temporal Dreams and a Podcast
I've recently been learning to understand how to celebrate the here and now as impermanent as it is. We just finished the first week of...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Aug 20, 2018
Protocols for the Indigenous Artistic Ceremony Kamloopa
It's day 1 of the Kamloopa portion of the Indigenous artistic ceremony we're creating and the power and energy is ancestrally kinetic....
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Aug 14, 2018
Building the Fire: the Kamloopa Podcast
We're T-7 days from heading to Tk’emlúps to start working on building the ceremony that is Kamloopa: An Indigenous Matriarch Story. I'm...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Aug 10, 2018
Equity in Action: Access to the Fire
This past week has been jam packed with awesome. I was able to attend the Kamloopa Pow Wow with Kaitlyn Yott last weekend limelet Western...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Jul 31, 2018
Land Based Dramaturgy: Creating Indigenous Theatre
I've spent the last week Directing a workshop of Quelemia Sparrows new show and working closely with Dramaturg Dr. Lindsay Lachance...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Jul 21, 2018
The Badass Women of Kamloopa
I'm currently on Toquaht territory doing some deep work on this Indigenous theatre methodology, specifically for my next show Kamloopa....
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Jul 17, 2018
What We Celebrate Matters: Our Totems
Vancouver’s professional theatre awards The Jessie’s were last night. Not everyone believes in awards and there are valid questions...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Jul 13, 2018
Dignity and Safety Denied in the Arts.
I read an article this morning about Angela Gladue a dancer for A Tribe Called Red who was in Winnipeg 4 days ago and was being chased by...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Jul 7, 2018
Knowing our Foundations
The B.C Arts Council just released their new strategic plan Foundations for 2018-2022 which you can access here. This post is about...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Jun 29, 2018
The Treaty
On the morning of May 18th 2018, Daryl Cloran Artistic Director of The Citadel Theatre, Ashlie Corcoran Artistic Director of the Arts...
Kim Senklip Harvey
- Jun 21, 2018
NIPped.
National Indigenous Peoples (NIP) day is very conflicting for me. I feel like every minute of my life is Indigenous peoples day, my work...