Ann Cousins is a mixed-blood Dene artist who loves working publicly, teaching all ages of our First Nations history and traditional crafts. She has taught on a number of platforms.
Short Film: Les marionnettes
Like the aurora borealis that dance above in our northern skies, the Francophone culture, in all its diversity, will be shining bright at this year’s Deep Freeze: A Byzantine Winter Fête. The centrepiece of the Francophone promenade will be “Les marionnettes,” an installation of light, sound, and poetry tucked into the trees of Borden Park. Visitors will be brought into a world where the stars sing and a fiddler makes the northern lights dance.
Design and Creation: Gaetan Benoit and Kevin Green
Poem: Katrine Deniset
Production Assistant: William Lee Pratt
Soundscape: Raphaël Freynet
Violin: Daniel Gervais
Video produced by Moving Artistry Productions
Camera: Justin Brunelle
Editing: Erica Cawagas
2Moods
On stage he is nicknamed 2Moods; this young man from Kinshasa, currently living in Canada, in the city of Edmonton AB, started making music under the style of Hip Hop rap in the summer of 2015. He has participated in Polyfonik 2016 winning the prize for the award-winning song. He has presented his show during Afro Fest 2017, Make music 2017, French twists 2016 and 2017, etc ...
Sur scène on le surnomme 2Moods ; Ce jeune homme originaire du Congo Kinshasa, présentement vivant au Canada, dans la ville d’edmonton AB, a commencé à faire de la musique sous le style du Hip Hop rap en été 2015. Il participe à Polyfonik 2016 et remporte le prix de la chanson primée. Il a présenté son spectacle lors Afro fest 2017, Make music 2017, French twists 2016 et 2017, etc…
Amanda Lamothe
Amanda Lamothe is a native flutist / native dance instructor and cultural workshop instructor.
Brianna Lizotte
Brianna is an artist, a teacher, and community leader, and is deeply proud of her Metis heritage. She currently lives in Edmonton, AB, and is pursuing a degree in music.
Caley Watts
Caley Watts is a songwriter, producer, and artist of Cree ancestry. She currently resides in Bella Coola, BC. Find her music at “Caley Watts Music” on Facebook.
Cindy Paul
Cindy Paul's rich vocals and rhythms combine for a melodic and insightful journey through your imagination and into your heart. On a small ranch near Fort Vermilion, Alberta, a young girl of Metis/Cree descent discovered the power of combining her voice with a guitar. By fifteen, she was composing her own songs, and at twenty one, she walked into a studio, paid for an hour session and walked out with her first demo. This was the beginning of a lifelong friendship with Barry Allen at Homestead Recorders and Cindy Paul's dream of recording her own songs. In 2001, Cindy completed her first full length album produced by Gord Matthews and Barry Allen at the Homestead studio in Edmonton, Alberta which featured a track written in 1990 inspired by a Residential School survivor called He Can Fancy Dance. In the spring of 2015, a video of He Can Fancy Dance had been shared over a million times on social media which propelled the official release of This Northern Girl for international sale.
Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company
Named after the Cheremosh River that separates the regions of Bukovyna and Halychyna in Ukraine, the Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company easily matches the river’s boisterousness and vivacity. Founded by Chester and Luba Kuc, and under the Artistic Direction of Ballet Master, Mykola Kanevets, the Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company maintains a strong reputation as a successful and accomplished leader in Ukrainian dance, exciting audiences since 1969