Non-Indigenous involvement in Indigenous performance arts: a starting point for reconciliation?
| dc.contributor.author | Henderson, Emily | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Kulchyski, Peter (Native Studies) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Cariou, Warren (English, Film, Theatre and Media) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Miller, Cary (Native Studies) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-09-11T18:52:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-09-11T18:52:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-07-23 | en_US |
| dc.date.submitted | 2019-09-11T17:00:19Z | en |
| dc.degree.discipline | Native Studies | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts (M.A.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis investigates whether non-Indigenous individuals can be participants in the Indigenous performance arts field in order for the work to contribute to the reconciliation process in Canada. A questionnaire and an interview was administered to the Indigenous and non-Indigenous production, performance and audience members of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s 2014 production Going Home Star – Truth and Reconciliation i) to determine whether there are appropriate roles for non-Indigenous performers in any aspect of Indigenous performance ii) to ascertain if the Indigenous performance arts can be used as a space for cross-cultural collaboration and iii) to establish ethical best practices for non-Indigenous individuals to be participants in this field. The interviews determined that non-Indigenous individuals can be participants in Indigenous performance arts. However, it is recommended that first, an effort should be made to recruit and offer roles to qualified Indigenous artists, in addition to verifying that the performance is a productive space for cross-cultural collaboration in order to work toward the goal of reconciliation. In regard to ethical best practices, the participants’ responses resulted in the creation of four protocols: Indigenous Community and Elder Involvement, Education, Indigenous Culture and Ceremony, and Personal Reflection which should be enacted in every cross-cultural collaboration in order to ensure its success. The thesis concludes that cross-cultural collaboration in the Indigenous performance arts is a productive space for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians to contribute to the conversations of reconciliation. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | October 2019 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/34216 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | Performance arts | en_US |
| dc.subject | Royal Winnipeg Ballet | en_US |
| dc.subject | Reconciliation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Indigenous / Non-Indigenous | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cross-cultural collaboration | en_US |
| dc.title | Non-Indigenous involvement in Indigenous performance arts: a starting point for reconciliation? | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |
| local.subject.manitoba | yes | en_US |