The 2020 edition of the Coastal Dance Festival celebrates the future of Indigenous culture and emergence of intergenerational leadership. Highlights this year include New Zealand’s Tuakana and the Teina Leadership Academy Group (TNT), a company of young artists aged 5 to 18 making their Vancouver debut. There will also be the musician duo Tooma Laisa and Leanna Wilson, drum dancers and throat singers of traditional Inuit songs. Several festival favourites are returning to the program too, including the Squamish-based dance company Spakwus Slolem and the Haida company Rainbow Creek Dancers, featuring renowned artists Robert Davidson and Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson.

Signature Performance is February 28 from 7:30–9:30pm at the Anvil Centre (Tickets $25);
Festival Stage Performances are February 29 & March 1 from 1–4pm at the Anvil Centre (By donation)

Info at damelahamid.ca.