DanceHouse and Dancers of Damelahamid present Elle Sofe Sara's Vástádus eana – The answer is land, February 23 and 24

Sámi choreographer-filmmaker’s new work is inspired by activism and Indigenous spiritual practices

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Vástádus eana – The answer is land. Photo by Antero Hein

DanceHouse and Dancers of Damelahamid present the Vancouver premiere of the politically charged, spiritually centred work Vástádus eana – The answer is land at the Vancouver Playhouse on February 23 and 24 at 8 pm.

Choreographed by Norway’s Elle Sofe Sara, the full-length work is a powerful exploration and reclamation of the central tenets of Sámi cultural identity: community and kinship between people and nature.

Sámi people are Indigenous to Sápmi, the traditional territory that spans the northern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula, including modern-day Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Russia. Having been subjected to near-total cultural obliteration through residential schools, language suppression, and religious conversion, the Sámi community now faces generational trauma caused by hundreds of years of colonialism.

Vástádus eana – The answer is land offers a return to dignity, healing, and ultimately the possibility of a new relationship with the natural world for the Sámi people.

For tickets and more information, see DanceHouse.

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