FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre

Kaha:wi Dance Theatre

SKéN:NEN aims to engage, educate, and inspire dialogue on pressing environmental and cultural issues that resonate with all audiences ages 11 and up.

Experience the theatrical premiere of Kaha:wi Dance Theatre’s SKéN:NEN, an immersive dance performance with a powerful narrative that is rooted in cultural knowledge and transcends time and place. Through mesmerizing choreography, storytelling, and innovative design, SKéN:NEN explores Indigenous resilience within the self, community, and natural world.

The Kanyen'kéha (Mohawk) word skén:nen (Sgah:nah) translates to mean peace and balance. On the edge of collapse in an uncertain and imbalanced reality, SKéN:NEN is set in an imagined post-environmental-catastrophe. We witness the journey of a young Kahnyen’kehàka girl and other climate survivors who need to revitalize humanity’s interconnectedness with an environment in recovery. For the young girl this means remembering her rites of passage and learning from the earth.