Native Earth Performing Arts is excited to announce the 38th edition of Weesageechak Begins to Dance will take place November 21 - November 30, 2025 at Aki Studio in Toronto. Weesageechak Begins to Dance is an annual festival showcasing new works and works-in-development by Indigenous creators from across Turtle Island and beyond.Each night of the festival will feature a double bill with presentations from two (or three!) Weesageechak creators. The festival theme for the 38th Weesageechak Begins to Dance is Complexities and Curiosities, weaving stories, conversations, workshops, and more around a fulsome gathering of creativity and inspiration.We invite you to join us in this continued celebration of Indigenous theatre, dance, and multidisciplinary works!
Weesageechak Begins to Dance 38 Projects are:
Presentations
• Squeaky by Tara Beagan (Ntlaka’pamux)
• Children of the Bear by Todd Houseman (Nehiyaw)
• Don’t Bring Him Back by Cameron sinkʷə Fraser-Monroe (Tla'amin First Nation)
• Northern Indigenous Play Readings presented by Gwaandak Theatre
• How Bono Saved my Life (Three Times) by Sonya Ballantyne (Swampy Cree)
• mi historia que no es única by Jessica Esmeralda Zepeda (Kuskatan)
• The Curse of Stolen Seeds by Jillian Morris (Kanien’kehaka and a band member of Six Nations of the Grand River Territory)
• Conditions to Strike by Montana Summers (Oneida Nation of the Thames)
• ʔa·kinq̓uku by Samantha Sutherland (Ktunaxa)
Workshop Stream in association with Factory Theatre
• Tiger Lily by Frances Koncan (Anishinaabe from Couchiching First Nation)
• Bone Pickers by Bailey Bornyk (Michif)
RSVP Forms for Ancillary Programming coming soon!