Savage Society is seeking a Skilled Facilitator to guide our Strategic Planning process. We are an Indigenous-led arts organization dedicated to telling our own stories through traditional and contemporary perspectives, centering land-based practices and Story Sovereignty. See our Website for Details & how to apply: https://lnkd.in/gkMvJwAJ #StrategicPlanning #Facilitator #IndigenousArts #ArtsLeadership #CommunityEngagement #CulturalLeadership #NonprofitLeadership #BoardDevelopment #ArtsAndCulture #IndigenousLed #StorySovereignty #Nlakapamux #InteriorBC
Savage Production Society
Performing Arts
Vancouver , British Columbia 191 followers
We tell our own stories sourcing traditional and contemporary Indigenous perspectives.
About us
We tell our stories sourcing traditional and contemporary Indigenous perspectives We develop work that reflects our world view, sourcing stories and cosmologies and contemporary realities as Indigenous people for both professional and community settings The process we use draws on a lands-based approach to the dramaturgy of the plays we create. Traditional storytelling protocols require the person(s) telling the story to know where each story comes from and the land it references. The process of creating stories engages with the land as a starting point. This involves learning the traditional importance of these places from elders Savage Society was created to be a vehicle through which the members could produce our own stories as practising Theatre and Film Artists of Indigenous descent Cultural Context “Savage” carries a negative connotation in western society which has abhorred the natural state of the world, endeavoring to dominate, confine, and exploit it rather than to live with or in support of it. We see Savage as meaning humanity in its natural state, humanity in nature. Savages are angry that modern society is brutal and barbarous, with a history of fiercely attacking The People as we seek to live in our natural state. Savage Society seeks to attack fiercely ignorance and preconceived notions. In our natural state, regardless of race, wealth, or status, we are equally human; we are all part of The Savage Society Core Values • Story Sovereignty: Create space for Indigenous individuals & communities to locate themselves in their stories • Community Activation: Art is a powerful tool to amplify & empower community voices to contribute to Indigenous self-determination • Cultural Embodiment: We ground our work in our identities, practices, and living cultures • Interconnection: Honor the connection between people, place, community, and all living things • Mentorship: We support artists and our community with deep care, respect, and intentionality
- Website
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https://www.savagesociety.ca/
External link for Savage Production Society
- Industry
- Performing Arts
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Vancouver , British Columbia
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2003
- Specialties
- theatre, arts, Indigenous, storytelling, music, performing arts, and Nlakapamux
Locations
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Primary
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Vancouver , British Columbia , CA
Employees at Savage Production Society
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Sherri Sadler
Marketing & Communications Professional | Specializing in Culture & the Arts
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Kevin Loring
Artistic Director, Indigenous Theatre, National Arts Centre of Canada Artistic Director at Savage Production Society
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Amy Wertz
Arts Manager/Producer
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Darylina Powderface
Storyteller
Updates
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Savage Production Society, an N'lakapamux-led arts organization, is embarking on a Strategic Planning process. We’re looking for a facilitator who can hold space for meaningful, values-driven strategic planning. Deadline: August 15. https://lnkd.in/gkMvJwAJ
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Check out this excellent FT position available with the National Arts Centre | Centre national des Arts Indigenous Theatre.
Managing Director, Indigenous Theatre/Théâtre autochtone at National Arts Centre | Centre national des Arts
We are so pleased to be able to post this full-time opportunity with Indigenous Theatre at the NAC. Love details, organizing, and working with a great team? Check this out: Nous sommes si heureux de pouvoir afficher cette opportunité à temps plein avec le Théâtre autochtone au CNA. Vous aimez les détails, l’organisation et le travail avec une équipe formidable ? Regarde ce qui suit: https://lnkd.in/exbHeSVN https://lnkd.in/en93tUQg
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As the final performance of Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer fast approaches, (Venables Theatre this Friday, March 21st, Oliver, BC), we pay tribute to the talented creative team who brought this production to life, beginning with our very own Artistic Director, Kevin Loring! KEVIN LORING PLAYWRIGHT & DIRECTOR Kevin is Nlaka’pamux from the Lytton First Nation in British Columbia, Kevin is an award-winning Actor, Playwright, Director and Producer. Kevin is a graduate of Studio 58 Theatre training program and was a member of Margo Kane’s Full Circle: First Nations Performance Ensemble. His first published play, Where the Blood Mixes has received multiple productions and was nominated for numerous awards across the country winning three Jessie Richardson awards for theatre in Vancouver and the 2009 Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama. He was the Playwright in Residence at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa in 2010, as well as an ensemble member of the National Arts Centre English Theatre Acting Company. He played Shakespeare’s villainous ‘Edmund’ in the National Arts Centre’s production of King Lear, featuring a cast of all Indigenous actors. In 2008 he co-wrote, coproduced and co-hosted the feature-length Documentary, Canyon War: The Untold Story, which won top prizes at the Houston International Film and Video Festival and The New York Independent Film and Video Festival. In 2017 he became the first Artistic Director of Indigenous Theatre at the National Arts Centre of Canada in Ottawa. Recently he co-wrote Lytton: Climate Change, Colonialism and Life Before the Fire, published by Penguin Random House on sale now wherever you buy books. Kevin Loring Venables Theatre https://lnkd.in/gQzFFf9T