Dzunuḵ̓wa

Date

Sat 10 May

Venue

Checker Box
Corner of Swanston Street & Little Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

Dzunuḵ̓wa is the wild woman of the woods. Stirring the Pacific Northwest forest depths and emerging from Kwakwaka'wakw oral traditions, Dzunuḵ̓wa is a legend amongst the people and a colossal, supernatural, and wily force.
Dance
Visual Art
Free

Originally passed on through story to warn children away from the forest, her existence becomes increasingly challenged as the land is exploited by colonial forces; where will our stories go as the forest disappears?

Through movement and dance, this piece begins to reveal the cross-hatching of Dzunuḵ̓wa and urban life as her story bleeds onto the pavement of cities, even as far as Melbourne, Australia.

Performance Details

Venue

Checker Box

Corner of Swanston Street & Little Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000


Dates & Times

Sat 10 May 7:30pm & 8:30pm


Tickets

Free, no booking required

Dance and Visual Artist

Gwagwadaxla (Rayn Cook-Thomas), Kwakwaka'wakw.


Gwagwadaxla (Rayn Cook-Thomas) Gwagwadaxla (Rayn Cook-Thomas, he/him) is an emerging Kwakwaka'wakw artist who specializes in contemporary dance choreography and formline art.

Audience members will be standing.

  • Wheelchair Accessible

    Wheelchair Accessible

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.