I’ve seen Bollywood films, I’ve listened to Bollywood songs, I’ve watched Bollywood videos, but I hadn’t tried Bollywood dance. Until last week. Bollywood Dance During the Alianait Arts Festival, Kuljit Sodhi, from the Ottawa-based Indian music group Galitcha, put on…
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I’m told there is only one place in Nunavut where trees grow. Except, now I forget and all the information I have found states otherwise. The land is treeless tundra that covers endless ground over mountains and around communities,…
I first saw hip hop dancing in the arctic when I was in Clyde River, Nunavut. Not only did the youth who were dancing have fun, but hip hop gave them something to do when the days were dark and…
I stood looking out across the Sylvia Grinnell River in the park of the same name. I was about one kilometre from Iqaluit, Nunavut on my last night in the arctic. The tide was high at 7:30 pm, the sun…
Dettrick Hala has been drum dancing since he was 15 years old. Now in his early 20s, he performs with a group of Inuit drum dancers from Kugluktuk in western Nunavut. Alianait Arts Festival, Iqaluit Dettrick travelled solo to Iqaluit…
I know that food is expensive up north. It has to be: a sealift brings in dry goods once a year for those who want to order direct (I’m told it’s about $10,000 per year), or you can buy from…
