Hermitess + Jessica McMann
A Music Performance Film by Lotus Media, in partnership with New Works Calgary
Streaming November 19 - December 3 2021 on Vimeo
Ticket prices range from Pay What You Can to $30
A gorgeous new concert film featuring Calgary’s most beloved band-of-witches, Hermitess, and Cree flautist, composer, contemporary dancer, and choreographer Jessica McMann. The film will also feature a brand-new multimedia collaboration between Jessica McMann and Jennifer Creighton. Collaboration commissioned by New Works Calgary, with our Quenten Doolittle commission fund.
Featuring
jessica McMann
Jessica McMann is a Cree (Cowessess, SK) musician, contemporary dancer and choreographer. She is also a classically trained flutist with a Bachelor of Music from the University of Calgary and an MFA in Contemporary Arts from Simon Fraser University. Her recent compositions and soundscapes explore Indigenous identity and history. She is also co-founder and co-director Wild Mint Arts, an Indigenous arts company. Currently her personal experience, Two-Spirit identity, Cree and Blackfoot language, history of powwow and hoop dancing, and the strength of Indigenous women guide her current contemporary dance work. She works regularly with Elijah Wells, a Blackfoot animator to bring the stories of Transgender, Two-Spirit and Queer persons alive.
HERMITESS
Hermitess is the project of songwriter, visual artist and harpist Jennifer Crighton. Dreaming simultaneously in music and images, her projects are often approached with the sensibility of curator, intent on a carefully imagined collection of collaborators, stories and set pieces. Sonically, layered orchestral textures, choral voices, and pedal driven magic all conjuring a vivid dream.
