The Marius-Barbeau Documentation Center is happy to be partners with The Canadian Museum of Civilisation in its project « Marius Barbeau, a Canadian hero and his period 1883-1969 ».
We wish to acknowledge the financial support of the Department of Canadian Heritage through Canadian Culture Online.
On that site, Heritage Canada displays a sampling from a wealth of documents relating the history of the two dance companies.
Texts : Michel Cartier Choreography : Michel Cartier This suite portrays the Kwakiutl tribe’s (Alert Bay)« Hamatsa » ritual:
the war between the Night Goddess (Toghuit) and the Great Sun. along with his servants, the great ravens. The costumes are traditional, in particular the button blankets, chilkats blankets as well as several of the masks.
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