Prismatic Arts Festival

13/11/2024

Winter Moons has officially opened and we are so delighted to partner with for this world premiere!

Join us for this breathtaking dance-theatre hybrid from Nestuita’si Storytelling, which follows L’nu Firekeepers as they keep the sacred spark alive through the three moons of winter in Mi’kma’ki.

Conceived by Shalan Joudry and choreographed by Sarah Prosper, Winter Moons weaves pre-colonial legends and star stories into a mesmerizing 75-minute performance.

📅 November 12-24, 2024
📍 Scotiabank Studio Stage, Neptune Theatre
🎟️ www.neptunetheatre.com

Produced by Nestuita’si Storytelling, in partnership with - Winter Moons is a powerful celebration of Mi’kmaq culture with unforgettable visuals and storytelling.

Join us for an extraordinary journey! 🎭💃🏽

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26/10/2024

One more show tonight!!

24/10/2024

See you this weekend! ✨

JUNO Award and two-time Polaris Prize winner (including 2024 album of the year), Jeremy Dutcher is a two-spirit song carrier, composer, activist, and ethnomusicologist from Tobique First Nation who is known for his unique and beautiful blend of traditional Indigenous music and contemporary classical...

22/10/2024

We absolutely loved Ali Enriquez's performance at Prismatic 2024! ✨

Thank you CBC Nova Scotia for highlighting this incredible artist!

Ali Enriquez is a multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter who moved from Cuba to Canada to study music when she was in Grade 9. Now she’s working on her soun...

17/10/2024

The one and only Jeremy Dutcher will be performing with Symphony Nova Scotia in Kjipuktuk on Friday, October 25th and Saturday, October 26th!

Prismatic is thrilled be part of bringing you this extraordinary concert, as a community partner of Symphony Nova Scotia! ✨

On Saturday, October 26th, join us for a community meet and greet with Jeremy at the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre - all are welcome! 🌻

PERFORMANCES
🗓 Friday, October 25th & Saturday, October 26th
⏰ 7:30 PM
📍 Dalhousie Arts Centre - Rebecca Cohn Auditorium
🎟 https://symphonynovascotia.ca/concerts-and-tickets/concerts/rebecca-cohn-auditorium/jeremy-dutcher-2024/

MEET & GREET WITH Jeremy Dutcher
🗓 Saturday, October 26th
⏰ 12:45PM
📍 Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre - Joan Glode Room
🎟 FREE

16/10/2024

We are so excited for this beautiful event with the Arrivals Legacy Project team! Mark your calendars!

Weaving New Legacies of Knowing, with Diane Roberts

A lecture presented by the Fountain School Acting program,
in partnership with the Prismatic Arts Festival and the Arrivals Legacy Project.

Oct. 25 | 10:00-11:30am
Room 406, Dal Arts Centre
Free and open to the public

What are the legacies that call us and what must we leave behind?
Join Arrivals Legacy Project’s founding Artistic Director Diane Roberts for a public lecture about her research related to guiding artists to discover their culturally storied bodies through dynamic embodied explorations between self and the larger world. This is an opportunity for performers, writers, singers, educators, change leaders, and creatives of all disciplines to learn how collaborative space can allow for cross-cultural exchange and performative story-making that explores where ancestral histories meet.
An accomplished director, dramaturg, writer, and cultural animator, Diane Roberts has collaborated with innovative theatre visionaries and interdisciplinary artists for over 30 years. Her directorial and dramaturgical work has been seen on stages across Canada and her reputation as a mentor, teacher, and community collaborator is nationally and internationally recognised. The roots of storytelling and multidisciplinary art forms (mixing of ritual song, dance, storytelling, live art, and theatre) drive her arts practice as a director, dramaturg, and cultural animator. Her intuitive style of facilitation draws on specifically crafted creative engagement tools that inspire artists of all disciplines and cultural backgrounds to unearth their authentic creative impulses.
Prismatic Arts Festival Arrivals Legacy Project pounds per square inch performance Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Dalhousie University Dal Student Life

16/10/2024

A big thank you to our friends at CBC Nova Scotia for helping us highlight the incredible talents of Linda Carvery and her show Watch Over Me, that we presented in partnership with Mulgrave Road Theatre! ✨🌸🥳

Linda Carvery is an award-winning singer and performer, whose latest project is “Watch Over Me," a blend of story and song based on her life growing up in th...

10/10/2024

Are you joining us this weekend for this beautiful show?! 🌸✨

03/10/2024

Surprise‼️😁

We've heard some requests and thought we'd make this year's festival extra special by giving away a few more tickets to our show "Harmonies & Hues" tomorrow night! 🫶🏼

The first 10 people to DM us will get a free ticket to Harmonies & Hues, a mesmerizing night of artistry and creativity at the iconic Joseph Strug Hall in Halifax!

Harmonies & Hues is a multidisciplinary showcase of arts featuring prolific Nigerian artist Ibe Ananaba, a powerful performance of BLACKOUT by Erasure Art collective and a concert by GRAMMY nominated Afro-Indigenous singer and sound healer, Mumu Fresh.

This show is put on with assistance from and , we're excited to see you there!

02/10/2024

This show run is almost SOLD OUT - get your ticket before it is too late!

I didn’t know until today that the oldest story ever

02/10/2024

Only a few days of Prismatic left! Come see some of the incredible shows!

Crisp air, cozy sweaters, and warm drinks. It must be October! 🍂And to paraphrase Lucy Maud Montgomery, we're also glad we "live in a world where there are Octobers"; especially since October is jampacked with fun and exciting festivals and events taking place in Downtown Halifax. Below is a qui...

30/09/2024

We're happy to start off this week with an announcement that tonight's show "An Evening With Prismatic" is SOLD OUT‼️

Thank you to everyone for your excitement for this years festival! Our other shows are getting close to being fully booked so make sure to get your tickets before it's too late!

Looking forward to seeing everyone coming tonight! 😁

29/09/2024

Are you ready for a Pop Up Prismatic event⁉️🎉

Head to the Lion's head tavern tonight to see 's band Moneka Arabic Jazz perform at 8pm in the final set of our friend 's Sunday Jazz Series! 😁

Come chat to some of the other artists in the 2024 festival as part of our Industry Series - TALK: Connections!

📅 TONIGHT at 8pm
📍 Lion's Head Tavern, 3085 Robie Street
🎟️ FREE, subject to seating availability at the Lion's Head.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

29/09/2024

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Tonight I attended the Live Art Dance presentation of Kaha:Wi Dance Theatre’s Homelands as part of the Prismatic Arts Festival. There were just two performances of this show in Halifax, tonight and last night, but the Prismatic Festival is just getting started, and this is Live Art Dance’s first...

28/09/2024

Prismatic Arts Festival and are thrilled to present facilitator at the ANSMA Town Hall, for a conversation with featured host about creating space when there is none, the power of being present, and, education/self ownership as an independent artist.

In 2020 Mumu founded her own online music education platform called "Muniversity Studies", a reimagined music education program that approaches the business of creating & releasing music from a culturally responsible, independent and holistic perspective.

📅 Saturday October 5th | 6:30 -9:00 PM
📍 The Macphee Centre for Creative Learning
🎟️ Drop in! Seating and space may be limited

27/09/2024

GIVEAWAY CLOSED | 😁 In celebration of the Festival's official start we are giving away tickets to "Homelands" by Kaha:wi Dance theatre, presented with Live Art Dance!

The first 5 people to DM us will receive 2 free tickets to either tonight or tomorrow night's show!

⏱️ 8:00PM
📅Fri, Sept 27th & Sat, Sept 28th
📍 Dalhousie's Dunn theatre