Balmoral Hotel

2016 — 9 min

Balmoral Hotel is a screendance work by Wayne Wapeemukwa, produced in 2016.

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Synopsis

A dance through Vancouver's Downtown Eastside serves as a haunting metaphor for the life of an Indigenous sex worker.

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The Final Word from Angel

Angel Gates and Wayne Wapeemukwa

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Duration: 9 min 47 sec
Year: 2016
Format: 35mm
Digitized

Sound universe: Classical music, opera
Indigenous music
Visual universe: Urban landscapes, city
Type of movement: Indigenous traditional and contemporary dance
Improvisation
Performance
Solo

Theme: Indigeneity, Indigenous women
Empowerment, healing, resilience
Identity, portrait
Urbanity
Feminism, sorority
Type: Choreographic fiction
City and province: Vancouver, British Columbia

Direction: Wayne Wapeemukwa
Choreography: Yvonne Chartrand
Interpretation: Angel Gates
Camera: Shayne Zwickel
Editing: Wayne Wapeemukwa
Original music: Cris Derksen
Sound design: Matt Drake