O.Dela Arts is proud to present this new Contemporary Indigenous dance-on-film performance in partnership with Shooting Gallery Performance Series. X̱wáýx̱way Swoon was created, performed and edited by O.Dela Arts Artistic Director, Olivia C. Davies (Anishinaabe) and filmed on location by Ed Spence, August 2020.

A love song to the lands and waters known as X̱wáýx̱way, aka Stanley Park, in Vancouver, BC, Canada that once was home to many great mothers. A woman settles into the liminal space where light and dark collide. Honoring the echoes of those who are no longer. Exaltation in new growth and the ripple of time.

Title: X̱wáýx̱way Swoon
Producer: O.Dela Arts
Length: 21min
Created, performed and edited by Olivia C. Davies
Music: “White Birch”, “Crickets”, and “Three” by Michael Red, additional poetry and sound fx by Olivia C. Davies
Videographer: Ed Spence
Location: X̱wáýx̱way Stanley Park, Coast Salish Territory, Vancouver, BC, Canada