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Led by Artistic Director Santee Smith, Continuance – Immersive Commemoration is a powerful multimedia performance premiering in 2026 on the grounds of the former Mohawk Institute Indian Residential School. In collaboration with the Woodland Cultural Centre, this commemorative event will transform the site into a space of resilience, remembrance, and cultural revitalization.

Through dance, song, and immersive imagery, Continuance honours ancestor survivors and their families while creatively acknowledging Indigenous survivance, and reclaims Kanyen’kéha (Mohawk Language), Rotinonhsión:nisymbolism and way of thinking—elements Residential Schools sought to erase. This globally significant and community-driven performance invites audiences to witness, reflect, and engage in a profound act of truth-sharing, art as medicine, and creative resistance.

As a part of the creation process, Continuance collaborators will be in residency at the LIVElab in April 2025, investigating creative and audience response to the performance.

There will be several opportunities to engage with at the LIVELab including open studio times for observation, panel talk and performances with post-performance discussion with collaborators.

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About Kaha:wi Dance Theatre

Kaha:wi Dance Theatre is a Rotinonhsyón:ni led company renowned for exquisitely produced and viscerally impactful performances, embodying stories which cultivate space for transformation, dialogue and connection to Indigenous knowledge and experience. Founded in 2005 by Ohswé:ken/Six Nations of the Grand River based Artistic Director Santee Smith, Kaha:wi (Ga-HA-Wee) means “to carry” in Kanyen’kéha (Mohawk language). Based in Ohswé:ken and Tkarón:to’/Toronto, Sharing new Indigenous performance, embodied and multidisciplinary storytelling Smith’s work is focused on Indigenous methodology, interdisciplinary and intergenerational work.

Artistic and community research for performances delved into ancestral memory, Onkwehónwe:néha mind-set and strive to align with and share truth, creativity, and story. The company plans and hosts land-based creation labs such as “Inviting the Land to Shape Us” and offers educational opportunities through masterclasses and workshops.

Reaching audiences regional to global, Kaha:wi Dance Theatre ignites awareness and sparks opportunities for collaborations and exchange.