Public Energy Performing Arts launches its 33rd season with “Blood, Water, Earth” on Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m. at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, 140 Charlotte St.

“Blood, Water, Earth” is an elemental multimedia performance work by acclaimed dancer, creator, and Member of the Order of Canada, Santee Tekaronhiáhkhwa Smith, and Kaha:wi Dance Theatre.

The performance weaves dance, visual imagery, and live music to channel the ancestral, elemental, and dream worlds. It portrays the wide range of what is woman: warrior, leader, mother, and huntress.

Smith is an internationally-recognized leader in the performing arts; a multidisciplinary artist and producer from the Kahnyen’kehà:ka (Mohawk) Nation, Turtle Clan from Ohswé:ken/Six Nations of the Grand River.

Her journey to becoming a dancer and choreographer began when, recovering from two broken legs, she entered Canada’s National Ballet School.

There she completed six years of training, followed by studying theatre, and earning three university degrees. In 2005, she founded Kaha:wi Dance Theatre. Her body of work now includes 16 productions and numerous short works. Smith is a sought-after teacher and speaker on the performing arts and Indigenous........

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