Skeleton Canoe
Written and Performed by Ty Defoe
The story of young Nawbin as they leave home and set out on a rites of passage through a season of their life. Their journey along the water to discover their truth and way back to themselves and ancestral knowledge. Along the way they discover unexpected friends, weather storms, and gain a canoe! Through the use of puppetry, traditional Anishinaabe lifeways, and multimedia design, Skeleton Canoe makes known what is just below the water’s surface. A work-in-progress showing presented by All My Relations Collective and the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival.
Collaborators: Ty Defoe, Katherine Freer, Mark Denning, Lux Haac, Emma Deane, Oliva Shortt, Katrina Brown Akootchook, Kris Waymire, Blair Thomas, Kevin Finney, Maggie Finney, Angus Bush, Jenna Wood, Jae Vega, Amanda Sayed, Ari Berk
Macdowell Fellowship
December 2022 Ty Defoe and Kate Freer journey to the MacDowell residency for a story and puppet development residency.
Chicago Intertnation Puppet Festival work-in-progress showing
January 29th + 30th 2021 the team came together for the first time to present a work-in-progress of Skeleton Canoe at the American Indian Center of Chicago in partnership with the International Puppet Festival of Chicago.
Alongside the performance, the Makkukers lead a Bark Etching workshop, free for the community to learn some of the traditional techniques that went into creating some of the objects in the piece.
Contact
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Email
SkeletonCanoe@gmail.com