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Santee Smith
Santee works as a choreographer,
dancer,
singer, and pottery designer.
As an artist, she is committed
to sharing traditional and contemporary
stories of her
indigenous culture. Santee
attended the National Ballet School of Canada in Toronto, from
1982-1988. In 1997-2001, she was a part of the Aboriginal Dance Project, Chinook Winds at the
Banff Centre for the Arts, as a dancer, choreographer's assistant
and guest artist. Santee performed the leading role of First Woman
in the workshop production and world premiere of BONES: An
Aboriginal Dance Opera. The world premiere of Santee's full-scale
production of Kaha:wi will occur at the Premiere Dance Theatre, Harbourfront
Centre, Toronto on June 3-6, 2004. Currently Santee is completing
her MA in Dance at York University. The title of her Major
Research Paper is Cultural Transmission
Through Contemporary Iroquoian Song and Dance. She will be
conducting interviews within her community about bridging the gap
between contemporary and traditional aspects of Iroquoian culture.
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