Cikilaxʷm: Controlled Burn
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Cameron sinkʷə Fraser-Monroe returns with his newest work, Cikilaxʷm: Controlled Burn, a full-length narrative ballet that blazes across time and tradition.
Featuring an original commissioned score by Cree cellist and composer Cris Derksen, the work is brought to life through projections by Euro/Omushkego Cree artist Andy Moro and costumes by Navajo/Cherokee designer Asa Benally, each layering the stage with history and meaning. Set in a dystopian future of endless wildfire seasons, the ballet follows a young Indigenous firefighter whose beliefs are challenged when he meets Mothkʷ, a fierce guardian of ancestral knowledge who practices cultural burning. The word cikilaxʷm [tseekiLAHkwum] means “prescribed fire” in nsyilxcən, the language of the syilx (Okanagan) People, referring to traditional land practices that nourish the land and community through healing and renewal.
📍Rotary Hall Studio Theatre
🗓️February 12, 2027 at 7:30PM
🎟️$55 – Tier 1 | $42 – Tier 2 | $35 – Tier 3
*Membership program discounts available.
$15 – Student Rate (15 & Under)
https://www.chilliwackculturalcentre.ca/ccc-event/cikilax%ca%b7m-controlled-burn/
Featuring an original commissioned score by Cree cellist and composer Cris Derksen, the work is brought to life through projections by Euro/Omushkego Cree artist Andy Moro and costumes by Navajo/Cherokee designer Asa Benally, each layering the stage with history and meaning. Set in a dystopian future of endless wildfire seasons, the ballet follows a young Indigenous firefighter whose beliefs are challenged when he meets Mothkʷ, a fierce guardian of ancestral knowledge who practices cultural burning. The word cikilaxʷm [tseekiLAHkwum] means “prescribed fire” in nsyilxcən, the language of the syilx (Okanagan) People, referring to traditional land practices that nourish the land and community through healing and renewal.
📍Rotary Hall Studio Theatre
🗓️February 12, 2027 at 7:30PM
🎟️$55 – Tier 1 | $42 – Tier 2 | $35 – Tier 3
*Membership program discounts available.
$15 – Student Rate (15 & Under)
https://www.chilliwackculturalcentre.ca/ccc-event/cikilax%ca%b7m-controlled-burn/
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9201 Corbould Street, Chilliwack, BC, Canada, British Columbia V2P 4A6
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Host or PublisherChilliwack Arts & Cultural Centre
