Manaadjia
Wednesday
May 03, 2023
7:30pm
Venue Baumann Centre
After the death of her father 10 years ago, a family secret was revealed-she was Métis. Since then, Rebecca has engaged deeply in recovering, reclaiming and revitalizing the traditions and teachings from her Métis ancestors. Through stories and songs of her own creation, Rebecca takes you on a journey of her own ancestral reclamation through the Métis kitchen party, which she remembers from her childhood. Join Rebecca for a free pre-show song and story-sharing workshop, and join the kitchen party!
This event is produced by Intrepid Theatre as a part of Incoming Festival.
Manaadjia means ‘to take care of our people for a long time in Anishinaabemowin. Rebecca Hass (Métis, English, German) explores the bridge between her colonial world of opera singing and the traditions of her Métis ancestors in this show in development. The Métis tradition of visiting led to many family parties in her childhood, where Rebecca picked up the guitar and sang folk songs while her family step danced, played the spoons and sang a long. On those nights, filled with laughter, many a hunting and fishing story was told, and some of them even true. In this show Rebecca seeks to remind us all that songs and stories are a living tradition that can revitalize the ancestral knowledge in each of us.
With drum, guitar, voice and inspired by traditional teachings from her Elders, she invites you to join her for a good hearted, old fashioned Métis kitchen party.
Rebecca Manginoweh Huuputh Hass, (Métis, French, English, German) was the winner of the Nada Ristich Change Maker Ruby from Opera Canada for 2022. A mezzo-soprano who has appeared with just about every opera company and orchestra in Canada. The Director of Program Engagement and Partnerships for Pacific Opera Victoria. The creator of cabarets and one-woman shows. A vocal teacher and acting coach. A certified life coach and mentor to young singers across Canada. An accomplished broadcaster, documentary producer, podcast creator and host.
She’s also becoming internationally recognized for her passionate advocacy of theater and voice as a means to tell socially relevant stories, and opera as a tool for social activism. Rebecca is a member of the ANSWER drum group, an all-Indigenous women’s collective, and has been a grateful visitor on Lekwungen territory since 2005, where she lives with her husband Mike and rescue pooch, Rye Rye.
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