Karen Jamieson Dance: Gluk

The Dance Centre presents
International Dance Day 2025

Film screening: Karen Jamieson Dance Gluk

Gluk focuses on Karen Jamieson’s seminal dance work Stone Soup and its British Columbia tour in 1995-1997. Central to Stone Soup is the Gitxsan concept of Gluk: a ceremony of redoing a wrong.

Doreen Jensen, Hahl Yee, Gitxsan elder and a beloved friend and mentor to Jamieson, proposed the concept to create a dance that would fulfill a Gluk by asking permission to enter and dance on each of the First Nations territories they came to.

Through archive footage and new interviews, the film recounts this groundbreaking project which sought to build bridges of understanding and to advance truth and reconciliation, decades ahead of its time. Followed by a reception and light refreshments.

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• Duration: 90 minutes

• Accessibility: This performance takes place in the Faris Family Studio, our intimate black box theatre space, which is wheelchair-accessible. When booking tickets, patrons who use wheelchairs or other mobility aids should select the ‘accessible’ seat type to ensure seating in the front row which is stair-free: limited spaces available. There are wheelchair-accessible washrooms in the theatre lobby. Please contact us if you require any assistance.

Tickets are available on a sliding scale:

Regular $15 (+$1 facility fee)
Supporting $25 (+$1 facility fee)
Free! 

Photo courtesy of Karen Jamieson Dance: Stone Soup Tour 1997, Kitsukalum Hall, Tsimshian Nation.