Alberta Tour / November 2025
The Cowboy Act Suite and Other Works program features a stunning lineup of signature works from Ballet Kelowna’s contemporary ballet repertoire. With Cameron sinkʷə Fraser-Monroe’s compelling taqəš, Guillaume Côté’s mesmerizing Bolero, and Fraser-Monroe’s satirical The Cowboy Act Suite, this high-energy program promises to please a wide range of spectators.
TAQƏŠ | Cameron sinkʷə Fraser-Monroe
PHOTO: ABIGAIL sawchuk | THE ARTISTS OF BALLET KELOWNA
Cameron sinkʷə Fraser-Monroe brings his classical ballet training, knowledge of traditional Coast Salish, Grass, and Hoop Dance, and experience as a contemporary dancer to taqəš [tawKESH], which means “to return something” in Ayajuthem, the language belonging to the Homalco, Klahoose, K’omoks and Tla’amin Nations. Set to several songs by Polaris Prize-winning composer and singer Jeremy Dutcher, taqəš follows the traditional story “Raven Returns the Water,” centred around ῤoho (raven) and walθ (frog).
CAMROSE, AB
The Cowboy Act Suite and Other Works
Thursday, November 13, 2025 / 7:30 PM
Jeanne & Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre
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SLAVE LAKE, AB
The Cowboy Act Suite and Other Works
Sunday, November 16, 2025 / 7:30 PM
Stage North Theatre Society
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PRINCE ALBERT, SK
The Cowboy Act Suite and Other Works
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 / 7:30 PM
EA Rawlinson Centre for the Arts
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LLYODMINISTER, AB
The Cowboy Act Suite and Other Works
Saturday, November 22, 2025 / 7:30 PM
Vic Juba Community Theatre
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FORT SASKATCHEWAN, AB
The Cowboy Act Suite and Other Works
Tuesday, November 25, 2025 / 7:30 PM
Shell Theatre
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BOLERO | GUILLAUME CÔTÉ
PHOTO: ABIGAIL sawchuk | THE ARTISTS OF BALLET KELOWNA
National Ballet of Canada Choreographic Associate Guillaume Côté brings strength and fragility to a fascinating interpretation of the beloved Bolero by Maurice Ravel, one of music’s most famous and identifiable melodies. A “riveting tour de force” (Dance Magazine), Bolero features breathtaking lifts and virtuosic choreography.
THE COWBOY ACT SUITE | Cameron sinkʷə Fraser-Monroe
PHOTO: CHRISTINE LOVE-HEWITT | DANCERS: ASHLEY RABINOVITCH AND KURT WERNER
Audiences will be transported to the Wild West in Cameron sinkʷə Fraser-Monroe’s The Cowboy Act Suite, a work that explores the dichotomy between “Cowboys and Indians” set to music by Mohawk singer/songwriter Tom Wilson. While these caricatures have been portrayed on pages, stages, and in films, they are often penned from a colonial perspective. Fraser-Monroe’s intuitive take on the swashbuckling strut of the Cowboy informs this intellectual unpacking of a one-sided lens and flips the script to ask, what happens when an Indian directs the Cowboys through their history?