Ballet Kelowna: Cikilaxwm Controlled Burn SPOTLIGHT Dance Series
March 16, 2027
Location: Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre
Address: 3800 33 St
Time: 7:30 PMWebsite: View Website
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Ballet Kelowna: Cikilaxwm Controlled Burn SPOTLIGHT Dance Series
$49 Adult
$45 Senior 65+
$39 Youth up to 24 years old
*includes all fees & tax
Cikilaxʷm: Controlled Burn is a full-length narrative contemporary ballet by Tla’amin choreographer Cameron sinkʷə Fraser-Monroe. Set in a dystopian future where wildfire season has no end, the piece follows the journey of a young Indigenous firefighter whose beliefs are challenged when he meets Mothkʷ, a trickster-teacher figure and fierce protector of ancestral knowledge.
The word cikilaxʷm [tseekiLAHkwum] means “prescribed fire” in nsyilxən, the language belonging to the syilx (Okanagan) People referring to traditional fire stewardship that restores the land and revitalizes community. Featuring a commissioned score by Cree cellist and composer Cris Derksen, the production is further brought to life with evocative projections by Euro/Omushkego Cree artist Andy Moro and costume design by Navajo/Cherokee artist Asa Benally.
Co-produced by the National Creation Fund at Canada’s National Arts Centre, Cikilaxʷm: Controlled Burn is both a cultural reclamation and a vision of resilience, rooted in Indigenous knowledge and artistry.
“This is not a tale of apocalypse, but of perseverance.
Of memory that survives and endures.
Of land that remembers how to heal.”
— Cameron sinkʷə Fraser-Monroe
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre 3800 33 St
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$49 Adult
$45 Senior 65+
$39 Youth up to 24 years old
*includes all fees & tax
Cikilaxʷm: Controlled Burn is a full-length narrative contemporary ballet by Tla’amin choreographer Cameron sinkʷə Fraser-Monroe. Set in a dystopian future where wildfire season has no end, the piece follows the journey of a young Indigenous firefighter whose beliefs are challenged when he meets Mothkʷ, a trickster-teacher figure and fierce protector of ancestral knowledge.
The word cikilaxʷm [tseekiLAHkwum] means “prescribed fire” in nsyilxən, the language belonging to the syilx (Okanagan) People referring to traditional fire stewardship that restores the land and revitalizes community. Featuring a commissioned score by Cree cellist and composer Cris Derksen, the production is further brought to life with evocative projections by Euro/Omushkego Cree artist Andy Moro and costume design by Navajo/Cherokee artist Asa Benally.
Co-produced by the National Creation Fund at Canada’s National Arts Centre, Cikilaxʷm: Controlled Burn is both a cultural reclamation and a vision of resilience, rooted in Indigenous knowledge and artistry.
“This is not a tale of apocalypse, but of perseverance.
Of memory that survives and endures.
Of land that remembers how to heal.”
— Cameron sinkʷə Fraser-Monroe
