Lara Kramer

Lara Kramer is a Canadian dancer and artist.^[1] She is Oji-Cree (Ojibwe and Cree) and she closely links her work to memory, examining issues of social, political, cultural importance for Canada and First Nations Peoples.

Her work Native Girl Syndrome (NGS) was well received and deals with her family's history and experiences of Canadian Indian Residential Schools.^[2] In addition to NGS, she has created several feature length performance pieces such as. This Time Will Be Different, Tame, Of Good Moral Character, Fragments, which explore family and personal, complex, multilayered experiences, including from the Pelican Lake Indian Residential School and street life. Kramer intends these experiences to speak to assimilation, cultural disorientation, confinement, survival, and human connection. Her works have been presented in Montreal, Ottawa, Peterborough, Toronto, Regina, Edmonton, Banff and Vancouver, gaining her recognition as an important Indigenous voice in Canada. She has been artist-in-residence across Canada and in Australia, and faculty of the Indigenous Dance Residency at the Banff Centre.

Education

Lara Kramer graduated with a BFA in Contemporary Dance from Concordia University, Montréal (2008).

Creations

This time will be different, 2017^[3]
Tame, 2015
Native Girl Syndrome, (NGS) 2013^[4]
Of good moral character, 2011
Fragments, 2009
"The Indian Problem," 2008

References

^ "Dancing on the Edge: a trio of thought-provoking works". The Globe and Mail. 2013-07-08. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
^ Mohr-Blakeney, Victoria (October 17, 2015). "Calm Amid the Chaos". The Dance Current. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
^ Mignacca, Franca G. (January 17, 2017). "A Celebration of Indigenous Artists". The Link. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
^ Montpetit, Caroline (2016-03-09). "Sur les traces de l'itinérance autochtone". Le Devoir (in French). ISSN 0319-0722. Retrieved 2017-11-09.

[1] "Dancing on the Edge: a trio of thought-provoking works". The Globe and Mail. 2013-07-08. Retrieved 2017-11-08.

[2] Mohr-Blakeney, Victoria (October 17, 2015). "Calm Amid the Chaos". The Dance Current. Retrieved 2017-11-08.

[3] Mignacca, Franca G. (January 17, 2017). "A Celebration of Indigenous Artists". The Link. Retrieved 2017-11-09.

[4] Montpetit, Caroline (2016-03-09). "Sur les traces de l'itinérance autochtone". Le Devoir (in French). ISSN 0319-0722. Retrieved 2017-11-09.

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