Sarah Prosper

Dancer & Artistic Director of Samqwan, Sarah Prosper is a 22 year old L’nu woman, from Mi’kmaq First Nation community Eskasoni (Wekwistoqnik ~ land of the firtrees). Sarah holds a B.Sc in Therapeutic Recreation and is ADAPT Certified. An accomplished creator and leader in arts dance and culture, Sarah has performed, collaborated, co-created, co-produced, and consulted in Indigenous inspired multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and intergenerational productions, most recently: Koqm(shalan joudry), Nutuwiek? (NS Choral Federation), Alan Sylliboy & The Thundermakers (Co-presented with Symphony NS), Fluid Forms - Utawtiwow Kijinaq (Mocean Dance & Sara Coffin), Ki’kwa’ju Reimagining Prokofiev’s Peter & the Wolf (FSPA, Christina Murray & Shelly MacDonald) and Lost Soul (George Woodhouse & the Public Service). Sarah creates and moves through topics of intergenerational healing, history, health, wellness, and truth, through these elements and stories of our history and the land, uplifting contemporary Indigenous artistry with an approach that is guided by Mi’kmaq spirituality. She hopes to incorporate Indigenous creativeness in movement of all forms and help others find their inherent ability to move freely with Ms~t No’kmaq (All My Relations).

Workshop

Moving in Mi’kma’ki invites you, a mover, artist, dancer, and person who wants to learn about the land we live from in Mi’kma’ki. Through these classes the Mi’kmaq language, elder relation teachings, and Indigenous based movement will be an integral component of our welcoming learning space for ALL. Becoming and understanding all of our relations by acknowledging we each have an inherent responsibility to our future history. Piskwa’ ~ Come In."
- Sarah Prosper