A Giant Magnet World Premiere Commission The Spirit of Kooeex
1st Nations
About Tahqua
These are seasoned performers with over 150 years of combined experience, veterans of many national tours, who combine the best of contemporary funk, rock, rap and jazz with resonances of their traditional culture. The combination is uplifting, evocative and a stinging rebuke to anyone who believes their cultures have faded away.
About The Spirit of Kooeex Kooeex (pronounced coo-eek) is the Tlingit word for potlatch.The potlatch is a festival or ceremony practiced among Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. At these gatherings a family or hereditary leader hosts guests in his family’s house and holds a feast for them. The main purpose of the potlatch is the re-distribution and reciprocity of wealth. This way, those who have great wealth share with those who have little or nothing, thereby strengthening the whole society. In Kooeex, Tahqua’s great wealth is cultural. And they’re planning to share with Giant Magnet audiences their abundance of humor, musicality, artistic expertise and spirit in an hour-long kooeex for the senses.
Show Info
Eve Alvord Theatre
Pantages Theatre in Tacoma
50 minutes
We suggest ages 6+
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Show Times – Seattle
Day
Date
Time
Code
Tues
5/11
11:30am
T05
Wed
5/12
11:30am
T13
Thur
5/13
1:00pm
T24
Sat
5/15
3:00pm
School/Org Tickets
Type
Price
School/Org.
$9.00
Subsidized
$4.50
Schools/Groups: this show can be part of a package rate. Order now!
2010 Performers
A Giant Magnet World Premiere Commission
The Spirit of Kooeex
1st Nations
About Tahqua
These are seasoned performers with over 150 years of combined experience, veterans of many national tours, who combine the best of contemporary funk, rock, rap and jazz with resonances of their traditional culture. The combination is uplifting, evocative and a stinging rebuke to anyone who believes their cultures have faded away.
About The Spirit of Kooeex
Kooeex (pronounced coo-eek) is the Tlingit word for potlatch.The potlatch is a festival or ceremony practiced among Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. At these gatherings a family or hereditary leader hosts guests in his family’s house and holds a feast for them. The main purpose of the potlatch is the re-distribution and reciprocity of wealth. This way, those who have great wealth share with those who have little or nothing, thereby strengthening the whole society. In Kooeex, Tahqua’s great wealth is cultural. And they’re planning to share with Giant Magnet audiences their abundance of humor, musicality, artistic expertise and spirit in an hour-long kooeex for the senses.