The Indigenous Performing Arts Alliance is hosting its first in-person gathering since the COVID-19 pandemic in Halifax. The group meets every two years in different locations.
When the first iteration of Sky Dancers was presented soon after, it was only 15 minutes and three scenes long and it involved just a few dancers. "It started really tiny, like a seed," Diabo says.
Diabo enlarged her work over several years, thanks to grants such as the $120,000 she received from the NAC s National Creation Fund, which since 2018 has provided about $3 million annually to support new theatre, dance and music projects.