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Santee Smith’s SKéN:NEN carries her culture beyond apocalypse

SKéN:NEN, the newest work from Kaha:wi Dance Theatre, fuses movement, narrative, music, and ambitious projection design to tell the story of a young Kahnyen’kehàka woman, Niyoh, who flees her home of Six Nations after a climate catastrophe in the year 2050.

By Nathaniel Hanula-James / May 3, 2024