A new type of performance is taking the stage in Vancouver to showcase Métis songs and stories.
An acoustic band will join Vancouver-based Métis artist Andrea Menard to perform Rubaboo, a Métis cabaret performance featuring songs that explore themes of unity, love and truth and reconciliation.
“‘Rubaboo’ is a Michif word that means ‘soup’ … rubaboo is me and it’s the Métis culture because we’re also a mix of different languages, different locations, different peoples,” said Menard.
“I wanted that word, that flavour and that spirit of the Michif meal, feast to come together into a show.”
Menard says the show is her way of guiding people to “walk toward reconciliation” through music and singing.
She says she hopes the production will make
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