and so we dance explores the contemporary realities and historic contexts of moving/movement through time and place. Specifically looking at the realities of being African Nova Scotian within the broader context of Black + African American performance traditions.
May 4th, 2026.
@mayworkskjipuktukhfx
Performers:
I’thandi Munro, Kay Macdonald
@ithandimunro@kaymackd
Soirée poésie en partenariat avec @ancrages au @laundromat_espresso_bar le 4 juin 2026.
Performance de danse de Kay MacDonald et I’thandi Munro, musique mixée et produite par Carmel Farahbakhsh.
📸 Mo Glitch
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Poetry night in partnership with @ancrages at @laundromat_espresso_bar on June 4, 2026.
Dance performance by Kay MacDonald and I’thandi Munro, with music mixed and produced by Carmel Farahbakhsh.
📸 Mo Glitch
and so we dance
May 2 @busstoptheatre
Created and performed by @kaymackd & @ithandimunro
KAY MACDONALD (they/them) is an African Nova Scotian, Acadian, Queer, Trans community educator, artist, activist, facilitator, and performance based artist born and raised in Kjipuktuk, Mi’kma’ki. Macdonald’s artistic practice has roots in interdisciplinary methodologies. Gathering and curating scores of improvisational movement, dance, sound, and visual arts culminating in various forms of performance. Their work explores themes of observation, culture, ancestral lineage, connection, community and place. Macdonald’s work seeks to unravel restrictive concepts of identity, belonging, liberation, and societal constructs. Macdonald views the intersection of advocacy, community building, and artistic processes as a means to disrupt and intervene in harmful colonial and white supremacist narratives. Photo: Matt Downey
I’THANDI MUNRO is an award winning dancer, performer, visual artist and educator, who has reached International recognition. She incorporates her lived experiences of her own cultural understanding within her artwork. She has a double major in Photography + Jewellery Design and Metalsmithing from NSCAD University. Munro has been facilitating within dance studios, Halifax Regional Arts, artist centers, and community programs for over a decade. Munro continuously seeks to learn new ways of making, teaching, collaborating, and continues to educate herself in a multitude of techniques. She has spent her entire life pursuing art but dancing is the constant base of creating throughout her professional career.
and so we dance | May 2, 7:30pm @busstoptheatre
Archiving and exploring movement through the cultural lenses of African Nova Scotian identity, Kay Macdonald @kaymackd and I'thandi Munro @ithandimunro explore cultural themes of tension, relation, freedom and love through the creative modalities of improvisation, contemporary dance and vocalization.
Ticket also gives admission to Be Eternal at 8:30pm. $10 in advance or $15 at the door. PWYC option available. Free childcare on site available. Website link in bio.
‼️ We need the Turret !!!! As many of you now know, HRM is initiating the buy back clause from the agreement originally signed with the Turret Arts Space. This means that the Turret and future anchor tenants are at immediate risk and need our support !!!
🪩 The Turret is a foundational part of our queer and trans stories and histories here in Kjipuktuk. We deeply believe in the radical and transformative possibilities of the Turret remaining under community ownership.
📣 Do you believe in this too? We need to build enough community power to sway Council and stop the repurchase!! Check out @turretarts.space for calls to action and ways to pledge 💰💌✨
Thank you all for sharing a beautiful evening with us tonight! 🪩
🌈 performance and panel discussion moderator kay macdonald @kaymackd
🎤 introductions by Roberta Barker, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences @dalhousieu
🔊 guest panelists I’thandi Munro @ithandimunro and Chris Cochrane (Elle Noir) @krisnoir
🩰 part of our current exhibition “It’s About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970 and Now”, curated by Dr. Seika Boye @seikalab in collaboration with @dancingblackcanada and @dancecollectiondanse
We gather. We chant. We sing. We rally — together.
Don’t stop. Don’t get complacent.
Call your MLA. Show up. Stay loud. Our voices matter, and change only happens when we keep pushing forward.
Our lovely lovely lovely setup crew getting the Turret building ready for today's phone blitz! sending our endless love to @kaymackd@fngass and @carmelyouthproject for getting the space setup and all of these fabulous shots! It truly takes a village <3
We're open 12-1:30pm at Turret Arts Space (1588 Barrington Street!), so excited to rally with you all!
We've got water bottles and masks to pick on your way to the Arts & Culture Rally plus some scripts for calling your municipal councillors who are considering a 10% cuts to arts, on top of the 30% cut from the province.
Let's show these politicians that we're stronger together! We're in complete solidarity with all sectors & peoples dealing with cuts from this violent budget.
STOP THE CUTS!
ENOUGH BULLSHIT!
COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP NOW!
This Thursday!
Join us for an evening of live performance and conversation as part of "It’s About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900–1970 and Now", curated by Dr. Seika Boye.
The night begins with a live activation by kay macdonald within their immersive installation "in this room – at the beginning of the night/at the end of the world". From there, kay will be joined by I’thandi Munro and Chris Cochrane (Elle Noir) for a panel reflecting on Black performance as lineage and living practice in Mi’kma’ki.
Movement as memory.
Preparation as ritual.
Performance as survival and celebration.
🗓 Thursday, March 5
⏰ 6:00–7:30 pm
📍 Dalhousie Art Gallery
Come early. Bring a friend.
#DalhousieArtGallery #DancingBlack #BlackPerformance #HalifaxArts #MiKmaKi #LiveArt
📷 Photo by Cody Turner
✨ Getting ready is never just getting ready.
On Thursday, March 5, join us in the gallery for an evening of performance and conversation presented as part of our current exhibition It’s About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900–1970 and Now curated by Dr. Seika Boye.
Halifax/Kjipuktuk-based artists kay macdonald, I’thandi Munro, and Chris Cochrane (Elle Noir) will gather to reflect on Black performance as lineage and living practice in Mi’kma’ki, exploring how movement carries memory, how artists prepare to be seen, and how performance becomes a site of community, survival, and transformation.
The event unfolds within macdonald’s immersive installation "in this room – at the beginning of the night/at the end of the world", a space layered with clothing, sound, and reflection. Here, preparation becomes ritual: an act of self-fashioning, remembrance, and readiness. The evening begins with a live activation of the installation by macdonald, marking a new iteration of the work.
We invite you to be in the space to witness, to listen, and to take part in this shared conversation.
🗓 Thursday, March 5, 2026
⏰ 6:00–7:30 pm
📍 Dalhousie Art Gallery
#DalhousieArtGallery #BlackPerformance #DancingBlack #MiKmaKi #Kjipuktuk #HalifaxArts #LiveArt #BlackArtMatters
Photo credit: Steve Farmer
