Santee Smith

Santee Smith
CM
Smith receiving the 2019 Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prize
19th Chancellor of McMaster University
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 21, 2019
Preceded bySuzanne Labarge
Personal details
Children1[1]
Alma materMcMaster University

Santee Smith Tekaronhiáhkhwa CM is a Canadian Mohawk multidisciplinary artist, dancer, designer, producer, and choreographer.[2][3][4] She has used her voice and research to create dance works representing Indigenous identities.[5][6] She is an advocate for Indigenous performances and is one of Canada's most dominating dance artists.[3][6] Santee Smith has amassed multiple awards throughout her career and in 2019, she was appointed Chancellor of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.[3]

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  2. ^ Public Energy (September 15, 2015). "Kaha:wi Dance Theatre The Honouring". Public Energy.
  3. ^ a b c "SANTEE SMITH". KAHA:WI DANCE THEATRE. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  4. ^ "Santee Smith will be McMaster's next Chancellor". Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  5. ^ Worlding dance. Susan Leigh Foster. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England]: Palgrave Macmillan. 2009. ISBN 978-0-230-20594-9. OCLC 318670648.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. ^ a b "Meet Artist, Santee Smith". Woodland Cultural Centre. May 14, 2021. Retrieved December 9, 2021.