Yvonne Chartrand is a contemporary choreographer and dancer as well as a national award-winning master Métis jigger. She is a 7th generation Mitchif from her ancestral community of St. Laurent, Manitoba. In 2000, Yvonne co-founded V’ni Dansi (“Come and Dance” in Mitchif) where she continues to act as sole Artistic Director. Yvonne’s Métis dance work was passed onto her through many Métis Elders and she is dedicated to preserving traditional Métis dance in Canada. Yvonne is a winner of the 2011 Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award from the Canada Council for the Arts.
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