Michelle Olson is a member of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation and the Artistic Director of Raven Spirit Dance. She studied dance and performance at the University of New Mexico, the Aboriginal Arts Program at the Banff Centre and was an Ensemble Member of Full Circle First Nations Performance. Michelle works in areas of dance, theatre and opera as a choreographer, director, performer and movement coach. Her work has been seen on stages across Canada and most recently, overseas at the Kia Mau Festival in Aotearoa. She received her MFA in Directing from the UBC Theatre and Film Department and is a current faculty at Langara’s Studio 58.

Wayne Lavallee is a Métis multi-disciplinary artist based in Vancouver. In 1991 Wayne began training in theatre arts at the Spirit Song Native Theatre Company. Wayne is a two-time Juno nominee/international recording artist, as a film score composer Wayne has won 2 Leo Awards for the reality series “Dr. Savannah: Wild Rose Vet” and for Best Feature Score Bones of Crows, co-composed with Jesse Zubot. Wayne was also co-nominated along with Jesse Zubot and director Marie Clements for their original song You Are My Bones from Bones of Crows at the 2023 Canadian Screen Awards.

Kelly Daniels is a respected Plains Cree storyteller, award-winning recording artist, and traditional ceremonial singer from Saskatchewan who is widely known for his Native American Church peyote songs.

Floyd Favel is a fluent Cree speaker, traditionalist, cultural activist, theorist, playwright, essayist, journalist, actor, and theatre director. He is also the organizer of artistic events in his community and is the curator of the Chief Poundmaker Museum and the director of Miyawata Culture Inc.
Favel studied at the Centre for Indigenous Theatre, in Toronto, and internationally in Denmark and Italy.