Living Legends is renowned for its exhilarating performance of dances, music, and traditions representing the Native American, Latin American, and Polynesian cultures.

This Brigham Young University ensemble pays tribute to their ancestors and inspire all in attendance to recognize the value of preserving and honouring culture through their performance of Seasons.

The Living Legends will bring their performance to Cranbrook on April 29, at 7:30 p.m., at the Key City Theatre.

Tickets are $15 and can be purchased online at www.keycitytheatre.com, at the box office or 250-426-7006. Everyone is invited to witness the breath-taking spectacular.

The Living Legends tour begins April 28, in Kalispell, Montana before they travel to Cranbrook, Penticton, Vernon, Merritt, Kamloops, Prince George and Prince Rupert in British Columbia. On May 9 the team will continue to Alaska, ferrying and driving between Ketchikan, Juneau, Fairbanks and Anchorage. This tour marks the Living Legends fourth tour of Alaska and fifth to British Columbia.

Seasons draws from the legend of an ancient ancestor who was carried on “wings of fire” to a land far across the waters of his homeland. From this central story line come the “seasons” of the title – the Seasons of Promise, Plenty, Prosperity, War and Rebirth. All cultures that are part of Living Legends join together to showcase the struggles and joys of human nature experienced by all peoples, no matter the region they call home.

The ensemble is excited to bring dances native to the region of Alaska and British Columbia. The native Alaskan dance Yupik expresses through the hands of the dancers fishing exploits and the building of friendships. A Native American number called “Go My Son” emphasizes the importance of family, education and service. These dances have a special meaning when performed as a gift to their native people.

Living Legends has also been applauded worldwide in the Pacific Islands, Australia, Canada, Europe, South America and Central America. One of the main goals of Living Legends is to encourage all to take pride in their individual heritage and to continuously better themselves, as illustrated by a statement from the Office of Culture in Guatemala: “You performance was wonderful. Your presence here teaches our people something – to have high ideals and to walk proud as a people.”

Living Legends originates in the Department of Dance, College of Fine Arts and Communications, at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. BYU is one of the largest private universities in the United States with an enrollment of 30,000 students from the United States and 120 foreign countries.

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