Cree-Saulteaux Metis performing artist, Margo Kane is the Founder and Artistic Managing Director of Full Circle: First Nations Performance. With a career spanning over 50 years, she has made significant contributions as an actor, performing artist, and community cultural worker. Her commitment to sharing meaningful artistic performances with Indigenous peoples has been the driving force behind her extensive work, travels, and consultations with Indigenous communities throughout Canada and abroad. Kane’s celebrated one-woman production, Moonlodge, is regarded as an Indigenous Canadian classic. The show toured nationally and internationally for more than a decade, earning high praise from critics and audiences alike. During the inaugural Festival of the Dreaming in Australia, The Sydney Press lauded the performance, describing it as "in the top echelon of solo performance."
As a trailblazer in Indigenous Performing Arts, she developed and runs the annual Talking Stick Festival which celebrating its 20th Anniversary in 2021 and numerous programs including Moccasin Trek: Arts on the Move!, Indian Acts and an Indigenous Producer’s Program in Vancouver. These initiatives have provided valuable opportunities for Indigenous artists and have fostered community engagement through the arts.
Margo Kane’s outstanding contributions to the performing arts have been recognized with several prestigious awards and honors including an International Citation of Merit from ISPA – International Society for the Performing Arts, an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of the Fraser Valley, the Order of Canada from the Governor-General, an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from SFU – Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC., and the National Arts Centre Award for Distinguished Contribution to Touring, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
