Dancing on stage to the Red River Jig has been a welcomed return to normal life for Dauphin’s D-Town Steppers. Coaches Kristy Chartrand and Amanda Chartrand co-founded the Métis dance crew with ...

Arnold Asham, president of the Asham Stompers, didn't really learn the Red River Jig until he was 50. Now 68, he says the joy of the dance, paired with an urge to pass down the Métis tradition ...

Fiddling is synonymous with Métis music, and has been part of Métis, First Nations and Inuit culture since the Europeans brought the instrument to North America. Fiddling and jigging go together, and ...

The Asham Stompers are stomping their way to Vancouver. The Métis dance troupe has won an audition to perform at this year’s Olympic Games. They’ll dance the famous Red River Jig and other ...

It originated in the Red River Region, with Audette's first video playing with his daughter showing them performing the Red River Jig, which Audette describe as "the anthem for the Red River Metis ...

When Yvonne Chartrand takes the stage to perform the Red River Jig, she is conscious that her ancestors once danced the same steps. The Métis performer has danced the high-paced and fiddle-led jig ...

Heather Foulds, an Assistant Professor as the University of Saskatchewan's College of Kinesiology, is conducting a fitness assessment of the Red River Jig, a fast-stepping traditional dance. Fould ...

The flashy Western-inspired outfits can be spotted from a mile away, but what really reels you in is the thunderous — and synchronized — clacking coming from the fancy footwork of the Asham Stompers. ...