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IETM 2016 Spring Plenary

April 13 to 17, 2015 – Amsterdam, The Netherlands IETM (International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts) is a membership organization which exists to stimulate the quality, development and contexts of contemporary performing arts in a global environment by facilitating professional networking. More than 500 member organizations come from about 50 countries, and from some of the […]

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writing residency for Okinum

From April 4-14, 2016 –  Unique in Canada, the Gros Morne Playwrights’ Residency invited 6 playwrights from across Canada to participate in a 10-day playwriting retreat in Norris Point, Newfoundland and was headed by two national new play development centres: Playwrights’ Workshop Montreal (PWM) and the Centre des auteurs dramatiques (CEAD). Writers Sarah Berthiaume (QC), Emma Haché (NB), Michael Mackenzie (QC), Émilie Monnet (QC), Donna-Michelle St.

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First Nations Exchange at APAM

From February 20-27, 2016 – For the first time, a formal exchange program between Indigenous artists and professionals from Australia, New Zealand and Canada took place at the Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM), February 20 to 27, 2016 in Brisbane, Australia. APAM is Australia’s leading, internationally focused industry event for contemporary performing arts. The event welcomes over 600 delegates

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Tsekan: artistic residency at Aux Écuries theatre

February 02-06, 2016 Une nouvelle étape de création pour le spectacle TSEKAN avait lieu à Montréal au courant de la première semaine de Janvier. L’équipe de création était accueillie par le théâtre Aux Écuries à Montréal. In light of the Seven Fires prophecy, Tsekan looks at pressing, even alarming, issues such as the destruction of the environment,

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Performing Embodied Oralities in the Americas

On December 14-15th 2015, Emilie Monnet and Waira Nina were invited to participate in the Performing Embodied Oralities in the Americas working group, in Bogota Colombia. Together, they presented the history of their ongoing collaboration and the artistic process behind the creation of Nigamon/Tunai. This gathering of scholars, artists and activists explored the multiplicity of oral practices

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Mooniyaang: first research and creation phase

October 13 to 23, 2015 – Mooniyaang, Anishinabemowin name for Montreal, is one of Onishka’s upcoming projects about the History of this territory. Indigenous perspectives on the History of Montreal are still difficult to access. As artists, how do we make use of our artistic sensibilities so as to question and transform the dominant historical discourses? How do Indigenous

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Performing Turtle Island

September 17-19, 2015,  University of Regina and First Nations University of Canada  – Performing Turtle Island brings together established and emerging scholars and artists in the form of a national symposium on how Indigenous theatre and performance are connected to Indigenous identity and community health. THEME: As Canada approaches its 150th birthday, the nation prepares to celebrate

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Workshops in schools

Au courant de l’hiver 2015, Onishka a lancé un programme d’ateliers destinés la fois aux groupes scolaires, au milieu académique, ainsi qu’aux organismes communautaires. Ces ateliers interactifs développés en collaboration par Émilie Monnet et Amélie Girard, présentent l’historique et les projets artistiques de la compagnie, en abordant certaines thématiques qui sont au coeur de son

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