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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 […]

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

Novembre 11, 2015 Onishka was one of the four laureates to be awarded the Jeunes Mécènes pour les Arts 2015 award. These awards are made up of personal donations from a group of young professionals in Montreal committed to support emerging creators that are innovative in their approach and artistic disciplines. Montreal Arts Council preselected

September 8-15, 2015 – A new creation phase took place last September for Tsekan. This eight-day residency was hosted by the artist run centre OBORO in Montreal and brought together artists Émilie Monnet, Waawaate Fobister, Caroline Monnet and Sabrina Ratté, as well as maori choreographer Charles Koroneho. Over eight days, the artists were able to film all

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

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

April 23 to 26, 2015 – Bergamo, Italy – 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 world’s most

From June 30 to July 14 2014, Onishka Productions was at OBORO for a two-week residency to continue the creation of Nigamon/Tunai, one of the company’s projects in development. Filmmaker Daniel Rodriguez followed the artists and their collaborators during the residency. This video documents their artistic process. Nigamon/Tunai is an interdisciplinary artistic collaboration between artists

february 09 2015 – Resonating Spaces: tracing history, sharing rhythms, rippling future. retracer l’histoire, partager le rythme, moduler le futur. Participants in this workshop will collect sounds from around the island of Montreal in the production of an online “soundmap” as well as creative audio compositions that will be compiled into a professionally manufactured CD. Sessions

december 14 2014 – From November 24 to December 12, artists Cris Derksen, Waawaate Fobister, Geronimo Inutiq, Émilie Monnet and Sabrina Ratté met in Montreal to revisit the content of recompose (presented at Phenomena Festival in October 2013) and create new material for a new full length production. The collaborators were joined by Maori choreographer and director