okinum (podcast)

In the Anishinaabemowin language, Okinum means dam. Inspired by the recurring dream of a giant beaver, Okinum is an intimate reflection on the notion of inner dams, an ode to the power of dreams and intuition.

The word is freed to go up the river of ancestral memory and to navigate through the different facets of a multiple identity.

Multidisciplinary artist Émilie Monnet continues her residency at the Centre du théâtre d’aujourd’hui in Tiohtià:ke / Mooniyaang / Montréal by proposing an immersive experience in three languages (French, Anishinaabemowin, English). It combines theater, sound and video in a unique, circular and spellbinding dramaturgy. A series of dreamlike tableaus are woven together, where space and time are not conceived in a linear fashion, a true testimony to an inspiring filiation.

Text and interpretation: Émilie Monnet With the voices of: Véronique Thusky, Thérèse ‘Thelesh’ Bégin, Craig Commanda, Amanda Roy and Alexandre Nequado Sound design: Jackie Gallant Production: Scène nationale du son Executive production: Stéphanie Laurin

A co-production of National Sound Scene, Onishka and the National Arts Centre Aboriginal Theatre in collaboration with La Fabrique culturelle of Télé-Québec.

In the Anishinaabemowin language, Okinum means dam. Inspired by the recurring dream of a giant beaver, Okinum is an intimate reflection on the notion of inner dams, an ode to the power of dreams and intuition.

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