A Touchstone Theatre, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, and Anvil Theatre co-presentation
A Productions Onishka with AnAku
OKINUM
By Émilie Monnet
In Anishinaabemowin, okinum means dam. Inspired by a recurring dream of a giant beaver, Okinum is a multilayered reflection on dams as a symbol of one’s inner barriers in the journey to break free. A tribute to the power of dreams and intuition to delve into the complexity of experience and multi-identity.
Interdisciplinary artist Émilie Monnet presents an immersive theatre experience in French, Anishinaabemowin and English. Featuring a live score by musician Jackie Gallant, this captivating monologue deftly combines elements of autobiographical fiction and documentary theatre. Throughout the piece, dreams and memory flow into one another across time and space.
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Pictured: Émilie Monnet. Show image by ©Photo Meaky Ottawa and Graphic Design Meags Fitzgerald
DATES
February 2 & 3 @7:30PM; Feb 4 & 5 online only as a pre-recorded performance
WHERE
Anvil Theatre, 777 Columbia St, New Westminister
SHOWTIMES: Feb 2 & 3, 2023
- February 2 at 7:30PM; Live & Online
- February 3 at 7:30PM; Live & Online
- February 4 at Online (pre-recorded performance)
- February 5 at Online (pre-recorded performance)
*Feb 2 there is a post-show talkback.
CREATIVE TEAM
Text, co-direction, interpretation: Émilie Monnet
Co-directors: Emma Tibaldo and Sarah Williams
Sound design and interpretation: Jackie Gallan
Sound interpretation: Véronique Thusky, Thelesh Bégin
Assistant director: Elaine Normandeau
Set design: Simon Guilbault
Lighting: Lucie Bazzo
Costumes: Swaneige Bertrand
Video: Clark Ferguson
Dramaturgy Consultant: Élizabeth Bourget, Sara Dion
Cultural and Anishnabemowin Language Consultant: Véronique Thusky
Sound and Technical Director: Frédéric Auger
Stage Manager: Gaspard Philippe / HUB Studio
"It’s hard not to be moved by this piece as an act of cultural reclamation and as a harmonization
of body and spirit"
ABOUT ÉMILIE MONNET
At the intersection of theatre, performance and sound, Émilie Monnet’s work is most often presented in the form of interdisciplinary theatre or performative installations. Her artistic approach favors collaborative and multilingual creative processes, and explores themes of memory, history and transformation.
A committed interdisciplinary artist, she founded Onishka Productions in 2011 in order to forge links between artists from different Aboriginal communities, regardless of their discipline. Since
2016, she has presented Indigenous Contemporary Scene / Scène contemporaine autochtone, a nomadic platform for the dissemination of Aboriginal performing arts. Five editions have been
created to date. She is currently completing a three-year residency at the Centre du Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui where she will present her next creation Marguerite, after Okinum (2018) and Kiciweok: Lexique de treize mots autochtones qui donnent un sens (2019). As the Associate artist at the Théâtre de la Ville in Longueuil, she will also be the next artist in residence at the Espace Go theatre. Émilie is of Anishinaabe-Algonquin and French descent and currently lives between the Outaouais and Tiohtià:ke / Mooniyaang / Montreal.
Photo by Maxime Côté
COMMUNICATIONS PRODUCTIONS ONISHKA
Liens sites web:
https://onishka.org/en/
https://www.cussonmanagement.com/productionsonishka
Liens réseaux sociaux:
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/ProductionsOnishka/
INSTAGRAM:https://www.instagram.com/onishka_sca/
VIMEO:https://vimeo.com/user13821080
Contact en tournée:
Dominique Sarazzin
ds@dominiquesophie.com
Représentation nord-américaine:
Cusson Management inc. / Valérie Cusson:
www.cussonmanagement.com
valerie@cussonmanagement.com
450 990 1214 (bureau)
Communications/Marketing:
Cusson Management inc./ Joanie Sauriol
www.cussonmanagement.com
joanie@cussonmanagement.com
450 990 1214 (bureau)
