Nigamon / Tunai
EUROPEAN PREMIERE
Immerse yourself in a contemporary ritual from Indigenous artists Émilie Monnet and Waira Nina.
Émilie Monnet, from Canada, and Waira Nina, from the Colombian Amazon, are interdisciplinary artists who seek to forge links between Indigenous people of the northern and southern hemispheres. They invite you into a mesmerising performance inspired by solidarity for the protection of water and resistance against extraction of resources.
In the Colombian Amazon, on the territory of the Inga people, oil and mining companies destroy entire living environments to plunder resources. This includes copper, which is central to Anishinaabe culture in Canada, where these same companies thrive.
The words Nigamon and Tunai mean ‘song’ in the artists’ respective languages. In Nigamon / Tunai, Monnet and Nina experiment with their voices, their breath and their bodies to interweave a performed ritual with audio documentary.
Together, the artists create a multi-sensory experience, immersing the audience in the traditional knowledge of their cultures and the struggles that bind them together.
This artist is an indispensable voice for understanding the power of theatre that questions colonisation and patriarchy.Tiago Rodrigues, director of the Festival d’Avignon, on Émilie Monnet
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A keepsake freesheet is available at the venue for this performance.
Émilie Monnet Co-Author, Co-Director & Performer
Waira Nina Co-Author, Co-Director & Performer
Sarah Williams Associate Director
Leonel Vasquez Sound Designer
Yohayna Hernández Dramaturge
Wanderson Santos Assistant Director & Stage Manager
Mélanie O'bomsawin Video Designer
Julie Christina Picher Set Designer
Mayumi Ide-Bergeron Props Assistant
Chantal Labonté Lighting Designer
Frannie Holder Music & Sound Designer
Frédéric Auger Sound
Esmeralda Vasquez Singing Coach
Elizabeth Lima Voice Coach (birds improvisation)
Yso Costume Designer
Maria Belén Jacanamijoy Mutumbajoy Props Manager & Beadwork Designer
Julie Cusson Make-up & Hair Design
Tribal Spirit Music Drums
South Street Boatbuilders (design by Tim
Richards) & Leonel Vasquez Canoe Craftsman
Sylvie Dubé Bark Basket Craftsman
Cynthia Bouchard-Gosselin Production Manager
Samuel Thériault Technical Director & Sound Manager
Floyd Favel Protocol Consultant (North)
Luciano Mutumbajoy Protocol Consultant (South)
With the voices of Amanda Roy, Taita Luciano Mutumbajoy, Sonia Mutumbajoy, Anik Sioui, Sharon Day
Alanis O’Bomsawin-Galand, Élouan O’Bomsawin-Galand Children’s Voices (Luna 8)
Tree song “Nibi Song” created by Doreen Day performed by Andrée Levesque Sioui, Nahka Bertrand, Annie O’Bomsawin, Kim Picard, Yolanda Jacanamijoy Mutumbajoy, Natividad Mutumbajoy, Libia guamanga, Eusebia Yanangona, Taita Jose Becerra
Véronik Picard Researcher (responsible for the dramaturgical text)
Translation Elisabet Ràfols (French, English, Spanish) & Cleo da Fonseca (Portuguese)
Kimberly Guillaume Administration Director
Jacinthe Saint-Pierre Manager
Jean-Matthieu Barraud Communications Director
Cusson Management & La Magnanerie MAG.I.C Booking
Nigamon/Tunai is a production of Productions ONISHKA in co-production with Festival TransAmériques and in collaboration with Espace GO.
Nigamon/Tunaiis supported by the National Arts Centre's National Creation Fund and the Cole Foundation (Intercultural Dialogues).
Nigamon/Tunai benefited from an Indigenous Dramaturgies Circle residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, from a residency at Kokolampoe Drama Center in Saint-Laurent du Maroni (French Guiana) and from a sound creation residency at Centro de la escucha de Sibaté (Columbia).
Nigamon/Tunai was created with an eco-conception approach, and thanks to the contribution of Soverdi, Société de verdissement du Montréal métropolitain, 10 trees graciously loaned for the production will be rooted in the heart of the community at the end of the performances. They will provide shade, freshness and clean air for future generations, contributing to the objectives of the Plan Climat Montréal 2020-2030.
ONISHKA is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Conseil des arts de Montréal, the National Creation Fund and the Cole Foundation.