Event recording

CONSTRAINED BODY, DANCING BODY – 3rd discussion circle

Date
May 2 to 4, 2018
Place
Tangente
Editor
Emilie Allard - Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault
Video recording
Kevin Bacon Hervieux
Production
Co-production : Ondinnok and Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault
Length
1h 32min

Dance for healing. Dance for existence and celebration. Dance means freedom for Indigenous dancers whose expression today takes multiple forms and styles. The event CONSTRAINED BODY, DANCING BODY Conversations and performances on Indigenous dance in Quebec today organized by Ondinnok and Tangente took place from May 2 to 4, 2018 at Tangente.

With: Louis Sioui Durand, Lauri-Ann Lauzon, Prairie Fire Jiggers, Jaime Morse, Gary McFarland, Aïcha Bastien-N’diaye and Moe Clark

Project

Documentation of Constrained Body, Dancing Body

Co-production

From May 2 to 4, 2018 at Tangente, Ondinnok, Canada’s first francophone Indigenous theatre company, presented Constrained Body, Dancing Body: Conversations and performances around Indigenous dance in Quebec today, an event featuring shows, workshops, discussions and performances. The Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault was proud to help…

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