Shows
Rythmes nomades
ÉMELIE-GAMELIN PARK, JUNE 19 AT 7 PM AT THE LOTO-QUÉBEC STAGE
Land InSights, Wapikoni Mobile and La Maison des cultures nomades are thrilled to invite you to the Rythmes nomades show. First Nations musicians welcome performers from Montreal's various cultural communities. With Samian, Shauit and several other guests.
Samian
Shauit
Jeremy Woods
Rez, White, and Blues
ÉMELIE-GAMELIN PARK, JUNE 20, 7 PM, AT THE LOTO-QUÉBEC STAGE
Forestare 12 classical guitars, one contrabass, on stage in a musical show featuring works by Atikamekw composer Pascal Quoquochi Sasseville
With: ÉLISAPIE ISAAC, her new songs, and authentic emotions able to touch and heal; SAMIAN and his poetry rooted in Anishnabe culture; and a flash appearance by RICHARD SÉGUIN.
IF IT RAINS, the shows will take place in the Auditorium of the Grande Bibliothèque.
For Children : Raconte-moi le ciel (6 years and up, in French)
SUNDAY, JUNE 21 FROM 11 AM TO NOON AT GRANDE BIBLIOTHÈQUE
On the summer solstice, we celebrate First Nations traditions. Tales and songs from “the world above” in the celestial vault, revealing a universe where 13 moons order the cycle of life, where the stars sing with their light and where the Sun is prey for hunters. In this universe, fabulous beings reveal themselves at night in the Milky Way and by day in rainbows. Sylvain Rivard, of Abenaki origin, is a multidisciplinary artist and Amerindian art specialist. He and Nicole Obomsawin, an anthropologist with a passion for traditional dances, will lead spectators to the heart of Amerindian culture.
At Théâtre Inimagimô Limited admission: 70 places Free pass distributed at the Espace Jeunes service counter, M level, from June 9th.
Spectacle littéraire Poésie et jazz: quatre saisons, quatre couleurs, quatre lumières
SUNDAY, JUNE 21 AT 7:30 PM AT GRANDE BIBLIOTHÈQUE
BAnQ and the Trois-Rivières International Poetry Festival, in partnership with Land InSights, invite spectators to celebrate the summer solstice in the company of the Aboriginal poets taking part in the Cosmogonies of the First Nations exhibition. Poets Joséphine Bacon, Rita Mestokosho and Jean Sioui will be accompanied onstage by Trio Daniel Lessard. Actor Charles Bender will read texts by Karine Bertrand, Jacynthe Connolly, Maya Cousineau-Mollen, Louis-Karl Picard-Sioui, Éléonore Sioui and Sylvie-Anne Sioui Trudel.
Auditorium, ground floor Free admission; 300 seats available
Fragments
JUNE 11, 12 AND 13 at 8:30 pm, Église du Gesù, 1202 de Bleury St. $15 / $10 student
A choreography by Lara Kramer created during her artist’s residence at Gésu, Creativity Centre, mentored by Michael Montanaro.
The story of a mutilated childhood, cut off at the roots by the masters of the notorious “Indian residential schools” became a starting point for an artistic process exploring the intergenerational impact of this forced education, specifically among women. Lara Kramer’s choreography has given form to her mother’s painful memory. The outcast language, culture and spirituality of thousands of children permeate her choreography, but revelation, transgression of taboo and undertaking dialogue form the resolution in her creative work.
With: Tal Minnie Aronson, Marie-Ève Demers, Véronique Gaudreau et Elissar Hanna
Naughty Tales
SATURDAY, JUNE 13 AT 8 PM / CAFÉ L'ESCALIER
Salty stories, pratfalls and moonlight mooning: through the ancient art of laughing, a Rabelaisian rough health that unpuckers bottoms and relieves overburdened brains, a nod to oral tradition is delivered with no holds barred. Naughty as a sly wink are these tales for intrepid ears, delivered by Sylvain Rivard and Maya Mullen-Dupuis.
Don Amero
SUNDAY, JUNE 14 AND MONDAY JUNE 15 AT 10 PM / CAFÉ L'ESCALIER
Don Amero, a singer, songwriter and composer from Winnipeg shares his pop and folk inspired songs. This is the poetry of everyday life, touched by the pleasure in singing he caught from his musical parents. Drawing upon the values of his origins, Don Amero uses his young, cool voice autentically, to remind us that life is possible.
Melisa Pash
SATURDAY, JUNE 20 AND SUNDAY, JUNE 21 / 10 PM CAFÉ L'ESCALIER
With her rich voice and her songs that harmoniously combine traditional rhythms with folk and pop rock, the singer, songwriter and composer Melisa Pash shares her universe inspired by dreams and spirituality. This artist of Cree and Québécoise origin has shown great energy and determination in her music and her commitment within the Aboriginal musical industry. Melisa Pash won a Canadian Aboriginal Music Award in 2007.
Mike O’cleary band
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 AT 9 PM / PETIT CAMPUS,
57 E. Prince-Arthur St. Doors open at 8 pm Admission $12
A dynamic and rhythmic show, full of many colours. Mike invites us to his musical universe of soft rock, folk, and Franco-Amerindian blues, from the times of the great hunters to the modern world. He tells us of his ancestral land through tales and legends. The show features a decor and a white screen onto which images are projected. The intro to his show is sublime: to the sound of the Teueikan (drum), a narration of the history of the Pekuakamiulnuatsh (the porcupine tribe, the hunter’s tale) with mood music taking us back to a long-ago time when man and the Earth were as one.
The Thirteen Moons and the Sky-Woman Story
Les 13 lunes et la légende de la Femme-du-Ciel
McCORD MUSEUM / IN FRENCH: SATURDAY, JUNE 13 FROM 2 PM TO 3:30 PM, IN ENGLISH: SUNDAY, JUNE 14 FROM 2 PM TO 3:30 PM
A performance by Aboriginal interdisciplinary artist DOLORÈS CONTRÉ MIGWANS
Presented onscreen, a group of works inspired by the Amerindian lunar calendar, in the form of interactive animation involving the public (all audiences: families, children, seniors, etc); followed by the Sky Woman legend, told to the beat of the drum. A question and exchange period follows.