The Arrivals Co(Lab) Showcase

November 22nd 7pm at W2 Space, 112 W. Hastings, Invitational showing

VIEW: The Co(Lab) Ancestors slideshow

The Arrivals Collaborative Exchange was the final phase of The Arrivals Project; a multidisciplinary performance project exploring root cultural practices, ancestral embodiment and deeply meaningful cross-cultural exchanges. Using the methodology of the Personal Legacy Process (PLP), 18 artists have been drawn from across the country to participate in a profound cultural exchange for the purposes of deepening our understanding of the PLP process—providing leadership training and developing a shared vocabulary around ancestral based creative work. In addition to the training, the group will plant the first seeds for a new cross-disciplinary cross-cultural multi-media performance work.

Invited to the project were emerging and established artists from Aboriginal and diverse cultural and artistic backgrounds who have a strong history of working or an expressed desire to develop cultural works that touch on ancestry, language, indigeneity, hybrity and/or contemporary and historic collisions.

Read more about the Arrivals Cross Canada Workshop Series

WATCH:
The Co(Lab) interview for Van Stage
Interview with Diane, Heather and Danielle
Live On The Drive interview with Mayahuel Tecozautla, Chimwemwe Miller, Gwen Armstrong and Diane Roberts

Co(Lab) Participants/Performers:

Christine Comeau, Halifax
Liliona Quarmine, Montreal & Antigonish N.S.
Emilie Monnet, Montreal
Chimwemwe Miller, Montreal
Mayahuel Tecozautla, Toronto
Zainab Amadahy, Toronto
Gwen Armstrong, Winnipeg
Leigh Anne Perry, Winnipeg
Charlene Hellson, Calgary
Mutya Macatumpag, Vancouver
Valerie Sing Turner, Vancouver
Dominique Bourassa, Vancouver
Mia Amir, Vancouver
Leonard Linklater, Whitehorse
Raistlen Jones, Whitehorse
Amber Walker, Whitehorse
Jude Wong, Whitehorse

The services of Mayahuel Tecozautla were made possible through Theatre Ontario’s Professional Theatre Training Program, funded by the Ontario Arts Council.

The services of Leigh Anne Perry were made possible with the generous support of the City of Winnipeg through the Winnipeg Arts Council.

The Co(Lab) would also like to thank Playwrights Workshop Montreal, Gwaandak Theatre in Whitehorse and Alberta Playwrights Network in Calgary, and the W2 group for their partner support and The Canada Council Equity Office & Aboriginal Arts for their generous support.