Zaagi’idiwin: Our Mothering Heart: Nozhem Performance
Contemporary Indigenous performance: the Mothers who carry us, the Mothers who raise us, the Mother land and Mother tongue
Event Details
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Friday, November 3, 2023
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
City: Peterborough
Nozhem First Peoples Performance Space
Building: Enwayaang
Room: 101
Cost: PWYC Cash at Door -
Saturday, November 4, 2023
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
City: Peterborough
Nozhem First Peoples Performance Space
Building: Enwayaang
Room: 101
Cost: PWYC Cash at Door -
Saturday, November 4, 2023
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Nozhem First Peoples Performance Space
Cost: Free
Zaagi’idiwin: Our Mothering Heart weaves three womxn’s stories of love and loss, reflecting on the Mothers who carry us, the Mothers who raise us, and the Mother land and Mother tongue that nourish us and fill our hearts full of hope. Revealing matriarchal legacies coursing through blood memory and the living body. Seeds of connection travelling along the flow of time. Remembering the words and the entities they represent with each breath. Movements of the heart mark the passing of moments strung together in a spider’s web of shared experiences.
3 Performances: November 3 at 7:00 p.m.; and November 4 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Program:
- Journals of adoption, a solo created and performed by Sophie Dow, extends a choreographic exploration through two journals of origin: one text from Sophie’s birth mother’s experience of pregnancy and process of offering her up; the other text from Sophie’s own reflections, queries and rumination as an adopted child.
- Slip away, a solo created and performed by Samantha Sutherland explores themes of loss and hope relating to the endangered state of the Ktunaxa Language. What happens when individuals are motivated by fear? What work needs to happen to develop a sense of hope for our future? This solo shares accounts of the current efforts toward preservation of the endangered language, and showcases dreams of how it may continue enlivened in the future.
- Rematriate XX23. To rematriate is to return to the source. In response to the systems that hold society hostage to continual technological advancement and an ever-growing disconnection to reality, this solo seeks to articulate potential pathways to peace and presence that are grounded in Contemporary Indigenous feminism. In Rematriate XX23, stars shimmer across a great expanse of darkness marking the first glimmer of life stirring. The universal form moves through her body, shaping the spaces in between, and settling in her softness. She welcomes the Earth to crawl up into her form as the waters rise around her. Gathering strength to carry on. Shape-shifting from this world to the next with each breath.
O.Dela Arts creates and performs Contemporary Indigenous performance and Community Arts experiences through dance, theatre, festival curation and storytelling. Founding Artistic Director, Olivia C. Davies, along with Artistic Associates Sophie Dow and Samantha Sutherland are grateful for the opportunity to share our dances with the Nozhem community.
Contact Info
This event is hosted in Nozhem: First Peoples Performance Space, located on the first floor of the Enwayaang Building, room 101, at the northwest end of the building. As a rare gem on campus, it offers an intimate setting for up-close interactions with artists, singers, dancers, and performers, fostering a deep connection between the audience and the rich Indigenous traditions on display.
For more information, contact Lee Bolton at leebolton@trentu.ca