Untold Histories - public events March 25, 26, 27, 28, 2009, 7 PM

[Topchian Jane]

Concordia University
CURA - Community University Research Alliance
Sima Aprahamian, Ph.D.
Sociology-Anthropology &
Simone de Beauvoir Institute
Concordia University
1455 de Maisonneuve W.
Montreal (Quebec)
H3G 1M8
E-mail: [email protected]


Untold Histories - Stories of Montrealers Displaced by War(s), Atrocities,
Genocide...

>From March 25th through March 28th, 2009 Teesri Duniya Theatre will present
phase one of Untold Histories - a community engaged cultural project
based on stories of genocide, displacement, and human rights violations
as well as narratives of survival and adjustment -at
the Centre culturel Calixa-Lavallee in the heart of Parc Lafontaine.


PRESENTATION SCHEDULE
Centre culturel Calixa-Lavallee, 3819, rue
Calixa-Lavallee [near Metro Sherbrooke, bus 24 Eastbound]


WED. MARCH 25TH

7:00 pm . 7:30 pm . pre-show, tickets, book table

7:30 . 9:30 pm Steve High . Opening remarks / Welcome

Rahul Varma . Introduction

Kathia Rock with Jean-Frdric Messier (guitarist)
Contemporary original music

Masoud Raouf
Film: The Tree That Remembers
Short Film: Blue Like a Gunshot

Alan Whitehorn
Poetry reading from: Ancestral Voices: Identity, Ethnic Roots and A Genocide
Remembered

9:30 pm . 10:00 pm Panel discussion
Respondents: Steve High and Dipti Gupta
Panelists: Masoud Raouf, Kathia Rock, Alan Whitehorn
Moderator: Devora Neumark

Book signing: Alan Whitehorn

THURS. MARCH 26TH

7:00 . 7:30 pm . pre-show, tickets, book table

7:30 pm . 9:10 pm - Maya Dhawan . Opening remarks / Welcome and
Introduction

Meena Murugesan
Contemporary dance piece: Aval

Shahrzad Arshadi
Script reading from her work-in-progress documentary film ZIBA: Je Me
Souviens
Short film: Red Names

Moe Clark
Contemporary original music

Nasrin Himada
Performance lecture

9:15 pm .10:00 pm Panel discussion
Respondents: Warren Linds (TBC) and Dipti Gupta
Panelists: Shahrzad Arshadi, Moe Clark, Meena Murugesan, Nasrin Himada
Moderator: Eve-Lyne Cayouette Ashby

FRI. MARCH 27TH

7:00 . 7:30 pm . pre-show, tickets, book table

7:30 pm . 9:10 pm Steve High . Opening remarks / Welcome
Devora Neumark . Introduction

Carmen Ruiz
Physical theatre performance: A Hole in the Fence

Nellie Hogikyan
Reading from her autobiography

Lisa Gagn
Film: Living in Two Worlds

Natasha Coulombe
Film: Source

9:10 pm - 10:00 pm Panel Discussion
Respondents: Steve High and Laith Marouf
Panelists: Natasha Coulombe, Lisa Gagn, Nellie Hogikyan, Carmen Ruiz
Moderator: Devora Neumark


SAT. MARCH 28TH

7:00 . 7:30 pm . pre-show, tickets, book table

7:30 pm . 9:20 pm Rahul Varma . Opening remarks / Welcome

Linda Levesque . Introduction

Hourig Attarian . playwright/writer
Rachael Van Fossen . dramaturge
Amena Ahmad, Suyi Liu, Maya Dhawan - performers
Staged reading of a theatrical work in progress

Nika Khanjani
Lecture performance and short film: CopyRight

Jacqueline Hayes
Lecture performance: Number 7

9:25 pm - 10:00 pm Panel Discussion
Respondents: Liz Miller, Lisa Ndejuru and Rahul Varma
Panelists: Sima Aprahamian, Hourig Attarian, Jacqueline Hayes, Nika Khanjani,
Rachael Van Fossen
Moderator: Devora Neumark

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Pre sentations begin at 7:30 PM (to be followed by round-table discussions) 7:00
PM . 7:30 PM book table



For more information: Teesri Duniya Theatre http://www.teesriduniya.com
Contact: 514-848-0238
Maya Dhawan or Devora Neumark, Project Coordinators [email protected]
1006 rue de la Montagne, Suite 111, Montreal, Qc H3G 1Y7

Life Stories CURA
project http://www.lifestoriesmontreal.ca/
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Th is project has received funding from the Canada Council for the Arts and the
Department of Canadian Heritage through the Interdepartmental Partnership with
Official Communities (IPOLC)