**TANYA TAGAQ AND LAAKKULUK WILLIAMSON BATHORY: VOICES RISING CANCELLED**
We regret to inform you that the talk with Tanya Tagaq and Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory scheduled for September 24th in the Babs Asper Theatre is cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
If you paid for your tickets with a credit card you will be automatically refunded. If you paid by cash or debit card you have up to 1 year following the performance date to get a full refund at point of purchase. If you have any questions, you may reach us at 613 947-7000 x620 (1-866-850-ARTS).
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Tanya Tagaq joins Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory to discuss their arts practice, the relationship of politics to art, the role of the artist in Canada today, and the Indigenous voice. Tagaq will also read from her critically acclaimed work, the Giller Prize nominated Split Tooth.
Tanya Tagaq
Tanya Tagaq is an improvisational singer, avant-garde composer and bestselling novelist. A Member of the Order of Canada, Polaris Music Prize and JUNO Award winner, Giller Prize Long Listed author and recipient of multiple honourary doctorates, Tagaq is one of the country’s most original and celebrated artists.
Tagaq’s improvisational approach lends itself to collaboration across genres and forms. Her work includes numerous guest vocal appearances (Buffy Sainte-Marie, Weaves, A Tribe Called Red, Fucked Up), original avant-garde classical compositions (Kronos Quartet, The Toronto Symphony Orchestra), commissions (National Maritime Museum in London, UK) and more. In its many forms, from novel Split Tooth to most recent album Retribution, Tanya Tagaq’s art challenges static ideas of genre and culture, and contends with themes of environmentalism, human rights and post-colonial issues.
Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory
Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory is an artist that applies her study of uaajeerneq (Greenlandic mask dancing) and understandings of Inuit philosophies into many genres, from performance art and theatre to writing and curatorial work. Co-winner of the 2018 Dora Award for most outstanding play and of the inaugural Kenojuaq Ashevak Memorial Award from the Inuit Art Foundation, Laakkuluk is the first Artistic Director of Qaggiavuut, a nonprofit society in Nunavut supporting Inuit artists and advocating for a Nunavut performing arts centre. Laakkuluk lives in Iqaluit with her husband and three children..
