Qaumma

Created by Vinnie Karetak and Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/36002

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Dance in the enduring bright colours of family amidst social fragmentation as they keep the fire burning for generations. Qaumma, the Inuktitut word for light, is a sculptural theatre production recounting the inspiring journey of Inuit women who, despite the disruption of colonization, carve out their own legacies with language, guts, and culture. Developed with support from the National Arts Centre’s National Creation Fund.

January 15 - 17, 2025

8:00 pm EST

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Azrieli Studio 1 Elgin Street Ottawa Canada

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Qaumma

Jan 15 - 17, 2025

Azrieli Studio

A men bare foot is bathed in blue light walks around a white tent. — © Vivien Gaumand

Indigenous arts Theatre

In-person event
English
≈ 60 minutes · No intermission

Dance in the enduring bright colours of family amidst social fragmentation as they keep the fire burning for generations. Qaumma, the Inuktitut word for light, is a sculptural theatre production recounting the inspiring journey of Inuit women who, despite the disruption of colonization, carve out their own legacies with language, guts, and culture.

Developed with support from the National Arts Centre’s National Creation Fund.

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Co-Creator Vincent Colin Karetak

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Vincent Colin Karetak

Vinnie Karetak is a cultural icon in Inuit Nunangat. His face is instantly recognized by Inuit young and old for his work in comedy, journalism, performing arts, theatre and film. From starring in much beloved APTN programming such as Qanurli, to exploring heartache in his own short films and advocating for an Inuit performing arts centre in Nunavut to co-creating Kiviuq Returns with Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, Vinnie’s dedication to art cannot be captured into a single genre. He is passionate about Inuktitut and its rightful place as the working language in Nunavut, for Inuit creating art for Inuit, processes of communication that challenge colonization and for Inuit family connections.

Vinnie Karetak est une icône culturelle de l’Inuit Nunangat (la terre des Inuits). Son visage est instantanément reconnu par les Inuits, jeunes et moins jeunes, pour son travail en humour, en journalisme, dans les arts du spectacle, au théâtre et au cinéma. Qu’il joue dans une émission très appréciée d’APTN comme Qanurli, sonde le chagrin d’amour dans ses propres courts métrages, plaide en faveur d’un centre d’arts de la scène inuit au Nunavut, ou cocrée Kiviuq Returns avec Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, son dévouement pour les arts ne se résume pas à un seul genre. Il se passionne pour l’inuktitut et sa place légitime en tant que langue de travail au Nunavut, pour les Inuits qui créent de l’art pour les Inuits, pour les processus de communication qui remettent en question la colonisation, et pour les liens familiaux inuits.

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