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: aprhsma@alcor.concordia.ca
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
Contact: 514-848-0238
Maya Dhawan or Devora Neumark, Project Coordinators info@teesriduniya.com
1006 rue de la Montagne, Suite 111, Montreal, Qc H3G 1Y7
Life Stories CURA
project
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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)