TALK: STAGING OVERLOOKED NARRATIVES

Experience a conversation between the Artistic Director of Nunatta Isiginnaartitsisarfia / The National Theatre of Greenland, Vivi Sørensen; actor Hans-Henrik Suarsaq; and the Artistic Director of the Canadian theatre company Native Earth Performing Arts, Joelle Peters.

Taking the performance “SUERSAQ” as its point of departure, they revisit and highlight Indigenous narratives and worldviews that have so often been suppressed, drawing on the fragments of documentation that remain. How can these remnants be renegotiated through art?

The conversation will be conducted in English and moderated by Associate Professor Cecilie Ullerup Schmidt from the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies.

Read more about the performance “SUERSAQ” here.

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ABOUT THE PARTICIPANTS

Vivi Sørensen is the Artistic Director of Nunatta Isiginnaartitsisarfia / The National Theatre of Greenland and Principal of Nunatta Isiginnaartitsinermik Ilinniarfia / The Greenlandic School of Acting. Vivi is an Inuk actor, director, playwright, and practitioner of drum and mask dance from Nuuk, Greenland.

Hans-Henrik Suersaq is an actor, singer, and seamstress. He graduated from Nunatta Isiginnaartitsinermik Ilinniarfia / The Greenlandic School of Acting and has appeared in several TV series and stage productions. In the performance “SUERSAQ”, he portrays Hans Hendrik Suersaq.

Joelle Peters is an award-winning Canadian actor and writer working across theatre, television, and film. She is also the Artistic Director of Native Earth Performing Arts, a theatre company that has promoted Indigenous artistic expression for more than 40 years.

Cecilie Ullerup Schmidt is an Associate Professor at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies at the University of Copenhagen. With a background in theatre, she teaches modern culture and performance studies. She is also the author of the book Production Aesthetics – A Feminist Critique of Labour Between Art and Life.‍

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PROGRAMME

14:00–15:00: Performance “SUERSAQ”

15:10–15:50: Talk

The talk is free but requires a ticket for the performance. Read more about the performance here.