JUNO award-winning Inuk artist Elisapie presents the West Coast Premiere of her new multimedia show, Uvattini. In collaboration with Algonquin multidisciplinary artist Émilie Monnet, Uvattini—which means “home” in Inuktitut—combines music, narration, video and performance to reveal the intimacies of Elisapie’s home community of Salluit, Nunavik and to create a space of ritual where past and present merge.
Infusing tradition with bold experimentation, Elisapie is a trailblazing artist. Her 2018 album The Ballad of the Runaway Girl was shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize and her most recent JUNO-winning 2023 album Inuktitut covers ten classic rock and pop songs in her Indigenous language, inviting listeners to “embrace the beauty of diversity and celebrate the rich tapestry of the voices that make up our world.” (APTN News)
Co-presented with the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, as part of the Chan EXP Series
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Elisapie
Sept 28
8:00 pm
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
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