Artcirq, The 7 Fingers and Taqqut Productions (Igloolik / Montreal / Iqaluit)

Co-presented with The Cultch

Unikkaaqtuat (The Old Stories)

January 22-25, 2020, 7pm & January 25, 2020, 2pm
Vancouver Playhouse (600 Hamilton Street)

Running time: 90 minutes

Speaking of Dance Post-Show Talk on stage after the performances except January 25, 7pm. Hosts: Michelle Olson (Raven Spirit Dance Artistic Director) and Olivia C. Davies (O.Dela Arts Artistic Director). Guests: Guillaume Saladin, Alex Arnatsiaq, Levy Tapasiak, Terence Urayak, Christine Tootoo, Charlie Gordon, Marjorie Nantel, Charlotte Qamaniq.

Post-Show Social after the performance on Friday night in the Playhouse Salons.

A multidisciplinary production led by Artcirq, The 7 Fingers and Taqqut Productions. Inspired by Inuit founding myths, this unprecedented creation will celebrate Inuit culture, its traditions and vision for the future, through a hybrid, collaborative and mutually respectful creative process.

In an atmosphere shaped by video projections and a world of shadows, actors, live musicians and acrobats will transport the audience to an ancient world when life had not known death, days had not seen light, and where Inuit had not met white people. Until…

The Cultch

“Brilliant, wildly creative…What sets The 7 Fingers apart from other…theatrical circus companies is they do contemporary circus on a human scale.” – Mooney on Theatre

Unikkaaqtuat © Alexandre Galliez