In Them Voices, past and future generations come together and manifest in Lara Kramer’s body, mind and dreams. The choreographer of mixed Oji-Cree and Colonial heritage confronts an unceasing and eternal present, and searches to be inside the place that carries memory and future imagination. Kramer anchors herself and becomes an open channel through time and space; her multidisciplinary practice embodies the primordial voices of the past and the future.
This solo performance explores the inter-relationality between land, the artist’s body and her memory and future memory, drawing on notions of performance, social critique and cultural resistance. Kramer addresses a world where histories come together to assess the consequences of our actions on future generations. Laying out in all possible directions. What has been exerted, and what is failed. What is not yet seen or dreamt of. All is together, intersecting in Them Voice. The artist strives to re-imagine new pathways connected to future ancestors in their flight and journey.
Interview


Them Voices
Duration
70 minutesProduced
Lara Kramer DanseConceived, created, set and performed
Lara KramerSound Creation and Editing
Lara Kramer + Simon RiverinOutside Eyes
Peter JamesKnowledge Keeper
Ida BaptisteElder
Emerson Ninigishki’ingDocumentation
Ivanie Aubin-Malo + James OscarLighting Design
Hugo DalphondTechnical Director
Simon RiverinStage Manager
Joannie VignolaCo-produced
Festival TransAmériques + Centre de Création O VertigoWith the support of
Canada Council for the Arts + Conseil des arts et des lettres du QuebecCreative residencies
Centre de Création O Vertigo- CCOV + Place des Arts + Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal + Théâtre Aux Écuries + Dancemakers (Toronto)Presented in association with
Espace LibrePremiered at
Festival TransAmériques, Montreal, on May 27, 2021
