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in our own backyards (2020)
A multidisciplinary work brimming with emotion, In Our Own Backyards is a Deaf/hearing dance theatre piece that immerses us in the memories of a second-generation Muslim woman living in Quebec. Music, where it all seems to begin, and the movement of dance steps and gestures that respond to it... But also American Sign Language and English text are woven into the mix, bringing to life, through this combination, an artistic performance charged with meaning.
*This piece is accessible to Deaf audiences.
CREDITS
Choreographed by Alida Esmail and Sophia Wright
Written by Alida Esmail
Performed by Alida Esmail and Nathalie Kirpaul
Interpreted by Brooke Nancekivell (English to ASL) and Jennifer Roberts (ASL to English)
Original Music composed by Shawn Mativetsky and David Ogborn
Photography by David Wong
Duration: 25 minutes
Premiered at Festival du monde Arabe de Montréal on November 13, 2020.