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SUMMARY:My Dear Theo
DESCRIPTION:With Alisa Kovalenko and Stéphane Siohan \n  \nThe Chair in European Intellectual History of the Munk School\, Marci Shore\, is pleased to collaborate with the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling of Concordia to invite you to the first screening of My Dear Theo (2025) with Alisa Kovalenko and Stéphane Siohan who will share their unique personal experiences from the frontlines of the war in Ukraine. \n  \nAlisa Kovalenko is a Ukrainian award-winning documentary filmmaker whose films are internationally acclaimed. In the early days of the full-scale invasion in 2022\, she joined the ranks and fought in the Ukrainian Volunteer Army alongside the Ukrainian army. Eight years earlier\, at the beginning of the Russian war in Donbass\, Alisa had been taken captive by a Russian separatist unit. Her personal story\, one of courage and resilience\, provides an opportunity to reflect on contemporary Ukrainian history in a more intimate way. \n  \nStéphane Siohan\, Alisa Kovalenko’s partner\, is a senior French reporter specializing in Central and Eastern Europe\, based in Kyiv since 2013. He is the correspondent in Ukraine for the French newspaper Libération\, one of the most experienced international reporters on Ukraine and the author of the first biographical essay in French on President Volodymyr Zelensky. In 2014\, Alisa Kovalenko\, who was documenting the early days of the war in the Donbas\, was taken captive by Russian-backed separatists and Stéphane Siohan headed to the occupied territories to rescue her. Since then\, Stéphane and Alisa have been living together and working together on documentary film projects that chronicle a decade of history in Donbass and Ukraine at war. What Alisa survived during those days in captivity made her promise herself that if the war were to come to all of Ukraine\, she would pick up a gun herself and fight. Eight years later\, the war did come to all of Ukraine. And Alisa parted from Stephane and their four-year son\, Theo\, and joined a Ukrainian battalion. There on the front lines she filmed a video diary for her son. She wanted to show him the landscape “of beauty and death”—and to leave something for him if she were not to return : My Dear Theo. \n  \nStéphane and Alisa worked for ten years\, together or alternately\, in Donbas and on the front lines of Ukraine at war. This screening\, followed by a panel\, will provide a rare opportunity to engage directly with individuals whose lives have been shaped by the full-scale invasion in deeply personal ways. Their willingness to speak candidly will provide invaluable insight into the lived realities of Ukraine behind the headlines. \n  \nREGISTRATION \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but you need to register! \nRegister here. \nFor any questions\, please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \n  \nLOCATION \nIn-person in the COHDS Sunroom (LB-1019). \nYou will find us on the tenth floor of Concordia’s Library Building\, 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal\, Quebec. \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/my-dear-theo/
LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Oral Histories of Migration and Motion: Rábanos Olas Jacarandas Aleonarse
DESCRIPTION:with Nico Contreras\, Sonia Bustos\, and Priscilla Opazo Castillo \n  \nRábanos Olas Jacarandas Aleonarse (2025\, 10min) is an audiovisual collage born out of oral histories of migration\, community\, and the transformative power of art. Through blending interviews and choreographic exploration with Tiohtiá:ke/Montréal-based artists Sonia Bustos and Priscilla Opazo\, the film shares interlinking reflections on political consciousness\, navigating shifting identities across countries of origin and settlement\, and engagement in processes of change. Glimpses of Chile\, Mexico and Canada coexist in a shared space and time\, in a moment of exchange between creative voices. \nThe film screening will be followed by a discussion with the creators. \n  \nPriscilla Opazo Castillo\, an artist and educator from Chile\, has lived in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal since 2017. A self-taught dancer currently training at the Nyata Nyata Centre\, she weaves her path between popular education and artistic research. Her creative experience\, collective and multidisciplinary\, is rooted in an identity fragmented by colonization\, exile\, and violence\, yet rises in resonance with other marginalized voices. A committed feminist\, she envisions art as a living territory of resistance\, healing\, and memory\, where movement frees bodies\, rekindles their connection to the earth\, and nurtures a shared collective consciousness. \n  \nChoreographer and performer born in Mexico and now based in Tiohtiá:ke (Montréal)\, Sonia Bustos is interested in socio-political engagement and the recognition of performers’ creative work. Her artistic research focuses on feminist perspectives\, the Tercera Raíz in Latin America\, memory\, theatricality\, and the relationship with the audience. Pillars of her artistic process include varied bodily states\, the use of voice/text\, the presence of memory-bearing objects\, and non-danced body approaches. Sonia is the interpreter-creator of stage works Intérieur brut\, Je ne vais pas inonder la mer\, Luz : Dentelle\, Luz : Terre and Luz : Écho (in progress). She holds a Master’s degree in dance (UQÀM) and a Bachelor’s degree in theatre (UNAM). \n  \nNico Contreras is an Ecuadorian Canadian interdisciplinary artist\, social worker\, and current doctoral student in Social and Cultural Analysis at Concordia University. A facilitator of reflection and dialogue through creative practice\, he believes in the power of art to transform our conceptions of self and society. His most recent film SAN HEN\, a love letter to Montréal’s Latinx community\, premieres at the Toronto Latin American Film Festival 2025. \n  \nREGISTRATION   \nRegister now  \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but registration is mandatory. For any questions please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca    \nLOCATION  \nIn-person in LB-1042 (ALLLAB)\, COHDS   \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. 
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/oral-histories-of-migration-and-motion-rabanos-olas-jacarandas-aleonarse/
LOCATION:Concordia University\, LB-1042 (COHDS)\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd O\, Montreal
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SUMMARY:How to Say ‘Longing’ - Cancelled
DESCRIPTION:with Jad Orphée Chami and Noël Vezina \n\n\nJoin us on Wednesday\, November 19th\, at 7 PM\, at the ALLab\, Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling\, for How to say ‘longing’\, a contemplative performance by movement artist Noël Vézina and composer Jad Orphée Chami. \nThis intimate exploration of dualities—music and movement\, composition and improvisation\, the said and the unsaid—delves into the boundaries of closeness\, vulnerability\, and technology. Using a MIDI controller\, a chain of touch-sensitive sensors\, the performers weave a digital soundscape that shifts with their physical interactions\, crafting a dialogue of embodied listening. \n  \nJad Orphée Chami  is a Lebanese-Canadian artist-researcher\, composer and performer born in Beirut and living in Montreal. He notably composed the original music for the feature film Antigone by Sophie Deraspe\, which represented Canada at the 92nd Academy Awards. He was nominated at the age of 21 for the Iris prize for best original music at the 22nd Gala Québec Cinéma\, notably alongside Jean-Michel Blais and Howard Shore. After having provided the soundtracks for more than fifteen short films and three web series\, he composed his second film score in 2023 in collaboration with director Eli Jean Tahchi for the documentary Dorchester: In the Midst of the Fray\, produced by Jonah Mallak (Nemesis Films). \nIn addition to his music work for the image\, he composes and designs works for the contemporary scene\, notably for the École de Danse Contemporaine de Montréal and for the Acts of Listening Lab in collaboration with the Center for Restorative Justice. He explores through research-creation the dialogue between music and oral history. In 2022\, he is part of a trio of artists commissioned by the MAI for the realization of the work Justement (en)raciner on the theme of Justice\, among others alongside Kimura Byol-Lemoine\, Angelina Guo and Moe Clark. The same year\, he presented with Noël Vézina the performance How to say ‘longing’\, mixing dance-theatre\, music and new technologies\, at the RIPA performance evening. The testimonies of the disappeared from Lebanon are central to his approach. He is affiliated with the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling and is developing his oral history performance Rhapsody for the disappeared. \nHe is also interested in contemporary issues of art and presents conferences on themes such as the question of the author\, the ethics of research-creation and gender and sexuality in music history. \n  \n Noël Vezina is a queer\, interdisciplinary\, dance and movement artist based in Montreal (Tiohtiá:ke / Mooniyang). Largely self-taught\, her process is highly intuitive and organic. Approaching performance as a tool to connect deeply\, to herself and to others\, her work often takes on ephemeral and intimate forms. \nNoël’s latest accomplishments include: presenting Stardust and Parallax with Festival Quartiers Danses (2021)\, sharing a first version of a cloud\, a distance (September 2020)\, creating We live together now – a video performance presented by Sanskar Festival (August 2020) and Festival Bouge D’ici (March 2021)\, performing 05062020live via Zoom for National AccessAbility Week with the DisAbled Women’s Network of Canada (June 2020)\, and her ongoing collaboration with A Safe Space\, initiated by Nicholas Bellefleur in 2019. In February 2020 she hosted the first of many editions of 5×8/6 – a free-from experimental performance evening that takes place in her kitchen – where she premiered Soft Warm Light (an autobiographical solo piece in progress). \nNoël is one sixth of the winning team of the 2021 Dansathon in Liège\, recognized for their imagining of ‘the future of dance’ through a new interactive performance experience The \nLiving Room. They will continue questioning the place of technology in promoting embodiment soon\, with the support of the Maison de la Danse de Lyon\, Sadler’s Wells and the Théâtre de Liège. \nNoël strives to be radically soft\, honest and vulnerable. She values not-knowing and never perfecting. To be kind and loving is essential. \n  \nREGISTRATION   \nRegister now  \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but registration is mandatory. For any questions please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca    \nLOCATION  \nIn-person in LB-1042 (ALLLAB)\, COHDS   \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. 
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/how-to-say-longing-2/
LOCATION:Concordia University\, LB-1042 (COHDS)\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd O\, Montreal
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SUMMARY:CONECTADAS: la doble vía de la escucha y del habla / Connected: The Two-way Path of Listening and Speaking
DESCRIPTION:Held in Spanish with consecutive interpretation by Franklin R. Bonivento. \nIn this event Constanza Ramírez Molano ends her residency at the ALlab by presenting two interviews carried out with the method CONNECTED. This method proposes a journey from the intimate to the collective through narration\, listening\, and dialogue. It begins with mutual recognition between interviewer and interviewee\, giving value to personal stories of care and attachment to life. Listening is understood as an act of hospitality and ethical responsibility\, welcoming the other’s words without imposing prejudice. The testimonies\, recorded in audio or video\, become shared memory when brought into collective reflection\, where the personal acquires common meaning and transformative power. Finally\, the social circulation of these voices opens possibilities for new forms of citizenship and the construction of peace.  \nCreators of the method: Luz Marina Monzón\, Hugo Andrés Rincón\, and Constanza Ramírez.  \n  \nREGISTRATION \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but you need to register! \nThis is a hybrid event. \nTo attend in person\, please register here. \nTo attend online\, please register here. \nFor any questions\, please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \n  \nLOCATION \nIn-person in the ALLAB (LB-1042). You will find us on the tenth floor of Concordia’s Library Building\, 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal\, Quebec. \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. \n 
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/conectadas-la-doble-via-de-la-escucha-y-del-habla-connected-the-two-way-path-of-listening-and-speaking/
LOCATION:Concordia University LB-1042 (COHDS)\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd O\, Montreal
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