Kiuryaq - an immersive circumpolar theatre performance
TROMSØ 10. NOVEMBER
You will find a description in English and Sámi further down.
Nordlyset har alltid båret på historier – skremmende, spirituelle, episke og lekne. Kiuryaq er en sirkumpolar forestilling som utforsker vårt forhold til nordlyset – «kiuryaq» i Inuvialuktun. Det er et tverrfaglig verk med lydkomposisjon, digitale medier og teaterkunst skapt i samarbeid mellom urfolk og ikke-urfolk fra Canada, Kalaallit Nunaat (Grønland), Sápmi (Norge) og Alaska.
I sentrum står to søsken født i nord: den ene oppvokst under nordlyset med besteforeldrene sine, den andre adoptert sørover og uvitende om sin opprinnelse. Gjennom forfedrenes tilknytning tas det valg som forandrer begges verdener.
Ved å blande teater, musikk og videodesign vever Kiuryaq nordlige historier inn i et landskap av lys, minner og kosmologi. En forestilling om transformasjon og tilbakekomst, Kiuryaq er en invitasjon til visdommen, advarslene og humoren i den sirkumpolare regionen.
På Rådstua Teaterhus blir det også en samtale med skaperne Reneltta Arluk og Rawdna Carita Eira etter forestillingen, ledet av moderator Ida Løken Valkeapää.
Forestillingen og turnéen er støttet av Sametinget og Barentsekretariatet.
«Never whistle at the northern lights They will come down and get you. They will play soccer with your head. They are your ancestors calling you home.» (The New York Times)
· Urpremiere: 20.09.25 – Yellowknife, Canada
· Produsenter: Akpik Theatre & Theaturtle – Canada
· Instruktør: Reneltta Arluk
· Komponist og musikalsk leder: Carmen Braden
· Av: Reneltta Arluk, Rawdna Carita Eira, Alon Nashman
· Filmmakere: Riddle Films, Cabin Productions, Jan Helmer Olsen, Artless Collective
· Skuespillere: Julia Ulayok Davis, Ujarneq Fleischer, Pernille Persen
Kiuryaq. Govven/foto Itai Erdal
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SAMISK:
Guovssahasa birra leat álohii leamaš muitalusat – sihke balddihahtii, spirituealla, episka ja stoahkalas. Kiuryaq lea sirkumpolára čájálmas mii iská min oktavuođa guovssahassii – «kiuryaq» Inuvialuktunis. Čájálmas ovdanbuktojuvvo sihke jienaid, digitála mediijaid ja teáhterdáidaga bokte ja lea ráhkaduvvon ovttasbargguin gaskkal álgoálbmogiid ja earáid Canadas, Kalaallit Nunaatas, Sámis ja Alaskas.
Guovddážis leaba guokte oappá/vieljažaga geat leaba riegádan davvin: nubbi lea bajásšaddan guovssahasa vuolde áhku ja ádjá luhtte, nubbi ges lea addon eret lulás, iige dovdda iežas duogáža. Iežaska máttuid gullevašvuođa bokte dáhkkojuvvojit mearrádusat mat rievdadit goappašagaid máilmmi.
Go teáhter, musihkka ja video seaguhuvvo gođđá Kiuryaq davvi historjjáid čuovgin, muittuide ja kosmologiijai. Lea čájálmas transformašuvnna ja máhccama birra, ja lea bovdehus vissisvuhtii, váruhusaide ja humorii sirkumpolára guovllus.
· Álgočájálmas/Urpremiere: 20.09.25 – Yellowknife, Canada
· Buvttadeaddjit/Produsenter: Akpik Theatre & Theaturtle – Canada
· Bagadalli/Instruktør: Reneltta Arluk
· Šuokŋadáhkki ja musihkalaš jođiheaddj: Carmen Braden
· Čállit/Av: Reneltta Arluk, Rawdna Carita Eira, Alon Nashman
· Filbmadahkkit/Filmmakere: Riddle Films, Cabin Productions, Jan Helmer Olsen, Artless Collective
· Neavttárat: Julia Ulayok Davis, Ujarneq Fleischer, Pernille Persen
«Never whistle at the northern lights They will come down and get you. They will play soccer with your head. They are your ancestors calling you home.» (The New York Times)
ENGLISH:
Never whistle at the northern lights. They will come down and get you. They will play soccer with your head. They are your ancestors calling you home.
Kiuryaq is an immersive circumpolar theatre performance that explores our relationship with the Northern Lights. It is a multi-disciplinary piece created in collaboration with sound composition, digital media and theatre artists from Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples of Canada, Greenland, Sápmi territory and Alaska.
We follow these northern stories of connection which inspire us through the aurora borealis, Kiuryaq in Inuvialuktun. These stories, frightening, spiritual, epic and playful, are situated in our memories of then and experiences of now. All are held in our vast cosmologies which converge in ways we discovered together through this journey.
Kiuryaq is about about two siblings born in the north with one being separated by adoption down south. An older sister and a younger brother. One raised under the aurora with her grandparents and the younger brother raised with no knowledge of his place of birth, yet under the ancestral connection of the northern lights choices are made that change their realities. Kiuryaq is a transformative performance work which brings the circumpolar region together to share some wisdom, warnings, and humour to all those who are curious. In form, Kiuryaq is a blend of theatre, with three performers embodying multiple roles; concert with recorded music by a string quartet and film, with expansive, immersive projections. Duration: 90 min. Language: English More info at: https://beaivvas.no/kiuryaq/
The production and Sápmi tour have been suported by: The Sami Parliament The Barents secretary
Producers: Akpik Theatre & Theaturtle Director: Reneltta Arluk Music Director: Carmen Braden Writers: Reneltta Arluk, Rawdna Carita Eira, Alon Nashman Dramaturgy: Christopher Morris Cultural Envoy: Rawdna Carita Eira Performers: Julia Ulayok Davis, Ujarneq Fleischer, Pernille Persen
Recorded music: Dior Quartet (Noa Sarid, Tobias Elser, Caleb Georges, Joanne Yesol Choi) Composer | Sound Design: Carmen Braden
Set Design | Illustration: Hailey Verbonac Lighting Design: Itai Erdal
Costume | Props Design: Jay Havens Choreography: Fia Grogono & Mique’l Dangeli New Media/Projection Design Collaborator: Vanka Salim New Media/Projection Design Support: Chimerik 似不像 New Media/Projection Design Consultant & Facilitator: Sammy Chien-MacCaull Digital Content: Davis Heslep & Barry Bilinsky Video Dramaturgy: Barry Bilinsky
Projection Technical Consultant: Cody Dyson Collaborating Filmmakers: Riddle Films, Cabin Productions, Jan Helmer Olsen, Artless Collective Stage Management: Ashley Rees Technical Director: Jessica Han Production Manager: Kayleigh Sandomirsky Image Design: Rise Frequency Intuitive Graphic Design