Performance
5 September 2026
5 September 2026
Ivanie Aubin-Malo and her performers
Wesuwecuwon
Dance
Saturday 5 September 2026, at 7 PM
DesPrés | Agora — 57 Main Street North, Sutton (Quebec)
In case of rain, the performance will be moved to the Sutton School of Art
The Wesuwecuwon performance stages the memories, dreams, and lives of the Wabanaki Confederacy peoples in a work that is simultaneously narrated, sung, and danced.
In the Wolastoqey language, wesuwecuwon speaks of the returning current – it flows back. Water is a marker of time through the movement of tides. It sculpts rocks, influences the formation of the Earth’s crust, and erodes wood to reveal its framework. Inspired by water, the movement of bodies becomes fluid, multidimensional, both slow and resolutely powerful.
Biography
Wolastoq and Quebec choreographer, performer, and curator, Ivanie Aubin-Malo received the award for best choreographic work in Quebec in 2025 for her show Wahsipekuk: Beyond the Mountains. Since 2020, she has coordinated the activities of the MAQAHATINE collective, which connects Indigenous movement artists. Based in L’Islet, in Wolastokuk, she recently co-founded the Wolastoqiyik Atonikek cultural center, which allows members to connect by participating in cultural events. She is currently creating her second interdisciplinary show titled Wesuwecuwon, which brings together seven artists, predominantly from the Wabanaki confederacy.
Approach
By bringing together seven performers from the Mi’kmaq, Welasteqewiyik, and W8banaki peoples, choreographer Ivanie-Aubin-Malo convenes the reunion of the Wabanaki Confederacy. With the work Wesuwecuwon, Ivanie Aubin-Malo and her performers envision a future that values everyone’s role and reorients our relationship with time.
Creation Credits
Ivanie AUBIN-MALO Choreographer, performer
Chan POLCHIES Performer, author of English texts
Nicole JACOBS Performer, movement advisor
Catherine DESJARDINS (Kahtolin) Performer, Wolastoqey author and composer
Alexia VINCI Performer, French author and Mi’kmaq words
Judie Acquin Performer, composer
Marie-Eve CHABOT LORTIE Performer, dramaturgy advisor
Julian RICE Sound design
Samaqani Cocahq and Shayne Michael Artistic network development in the Maritimes
Mélanie O’bomsawin Video design
Ron TREMBLAY Knowledge bearer
Terry David Young Knowledge bearer
Roseanne Clark Wolastoqey language translation and coaching
Robert Leavitt Wolastoqey language translation
Lysanne O’BOMSAWIN Knowledge bearer (Abenaki dances)
Éric Fontaine Technical director
Mathilde Coté Liaison and artistic support manager
Mélodie Geoffroy Project manager
Zoé Jean-Deslauriers Editor
Residency Partners (until the preview in September 2026)
Théâtre Alphonse-Desjardins
Centre des arts d’Edmundston
Theatre New Brunswick
L’agora de la danse
L’agora de la danse
Centre D’art Daphne
Résidence OHAKWARONT of the O Vertigo Choreographic Centre
Danse Laurentides
DesPrés and Festival Pour la suite du monde
Financial Partners
Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec
Refrain and EKOTE Program
