『アーラピ』における共同制作と先住民表象の可能性

抄録

Aalaapi began as a dual project: a radio documentary and play. The former was directed by Marie-Laurence Rancourt, a non-indigenous Québécois sound artist, and the latter, by Laurence Dauphinais, a non-indigenous Québécois theatre director and actor. The play, Aalaapi, premiered in Montréal in 2018 and depicted the life of Inuit people located in Nunavik in northern Québec. A year before the premiere of Aalaapi, Robert Lepage, a Québécois director, directed Kanata, in collaboration with Ariane Mnouchkine's Théâtre du Soleil. However, Kanata sparked controversy because indigenous people were absent from stage. This work was perceived as cultural appropriation and was ultimately withdrawn.

Contrary to Kanata, in Aalaapi, Rancourt and Dauphinais work with Inuit people from the beginning of the creative process, and only Inuit actors appear on stage. Thus, these people in the North who have long been oppressed and ignored, illustrate themselves through their own storytelling. Further to the Kanata controversy, Aalaapi is considered a response to the possibility of representing of indigenous people on stage. This study examines the ingenuity of mise-en-scène in Aalaapi by analyzing its stage presentation.