The historically-shaped violence embedded in ongoing relations of colonization and imperialism for both refugee and indigenous women across the globe are stories mostly told in reports and statistics.

Performative arts, dance and theatre holds great potential for telling unseen stories. Embodied performance can initiate a learning process into reality-based experiences of people who have been subjected to extreme oppressive circumstances.

No Woman’s Land interprets experiences of refugee women, focusing an artistic lens toward their resilience and courage. In 2016, Roshanak Jaberi began working with her research collaborators Doris Rajan, of the Institute for Research and Development on Inclusion and Society (IRIS), and Dr. Shahrzad Mojab, of the University of Toronto. Interviews were conducted by community facilitators with women who have come to Canada as refugees.

On the heels of the #metoo movement and continuing dialogue on the representations of sexual and gendered violence on stage, Amelia Ehrhardt leads a discussion on representation in contemporary dance practices.