Coyotes & Cheezies:

The Integration of Animation Into Live Theatre

Presenters: Kim Senklip Harvey and Emily Soussana

Host: Emily Soussana

About the Presenters

Kim Senklip Harvey (she/her) is a proud Syilx and Tsilhqot’in with Ancestral ties to the Dakelh, Secwepemc and Ktunaxa communities. She is a Indigenous Theorist, Cultural Evolutionist and storyteller whose work focuses on the ignition of Indigenous power and innovating methodological processes with artistic sovereignty to create joy centered narratives that nourish the spirits of peoples oppressed by the imperial state. Kim creates artistic ceremonies to protect and evolve Indigenous cultures and believes that stories are the most powerful tool we have to provide every organism the opportunity to live peacefully.

Emily Soussana (she/they) is an award winning video and production designer based out of Tiotia:ke (Montreal). They are a graduate of The National Theatre School of Canada's scenography program, the University of Ottawa's Theatre program and spent time as a projection technologist at The Banff Centre. They are the co-founder of potatoCakes_Digital, a production design and digital arts collective which officially coalesced in 2018.