Just Breathe, Okâwîmâwaskiy screening and facilitation
TRAction co-leads Melanie Kloetzel and Sandra Lamouche are currently offering facilitation sessions in connection with their new film, Just Breathe, Okâwîmâwaskiy. Just Breathe, Okâwîmâwaskiy offers a journey into and out of climate anxiety. Examining the deep inequalities and inadequate nature of Eurocentric cultural responses to the climate crisis, as well as the cultural possibilities that exist […]
Procession for End Times V
In 2025, TRAction continued its annual Procession for End Times in connection with climate actions taken around the world. For 2025, TRAction joined the Draw the Line protest to demonstrate the line that oligarchs and authoritarians are drawing between the ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’. Via the annual Procession for End Times, TRAction – in collaboration with […]
Just Breathe, Okâwîmâwaskiy offers experiential learning for students and the public
Sandra and Melanie continue to collaborate on the co-directed project Just Breathe, Okâwîmâwaskiy, sharing an additional 10 immersive performances with post-secondary students at the University of Calgary as well as with the public in September 2025. Functioning as a cultural ‘solidarity practice’, Just Breathe, Okâwîmâwaskiy brings together methods from Euro-diasporic and Indigenous contemporary performance, site-specific […]
Theatre Terrific welcomes TRAction co-lead Kevin Jesuino as their new Artistic Director
We’re thrilled to announce that Kevin Jesuino has been announced as the new Artistic Director of Theatre Terrific, Western Canada’s oldest mixed abilities theatre company! Kevin has been a valued part of the Theatre Terrific community since 2022, where he’s shared his expertise as an instructor in their mixed-abilities Theatre Creation and Dance classes. He […]
Chantal invited to the ATC Cultural Festival with the Wood Buffalo Pride Society for a LGBTQ2S+ Drum Making Workshop
In preparation for Pride events, TRAction co-lead Chantal Chagnon has been invited by the Wood Buffalo First Nations Pride Society to offer a Drum Making Workshop for 2SLGBTQ+ youth during the Athabasca Tribal Council Cultural Festival in September 2025. Well-known for her skills in teaching drum-making, the group asked Chantal to travel to Wood Buffalo […]
Sandra performs in Matthew Barney’s TACTICAL parallax
As part of the AIR Festival at the Aspen Art Museum in Aspen, Colorado, TRAction co-lead Sandra Lamouche performed in Matthew Barney’s vast work TACTICAL parallax in July 2025. The show was the festival headliner and sold out early in the festival. Taking place in a giant repurposed drill hall, the work explores the mythology […]
Just Breathe, Okâwîmâwaskiy project launches new film through keynote presentations
In May 2025, TRAction collective co-leads Sandra Lamouche and Melanie Kloetzel did two pre-screenings of their new film Just Breathe, Okâwîmâwaskiy based on the live immersive performance project, Just Breathe, Okâwîmâwaskiy. Lamouche and Kloetzel shared both project research and the film through a keynote presentation at the annual C2U Expo, which took place in Edmonton […]
Melanie wins Creativity Award in Climate, Energy and Sustainability from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Calgary
TRAction co-lead Melanie Kloetzel was honoured by the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Arts for her creative approaches to addressing the climate crisis. One of 19 awarded for their contributions, Kloetzel was the only recipient in the area of Climate, Energy and Sustainability. Overall, the awards “celebrate the innovative scholarship that provides new insights and […]
Kevin creates collaborative work for the Rainbow Refugee Society as part of New Works
TRAction co-lead Kevin Jesuino was invited by Vancouver-based New Works to collaborate with dance artist, Marco Esccer, to create a work with members of the Rainbow Refugee Society. The goal of their collaboration was to create a dance piece that expressed the members’ personal journeys. The performance was presented at the International Day Against Homophobia, […]
Tender City: The Silent Slow Dance Project fosters connections
One of our collective members, Kevin Jesuino, has been tending to this new project for the past year. Tender City: The Silent Slow Dance Project is a socially engaged dance project inviting men to participate in partnered silent slow dances in public urban spaces. Historically, urban design has often prioritized order, efficiency and productivity, reflecting […]