Wednesday, April 14th
In partnership with Digidance, Springboard Performance is proud to offer a new film celebrating Red Sky Performance’s 20th anniversary story as a leading company of contemporary Indigenous performance in Canada and worldwide.
More Than Dance, We Are A Movement contains excerpts from their award-winning work and interviews with collaborators who have participated in this remarkable journey. This film captures the creative drive of founder and Artistic Director, Sandra Laronde, and the exceptional artistic vision that propelled Red Sky Performance to prominence and critical acclaim.
This Digidance live stream is an initiative of DanceHouse of Vancouver, Danse Danse of Montreal, Harbourfront Centre of Toronto and the National Arts Centre of Ottawa in association with Springboard Performance of Calgary.
New film reveals how Indigenous contemporary dance producer Sandra Laronde is shifting the narrative of Canada In More Than Dance, We Are a Movement, her company performs two award-winning shows inspired by Anishinaabe origin stories by Charlie Smith on April 12th, 2021 at 3:08 PM 1 of 4 2 of 4
Red Sky Performance executive and artistic director Sandra Laronde seized upon the idea for one of her landmark shows while staring at the night sky.
As a member of the Teme-Augama Anishinabai (People of the Deep Water) in northern Ontario, she was well aware of how important the cosmos is to her people.
“As Anishinaabe, we call ourselves the star people,” Laronde told the
NOW Magazine
Indigenous dance producer Sandra Laronde wants to shift the narrative of Canada
With a new dance film streaming online, the Red Sky Performance artistic director goes beyond the human-centric world By Charlie Smith
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Miigis is inspired by an Anishinaabe origin story about travelling from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes.
Red Sky Performance executive and artistic director Sandra Laronde seized upon the idea for one of her landmark shows while staring at the night sky.
As a member of the Teme-Augama Anishinabai (People of the Deep Water) in northern Ontario, she was well aware of how important the cosmos is to her people.
New film reveals how Indigenous dance innovator Sandra Laronde is shifting the narrative of Canada In More Than Dance, We Are a Movement, her company performs two award-winning shows inspired by Anishinaabe origin stories by Charlie Smith on April 12th, 2021 at 3:08 PM 1 of 4 2 of 4
Red Sky Performance executive and artistic director Sandra Laronde seized upon the idea for one of her landmark shows while staring at the night sky.
As a member of the Teme-Augama Anishinabai (People of the Deep Water) in northern Ontario, she was well aware of how important the cosmos is to her people.
“As Anishinaabe, we call ourselves the star people,” Laronde told the
The mission of
Red Sky Performance is “to create inspiring experiences of contemporary Indigenous arts and culture that transform society.”
The new film
More Than a Dance, We Are a Movement marks the 20th anniversary of dance company Red Sky Performance. It’s being presented online April 14-20, 2021, by the
Digidance initiative (which includes Alberta’s
Springboard Performance.)
Sandra Laronde, founder, Artistic & Executive Director of Red Sky Performance.