Red Sky’s "Performance Research" aims to develop and improve the knowledge, understanding and practice of contemporary Indigenous performance in theatre, dance and music worldwide, and to affect change through investigation, sharing and discovery.


The goals of "Performance Research are:

• to focus upon contemporary performance culture, and to investigate the sources and context of traditional expression, and the relationship of innovation to tradition; and
• to dig to discover origins and roots, and to push boundaries of perception and possibilities with regard to contemporary Indigenous performance.

Red Sky produces innovative performance work; creates inspirational learning opportunities through master classes, intensive workshops, symposiums, and lectures with the world’s leading Indigenous creators, and collaborates and exchanges with performance companies and artists of international significance; and collects and archives Indigenous performance research from around the world.

Red Sky’s Performance Research is dedicated to the nourishment and advancement of contemporary Indigenous performance, and the advancement of the artistic ecology of Canada.

Red Sky’s Performance Research is a joint venture with universities located in Canada, United States, Mexico and New Zealand.




Red Sky's Master Classes are inspirational learning opportunities with the world's leading Indigenous creators. Our Master Classes are dedicated to the nourishment and advancement of the artistic ecology in Canada.

These unique master classes reflect Red Sky's goal to provide the opportunity to theatre, dance, music, storytelling and film professionals for intimate face-to-face exchanges with others who can share their experiences, skills and pass on seasoned advice.

Everyone is welcome to participate in these exceptional Master Classes!

Direct from Greenland!
Makka Kleist on Stage Presence

About Makka Kleist

Makka Kleist is an accomplished actor, director and teacher, and considered one of the world‚s leading indigenous performers. Makka is Inuk originally from Greenland, and has trained extensively with Tuukkaq Theatre in Denmark, and performed in Tuukkaq's "Nattoralik", "Kattutta, "Eqqartuussisuaraq", and "Uaajeerneq in Greenland, Scandinavia, Holland, France, Germany, United States and Canada. She has also worked with Silamuit Theatre, North Atlantic Cultural Cooperation, Native Earth, and was a coordinator for the Inuit Circumpolar Conference in Nuuk and Kuujjuaq in Greenland.

Where: Guild Room, Equity Showcase Theatre
651 Dufferin Street (Dufferin/Dundas)

When: Sunday December 7, 2003 at 1 pm - 6 pm
Cost: $20.

Please RSVP Red Sky at 416-585-9969 or info@redskyperformance.com


Direct from Mexico
Carlos Rivera on
Traditional & Contemporary Dance Forms

About Carlos Rivera

Carlos Rivera is a core performer with Red Sky, and a dancer, teacher and choreographer of traditional Mexican and contemporary dance. He is of Mixteco indigenous descent, and studied at the Government of Mexico City's Cultural Secretary Dance School and the Centre for Choreographic Research (CICO-INBA) at the Mexican Fine Arts Institute. He has been a part of numerous dance productions in Mexico and Canada.

Where: Maddison Studios, Toronto

When: March 26, 27, 28, 2004 from 4 pm - 9 pm

Cost: $75



Michael Greyeyes on Viewpoints Improvisation


About Michael Greyeyes


Michael Greyeyes graduated from The National Ballet School before joining The National Ballet of Canada in 1987.  He moved to New York City to dance with the company of renowned choreographer Eliot Feld as a soloist.  Michael was one of the choreographers for Red Sky’s SHIMMER which was commissioned by the 2006 Canada Dance Festival. He was the subject of a CBC documentary entitled He Who Dreams: Michael Greyeyes on the Pow Wow Trail, televised nationally on Adrienne Clarkson Presents.  In this documentary, the dances of his own culture led him to re-envision how contemporary movement intersects with the ancient traditions of his Plains Cree history.

Where: Rehearsal Hall A of the National Arts Centre, Ottawa

When: Wednesday, June 7th at 9:30am

Cost: Free Admission

 

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