June
13 – 15, 2007
Artistic Director attends the Naadam Festival, a national event that combines
the cultural and artistic expression with the nomad Olympics in Ulanbaatar,
Mongolia
Wednesday
December 13, 2006 at 7 pm
NOW Lounge, 189 Church Street, Toronto
Everyone belongs under one sky
Sandra Laronde
Michael Greyeyes, Amos Key Jr.
Blues guitarist/singer, George Leach
Singer/Actress, Tabby Johnson
Champion Fancy Dancer, Nigel Schyuler
$15. per person.
Doors open at 6 pm
Cash Bar and Menu Available
Box Office: 416-585-9969
Sunday November 26, 2006
Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion
Haliburton, Ontario
2pm
Friday November 17, 2006
Edenrose Public School
Mississauga, Ontario
9:15 am & 1:15pm
Thursday November 16, 2006
Keele Street Public School
Toronto, Ontario
9:15 am & 1:15pm
Wednesday November 15, 2006
Fir Grove Public School
Toronto, Ontario
9:15 am
Tuesday November 14, 2006
Sherwood Mills Public School
Mississauga, Ontario
9:30 am, 11:45am & 1:30pm
Monday November 13, 2006
Amesbury Public School
Toronto, Ontario
9:30 am
Saturday November 4, 2006 at 2:20 pm
Imperial Theatre
Saint John, New Brunswick
Red Sky is selected to perform at CAPACOA 2006. The Canadian Arts Presenting
Association/l'Association canadienne des organismes artistiques (CAPACOA)
serves the performing arts touring and presenting community through its
commitment to integrate the performing arts into the lives of all Canadians.
Saturday
October 28, 2006 at 2:50 pm
Imperial Theatre, Sarnia, Ontario
Red Sky is selected to perform at Ontario Contact 2006. Ontario Contact
showcases Outstanding Canadian Artists to presenters.
October 24, 25, 26, 2006
Red Sky studio, Toronto
Five aspiring performers learn more about theatre and music in terms of
breaking down scripts and examining elements of music. This mentorship
with accomplished director and professor at York University, Mark Wilson,
includes sneak previews, behind the scenes work, and performances of renowned
Tomson Highway (playwright, composer, lyricist, pianist) and Patricia
Cano (mezzo soprano/actress) and Uli Kempendorf (saxophonist) in Tomson
Flies with a Little Help from his Friends (title).
Red
Sky presents
A charming and whimsical cabaret in English, French, and Cree for all
audiences.
Featuring the incredible Tomson Highway on piano, the incomparable mezzo
soprano Patricia Cano, and saxophonist extraordinaire Uli Kempendorff
from Berlin.
This cabaret will feature selections from The Incredible Adventures of
Mary Jane Mosquito and selections from Highway´s musical, Rose,
part of his "Rez" cycle.
Friday October 27 at 8 pm
Saturday October 28 at 8 pm
Gibsone Jessop Gallery (Distillery District, Bldg 4 - 55 Mill Street)
Sunday October 29 at 2 pm
Native Canadian Centre, 16 Spadina Road
Sunday October 29 at 8 pm
Gibsone Jessop Gallery (Distillery District, Bldg 4 - 55 Mill Street)
$20 General Admission $13 (students/seniors/youth)
For tickets or info 416-585-9969
Tuesday October 17, 2006
Salurinn Concert Hall
Kopavogur, Iceland
8:30 am
10:50 pm
Wednesday October 18, 2006
Salurinn Concert Hall
Kopavogur, Iceland
10:50 am
8:00 pm
Thursday October 19, 2006
Salurinn Concert Hall
Kopavogur, Iceland
10:50 am
8:00 pm
Saturday October 21, 2006
Winter Garden
Kopavogur, Iceland
8:00 pm
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July
14, 15, 16 at 7:30 pm
Wednesday
April 12, 2006
February 7, 2006 2006 Ontario Good Citizenship Medal awarded to Artistic Director Sandra Laronde The medal for Good Citizenship pays special tribute to those Ontarians whose lives exemplify excellence and achievement in the finest order. Sandra was honoured with one of Ontario’s 38 official silver medals, presented by the Honourable James K. Bartleman, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. Recipients must have made outstanding public contributions through exceptional efforts. This award reflects their acts of selflessness, generosity and kindness, and exceptional contributions to community life. 
February
8 – 11, 2006
January 15, 2006
December 9, 2005 June
10 – 13, 2005
Thursday
May 26 & Friday May 27, 2005 at 8 pm  (
Caribou Song & Raven Stole The Sun)May 3-12, 2005 Arts and Culture Centre, Newfoundland and Labrador School and public performances presented by Arts and Culture Centres
Fri
April 29, 2005
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7 & 8, 2005 March
16, 2005, 6 - 8 pm. February
14, 2005 February 2, 2005 Artistic Director Sandra Laronde speaks on Performance Entrepreneurship at Ryerson University in Toronto. The purpose is of this lecture is to give graduating actors and dancers the tools they need to mount a show, or to start a company, and to inspire the students by talking about Red Sky's successful experiences. January
19 - 22, 2005 December
9, 2004
Saturday
October 23, 2004 at 11:30 am September
20, 2004
The
Carlu, Image: www.jinnyjacinto.com
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July
5 & 6, 2004 - IDEA - International Drama/Theatre & Education Association
IDEA
- World Congress Festival
Academic Hall, University of Ottawa, OTTAWA
(
Caribou Song & Raven Stole The Sun)
Yukon International Storytelling Festival
Wednesday
June 23, 2004 - Danoja Zho Cultural Centre, Dawson City, Yukon at 7:30
pm
Saturday June 26, 2004 - Rotary Park, Mainstage, Whitehorse at 7:00 pm
Sunday June 27, 2004 - Rotary Park, Mainstage, Whitehorse at 9:00 pm
June
12, 2004 -Canada Dance Festival
National Arts Centre Theatre, OTTAWA
65 min
Saturday June 12 at 7:30 pm
Rated one of the 1993 top ten dance picks by both the Globe & Mail
and the Toronto Star.
"Audacious...astonishing...magnificent...mysterious in its beauty"
- Globe & Mail
"Powerful and original"
-Toronto Star
Tickets for Dancing Americas at the Canada Dance Festival
Contact Ticketmaster HYPERLINK http://www.ticketmaster.ca www.ticketmaster.ca
www.canadadancefestival.ca
(
Caribou Song & Raven Stole The Sun)
May 23, 24, 25 - Milk International Children's Festival of the Arts
Harbourfront Theatre Centre, Toronto.
60 min
Ages 5 and up
Sun. May 23 at 3:30 pm
Mon. May 24 at 3:30 pm
Tues. May 25 at 10:30 am
"A blend of natural and percussive sounds -resonates as powerfully
as the performances."
- NOW Magazine
Tickets for Sun Spirits call Harbourfront Box Office at 416-973-4000
www.harbourfront.on.ca/milk
May 7 - 21, 2004 - Governor-General's Canadian Leadership
In 2004, Red Sky's Artistic Director Sandra Laronde was one of 225 Canadians
chosen to participate in the Governor-General's Canadian Leadership program
that celebrates promising leaders making a significant impact on Canada.
In May, Sandra will participate in a two-week intensive travelling to
three provinces, and will meet luminaries such as Bishop Desmond Tutu
of South Africa; Guy Laliberte, Cirque du Soleil; Zacharias Kunuk, filmmaker
of Atanajurat: The Fast Runner.
March
17, 2004- "Sounds abOriginal", Museum of Civilization, Grand
Hall, OTTAWA, ON
Teacher Orientation session for primary school teachers on March 8, 2004 at the Harbourfront Centre, Toronto.
Performances and Events in 2003
Red
Sky's Master Classes are inspirational learning opportunities with the
world's leading Aboriginal creators. Red Sky plays an important role in
the cultural and artistic development by offering Master Classes that
nurture the current and next generation of artistic talent 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
On November 29 - 30, 2003, Red Sky's interactive festival booth attracted
thousands of people at the Toronto International Pow Wow, the largest
annual pow wow in North America.
This community outreach event at Toronto's Skydome was both enjoyable
and productive. Thousands of people from the Aboriginal and mainstream
communities, and from all parts of Ontario, Canada and the U.S. attended
this event. Red Sky provided and distributed information, signed visitors
on to our mailing list, promoted upcoming events, and provided audiences
with the opportunity to watch performance excerpts of Red Sky on a looped
DVD.
Mark
Your Calendar for the Evening of October 29, 2003
Red Sky at Night will formally premiere Red Sky, an exciting contemporary
Aboriginal performance company.
With Serious Star Power
including Tomson Highway, Susan Aglukark, Veronica Tennant, Molly Johnson,
George Leach, Con Caché, high energy Latin salsa & jazz, and
Artistic Director Sandra Laronde. Inspired by an Aboriginal celestial
theme, Red Sky at Night will be a truly spectacular and hip event taking
place at Revival, a 'hot spot' in the heart of Little Italy on October
29th, 2003.
Red Sky is already playing a pivotal role in shaping contemporary Aboriginal
performance forms in theatre, dance and music. Red Sky charts unexplored
artistic links with a range of cultural communities both here and overseas
bringing a unique and visionary approach to Toronto's cultural scene.
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Gourmet
Fusion Cuisine Become part of Red Sky's orbit! Doors open at 8pm Tickets in Advance - $15 Tickets at the Door - $20 Revival 783 College St. (College & Shaw) For tickets call Central Box Office 416-504-PLAY |
On October 18, 2003, Sandra Laronde and Rick Sacks performed an excerpt of Caribou Song at the "Creative Places & Spaces" international conference of 500 delegates at Toronto’s Design Exchange presented by Toronto Artscape in association with the Canadian Urban Institute and Artspace Projects of Minneapolis.
an
excerpt at Harbourfront's World Fare.
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"an
original statement about the continuity of continental cultures
that speak to each other and to us, across the centuries" "magnificent
in the scope of imagination" |
A stunning new dance piece conceived by Sandra Laronde with choreography by three-time Dora Award winner Peter Chin. These excerpts explore the First Peoples of the Americas through the metaphor of the migratory Monarch butterfly.
Friday July 18, 2003 at 6:30pm at the Passages Stage, Harbourfront Centre
and Champion Grass Dancer, Matthew Pheasant, from Manitoulin Island
Saturday July 19, 2003 at 2:30pm at the Ann Tindall Stage, Harbourfront Centre
For more info: (416) 973-4000
Admission
is FREE
Harbourfront Centre, York Quay
235
Queen's Quay Centre
World
Premiere of Dancing Americas, a stunning new dance creation conceived
by Artistic Director Sandra Laronde with choreography by three-time Dora
Award winner Peter Chin. This Canadian/Mexican explores the relationship
of the First Peoples of the Americas through the metaphor of the migratory
Monarch butterfly and features live music with traditional indigenous
Mexican instruments, four performers from Mexico and four from Canada.
Dancing Americas is set to original, live music by acclaimed master composer
Antonio Zepeda who will also perform with pre-contact indigenous instrumentation.
Originally from Mexico City, Zepeda is highly acclaimed for his revival
of Mesoamerican and pre-Columbian indigenous music from Mexico.
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Conceived by Sandra Laronde Choreographer Peter Chin Music by Antonio Zepeda Lighting Designer Steve Lucas Costume Designer Cheryl Lalonde Stage Manager Sharon di Genova |
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| Performers:
Marina Acevedo, Mark Johnson, Sandra Laronde, Yvonne Ng, Matthew Pheasant,
Carlos Rivera, Andrea Zavala Runs March 27, 28, 29, 2003 nightly at Harbourfront Centre's du Maurier Theatre Centre, 231 Queens Quay West. For tickets call the Harbourfront Box Office at 416-973-4000. Tickets $22. $15 (students & seniors, CADA, WIFT, SCDS). Group Rates $12 (10+) For Media call: Dianne Weinrib, Amy Stewart DW Communications at 416-703-5479. Email: dwc@total.net |
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Caribou
Song tells the story of two Cree children who follow the caribou by dogsled
with their family. When a herd of caribou thunders through their camp
one day, the parents worry that the children have been trampled. Instead,
the children find a way to embrace the spirit of the caribou who rush
by, leaving the children unharmed, and laughing and playing on a large
rock.
Caribou Song is part of Musicools, the first Circumpolar Music Festival
for Families and features companies from Iceland, Finland as well as Nunavut,
Montreal and Toronto in Canada.
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Story
by Tomson Highway Composer Rick Sacks Performers Sandra Laronde and Carlos Rivera with musicians Rick Sacks, Rick Lazar and Jonathan Fisher Director Mark Wilson Choreographer Peter Chin Lighting Designer Steve Lucas Costume Designer Cheryl Lalonde |
Runs
April 30 - March 4, 2003 at the Isabel Bader Theatre
Tickets $15 & $30 Call: 416-366-7723 ext 234 or ext 235
For Media call: Karen Lorenowicz at 416-243-0168 or klorenowicz@attcanada.ca
Red
Sky's Master Classes are inspirational learning opportunities with seven
of the world's leading Aboriginal creators. These unique master classes
reflect Red Sky's goal to provide the opportunity to theatre, dance, storytelling
and film professionals for intimate face-to-face exchanges with professional
artists, community and others who can share their experiences, skills
and pass on seasoned advice.
For more information, call Red Sky at 416-585-9969
or email info@redskyperformance.com
Red
Sky dancer Carlos Rivera performs the Mayo Deer Dance which is performed
by the Yoreme culture of northwestern Mexico.
April 1, 2003 at the Gardiner Museum
Free Admission
Join Red Sky for a sneak preview of excerpts from Dancing Americas with
Red Sky‚s artistic director Sandra Laronde, choreographer Peter Chin
and Mexican performers Carlos Rivera, Marina Acevedo and Andrea Zavala
at the Art Gallery of Ontario.
This sneak preview is part of All Things Are Connected celebration
February 23, 2003
1 pm - 4pm, Art Gallery of Ontario
317 Dundas West, Toronto
Admission $12.
Excerpt of work-in-progress, Dancing Americas, on February 22, 2003 at the YMCA, Toronto.
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