Red Sky News

The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced that Tono received a Dora Mavor Moore Award which honours excellence in the performing arts.

Tono team after a press conference in Shanghai, China.

Toronto, June 2, 2010 - At a press conference held today at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced nominations for the 31st Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards which honour excellence in the performing arts in Toronto.

Red Sky's Tono was nominated for a Dora Award for our performances at the Fleck Dance Theatre as part of the Luminato Festival.

Red Sky Performance proudly announces that its highly acclaimed Tono- a visually brilliant dance and live music creation that connects the world Indigenous cultures of Canada, Mongolia and China wil perform at the World Expo 2010 Shanghai in China from May 5-9, 2010. Red Sky has the prestigious honour of performing at the Opening Gala of the Canadian Pavilion on May 8, 2010 at 7:30pm plus four performances.

On the cusp of its 10th anniversary, Toronto's Red Sky Performance proudly announces that its much-lauded Tono- a stunningly vivid dance and live music creation that connects the Indigenous cultures of Canada, Mongolia and China- will be a featured highlight at the Cultural Olympiad of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, running February 11-14, 2010 at the Vancouver Playhouse.

Tono is now a CD; a portal into the Indigenous world of music. The theme of Tono is heavily grounded in horse culture, spanning Indigenous plains traditions in Asia and North America with a storyline about shamanism in both continents, and the creature universally regarded as the epitome of strength, grace and beauty. This CD is a portal into this rich, textured music of Mongolia and Canada using traditional and contemporary musical practices, ancient instruments and cutting edge technology.

Red Sky continues its exciting trajectory and currently has two performances that will be part of the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad.

Tono is a highlight at the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad, and was part of the closing ceremonies of the cultural programming of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2008 Meet in Beijing Festival.