About Red Sky Performance

Sandra Laronde founded Red Sky Performance, a leading company of contemporary Indigenous performance in Canada and worldwide.

Since its creation in 2000, Sandra's vision is to lead in the creation, elevation, and evolution of contemporary Indigenous performance.

Now in their 24th year of performance (dance, theatre, music, and media), Red Sky continues to be guided by the mission to create inspiring experiences of contemporary Indigenous arts and culture that transform society in meaningful ways.

Laronde’s concept of performance explores the relationship between movement, live music, theatricality, and screen design. Her engagement in these disciplines involves collaborations with dancers, musicians, composers, choreographers, visual artists, actors, writers, designers, researchers, and culture keepers are integral to Red Sky Performance’s distinct productions.

Red Sky also provides many opportunities to emerging and established artists as they hone their artistic practice through a collaborative Indigenous process, offering unique opportunities for these practitioners to thrive creatively and professionally.

Touring since 2003, Red Sky has delivered close to 4,000 performances across Canada including international performances in 22 countries on four continents, including two Cultural Olympiads (Beijing and Vancouver), World Expo in Shanghai, Venice Biennale, and Jacob’s Pillow, and the Kennedy Center among others. At the same time, they remain deeply rooted and invested on a grassroots level and regularly perform in urban, rural, and reserve communities across Turtle Island.

Red Sky is the recipient of 17 Dora Mavor Moore awards and nominations, two Indigenous Music Awards, three International Youth Drama Awards from Shenzhen, China, and the Smithsonian Expressive Award, among other recognitions.

To learn more about Red Sky: www.redskyperformance.com