[Sandra Laronde ]
About Sandra Laronde
Sandra is a highly accomplished arts leader, creator, innovator, and an influential speaker. Sandra Laronde means "Red Sky Eagle Woman" in Anishinaabemowin (Ojibway) language. She is originally from the Teme-Augama-Anishinaabe (People of the Deep Water) in Temagami, northern Ontario.
Sandra plays a pivotal role in the ongoing indigenous cultural resurgence in Canada. She has created an extraordinary body of work and inspired programming with diverse collaborators that had led to powerful, transformational arts experiences elevating the ecology of arts and culture in this country while strengthening presence of indigenous arts and culture.
Red Sky
Red Sky Performance is a leading company of contemporary Indigenous performance in Canada and worldwide.
Mission
Our mission is to create inspiring experiences of contemporary Indigenous arts and culture that transform society. We drive our passion forward and elevate Indigenous arts and culture in ways that celebrate, uplift, and respect Indigenous cultures.
Shows: Trace
We are traceable to the very beginnings of the universe, our ancestral origins stretching across the Milky Way to the atoms burning inside of us in the ‘here and now’ on earth. Trace is a highly kinetic contemporary dance work inspired by Indigenous (Anishinaabe) sky and star stories, offering a glimpse into our origin as well as our future evolution.
Why Sandra found red sky
“I wanted to create a company that was exciting, inventive, and fresh that aligns itself with the future,” says founder Sandra Laronde. Much of Sandra’s inspiration comes from the beautiful and vast land and culture where she is from. Sandra’s vision for Red Sky Performance, in her words, is “to elevate and expand contemporary Indigenous performance and to make a significant contribution to the artistic and cultural vibrancy of Canada and the world.”
