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Indigenous dance producer Sandra Laronde wants to shift the narrative of Canada
With a new dance film streaming online, the Red Sky Performance artistic director goes beyond the human-centric world
By Charlie Smith
Joanna Stoga/NFM
Miigis is inspired by an Anishinaabe origin story about travelling from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes.
Red Sky Performance executive and artistic director Sandra Laronde seized upon the idea for one of her landmark shows while staring at the night sky.
As a member of the Teme-Augama Anishinabai (People of the Deep Water) in northern Ontario, she was well aware of how important the cosmos is to her people.