She Holds Up the Stars

​​Red Sky Performance, a leading company of contemporary Indigenous performance, returns to the TSO with She Holds Up the Stars. Based on Sandra Laronde’s award-winning novel, this World Première concert features life-sized puppets, dance, theatre, visual art, screen design, and orchestral music.

Enter the world of an adolescent Indigenous girl navigating the challenges stacked against her amid a mesmerizing natural landscape. Her life undergoes a dramatic transformation upon encountering a wild horse, cruelly broken by a local rancher and his son. Tensions flare, causing ongoing discord within the rez and on the ranch. As she unexpectedly bonds with the horse, she discovers a strength within herself that reshapes her connection to home, land, and heart.

This concert lasts approximately 55 minutes with no intermission.

Want to enrich your students’ experience and connect to literacy? We recommend you read the book ahead of time. For a limited time, educators can get a 20% discount by using promo code R7V7G59Z when ordering books through the Annick Press website. Reading the book is not required to enjoy the concert.