Red Sky Productions, known throughout the world for its innovative production style, will present "Mistatim," an intercultural story that combines dance, theater, mask, storytelling and music, on Jan. 25 in the Chalberg Theatre at Central Lakes College in Brainerd.
As part of the Central Lakes Community Performing Arts Center's Cultural Arts Series, "Mistatim" will perform twice, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Series Director Patrick Spradlin called the event one for the entire family.
"Given our geographic location and cross-cultural mix of peoples here, I was particularly excited about being able to bring this group here," Spradlin stated in a news release. "This is a show that both kids and their parents will find appealing, if not for the message of the play, then for the presentational style."
"Mistatim" is about the taming of a wild horse and the forging of the truest of friendships. Under a prairie sky, a simple wooden fence is all that separates Calvin on his ranch and Speck on her reservation, but in many ways they are worlds apart, that is until a wild horse named "Mistatim" turns their worlds upside down.
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The Globe and Mail, Canada's nationally distributed newspaper, called the production "audacious, astonishing ... magnificent in the scope of its imagination, mysterious in its beauty."
Recognized for being leading-edge, Red Sky Productions has significantly influenced the artistic evolution and innovation of contemporary Indigenous performance in Canada and around the world. At the forefront of contemporary indigenous performance of dance, theater, music and media, this multi-award winning company was founded in 2000 by Artistic Director Sandra Laronde. Red Sky has garnered an international reputation for collaborating on landmark projects with some of the most prestigious artists and companies from around the globe. Touring since 2003, Red Sky has delivered 1,523 performances across Canada and 159 international performances in 12 countries on four continents.
"Mistatim" had its' inaugural tour in 2015 and it was performed throughout Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta and New Brunswick including the Talking Stick Festival in Vancouver, The Banff Centre in Alberta, Capitol Theatre in New Brunswick, Medicine Hat College Theatre in Alberta and numerous schools. It held another tour in 2015 where it toured eight states in the United States including The Whiting in Flint, Mich., Alberta Bair Theatre in Billings, Mont. and the Lied Center of Kansas.
In 2016, they performed at Young People's Theatre as part of their 50th Anniversary Celebration, and then embarked on a tour across Canada, including Ontario, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and performed at venues such as the Fredericton Playhouse, Imperial Theatre, Mermaid Imperial Performing Arts Centre, Riverview Arts Centre and Sagebrush Theatre.
In 2016-17, "Mistatim" returns to the U.S. and Canada with 114 performances including Michigan, Minnesota, Washington, Montana, Illinois, New York, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario.
Tickets for "Mistatim" are available online at www.clcmn.edu/arts or from the CLC Theatre Box Office at 218-855-8199.
Bremer Bank is sponsor for the event.
