“Working with the horse puppet, specifically, it feels like a real horse.

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“Working with the horse puppet, specifically, it feels like a real horse. (The puppeteers) have this amazing control over where they can breathe together and they can make the ears move and the tail move. They’re just so synchronized in the way that the three of them move this giant puppet.”

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Life-sized horse puppet will have young audiences connecting to Indigenous identity rediscovery story

Red Sky Performance will stage the world premiere of She Holds Up the Stars at the Toronto Symphony Orchestra venue Roy Thomson Hall with two performances April 19. School shows are scheduled for April 13 to April 18.The Indigenous-led stage production is based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Red Sky’s founding artistic director Sandra Laronde. The show is an original coming-of-age story about identity, belonging and connection.

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