Going Home Star by Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Dancers: Liang Xing and Sophia Lee. Photo: Samanta Katz
Going Home Star by Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Dancers: Liang Xing and Sophia Lee. Photo: Samanta Katz

Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet

Going Home Star - Truth and Reconciliation

  • 7:30pm
  • 7:30pm
  • Winnipeg
  • Mark Godden
  • Joseph Boyden
  • 1h 55 min

Commissioned by Artistic Director André Lewis, Going Home Star – Truth and Reconciliation explores the world of Annie, a young, urban First Nations woman adrift in a contemporary life of youthful excess. But when she meets Gordon, a longhaired trickster disguised as a homeless man, she’s propelled into a world she’s always sensed but never seen. Not only do they travel the streets of this place but also the paths of their ancestors, learning to accept the other’s burdens as the two walk through the past and toward the future. Together, both Annie and Gordon learn that without truth, there is no reconciliation.

“…ballet turns darkness into beauty” 

THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Preview of Going Home Star
Interview with author Joseph Boyden

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Plus for the generous support of the following production investors: Truth and Reconciliation Commission, The Asper Foundation, Tuccaro Group of Companies, and Wawanesa Insurance.