Troy Emery Twigg

Troy is from the Kainai Nation in Southern Alberta. He has worked as an actor, dancer, choreographer, director, dramaturg and instructor but is primarily an artist in movement, choreography and staging, mostly creating his own works which have been presented nationally and internationally including Iitahpoyii; They Shoot Buffalo, Don’t They?; Dancing the Universe in Flux; Pulse; and Static. Troy was one of the original visionaries and founding artists of the ground breaking Making Treaty 7 theatrical event. He is co-director for the young people’s theatre version of Making Treaty 7 titled We Are All Treaty People which has been nominated for a Dora Award in the Best Production, Theatre for Young Audience Division. Recently he has worked with Decidedly Jazz Danceworks; The Prairie Dance Exchange, and the Groundbreaking Iinisikimm puppet project with the Canadian Academy of Mask and Puppety. He has co-curated an exhibition called By Invitation Only: Dance, Confederation and Reconciliation for Dance Collection Danse. He has recently acted in Omari Newton’s Sal Capone: The Lamentable Tragedy of, at the National Arts Centre and in Lemon Tree Creations, Why Not Theatre and Buddies in Bad Times Theatre’s production of Lilies. He has directed and dramaturged Omaagomaan by Waawaate Fobister which premiered in Winnipeg at the Gas Station Arts Centre in the fall of 2019 and will be presented by Theatre Passe Muraille and Native Earth Performing Arts in April 2020. He is currently working on Closet Freaks with Stage Left Productions, which will premiere its work at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in the Fall of 2020. Troy has taught movement for actor training and various dance and movement workshops and lectures at several institutions and festivals nationally and internationally including the Centre for Indigenous Theatre; York University,; Quest Theatre; University of British Columbia Okanagan; Centre National de le Danse; The Talking Stick Festival; Canada Dance Festival; Dance In Vancouver; Dance Victoria; The Banff Centre for the Arts and Theatre Alberta (Rocky Mountain Lecture Series). His research has been presented at the American Library Association, American Theatre Association, Congress on Research of Dance, The Society of Dance History Scholars and has been featured in several publications.