Michael Greyeyes Biography

Fast Facts

• Is Plains Cree, his mother is from the Sweetgrass First Nation, and his father is from the Muskeg Lake First Nation
• Apprenticed with The National Ballet of Canada after graduating from there and later joined the company as a Corps de Ballet member in 1987
• Acting career began when he was cast as Juh in the 1993 TV movie Geronimo
• Directed and choreographed the first Cree language opera, Pimooteewin a
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• The Journey, with music by Melissa Hui and libretto by Tomson Highway for Soundstreams Canada in 2008
• Founded the company Signal Theatre, which explores intercultural and transdisciplinary live performance, in 2010