Making Treaty 7 founding member Troy Emery Twigg dies

The Calgary theatre company, which recently received 20 nominations from Calgary theatre critics for its most recent season of work, made the announcement on Instagram Friday.

"It is with heavy hearts that Making Treaty 7 Cultural Society acknowledges the passing of our friend, colleague, brother, alumni, founding member and past Artistic Director, Troy Emery Twigg," it said. "A proud member of the Kainai Nation, Troy grew up in southern Alberta. He knew from a young age that he was meant to be a dancer. So, he left the reserve and moved to Toronto."

Twigg told Barb Livingstone he was bullied in high school."I was a two-spirited, weird kid," he said, in a CalgaryHe received a fine arts degree from the University of Lethbridge and master's in dance studies from York University in Toronto, before returning to Calgary in 2012 to help Michael Green and Narcisse Blood start Making Treaty 7.

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