ANGE LOFT | INTERDISCIPLINARY PERFORMING ARTIST
Home: Kanien’kehá:ka, from Kahnawà:ke, QC, Canada (lives in Toronto)
Instagram: @_aloft_
Previous Work: Island of Flower and Furs, Dish Dances, Electric Prop and Hum Freestyle Variations, Material Witness
Ange Loft is an interdisciplinary performing artist and initiator, as well as an ardent collaborator, consultant, and facilitator working in arts-based research, wearable sculpture, theatrical co-creation, and Haudenosaunee history.
As a performer, Loft has graced international stages with musical act Yamantaka//Sonic Titan and as an interpreter of Indigenous lead theatrical narrative, experimental composition, and performance.
Loft’s work has a distinctive style that utilizes big images and tactile props to present heavy content in a beautiful, soft, fun, and weird way. Her work as an artist led her to winning the Toronto Arts Foundation’s Indigenous Artist Award in 2023.
More about Ange Loft
How were you first introduced to your creative discipline?
“Turtle Island Theatre Company in Kahnawake.”
How has your city, region or places you were raised impacted you artistically/creatively?
“Since 2015, I’d been researching and making art about Toronto’s Indigenous history and have recently turned my attention to the Montreal region, with projects at Centaur Theatre (Stone and Bone Spectacular, 2024) and the Canadian Centre for Architecture (Visibly Iroquoian, 2023). A lot of my recent work is predominantly based off of conversations about the histories of the region and imagery needed to recall them. My current projects look at patterns on pottery found on the island to use as design assets, reconstituting the visual world of Montreal pre-contact and playing with them for use in the theatre.”
What has been your biggest professional achievement(s) so far?
“Recipient of Toronto Arts Foundation Indigenous Artist Award.”
What’s something people should know about you?
“I’ve recently become a full ACTRA member. I’m slowly stepping back into performance for stage and film. I’ll be hunting for some juicy roles in the next few years. Write some roles for me. I’ve always wanted to play a warlord in an Indigenous dystopia.”
