The Candy Palmater Show

Actor Michael Greyeyes doesn't shy away from messy conversations

It's been a long journey from playing Gooch in Dance Me Outside, to Sitting Bull in the upcoming movie Woman Walks Ahead, also starring Jessica Chastain.
Actor, dancer and choregrapher Michael Greyeyes. (Photo by Studio Seven Productions/NM/Sygma via Getty Images)

You may know Michael Greyeyes as Gooch from the 1994 film Dance Me Outside.

Over a career that spans more than two decades, Michael Greyeyes has played many roles. But before he was an actor, he was a trained classical ballet dancer. 

These days, Michael is alternatively an actor, a dancer, a director and a teacher. He talked to Candy about how Indigenous voices and bodies are represented today.