Socrates Project presents Peggy Baker/Arcade Fire collaboration
Photo courtesy of Peggy Baker Dance Projects
Peggy Baker, one of Canada’s most acclaimed contemporary dance artists, is joining members of Grammy Award-winning band Arcade Fire to create a fusion of dance, live indie rock and edgy visual art in the new creation, who we are in the dark, March 6 (8 p.m.) at Hamilton’s FirstOntario Concert Hall.
McMaster’s Socrates Project is presenting the performance.
Baker is celebrated as one of the most outstanding and influential contemporary dancers of her generation. With an award-winning career spanning nearly 40 years, Baker is renowned for her profound artistry, physical acuity and unique emotional strength, and she continues to create experimental, relevant, visionary work.
Her new creation, who we are in the dark, explores and illuminates darkness in many forms: the creeping darkness of uncertainty and malice; the confounding darkness of bafflement, secrets, and the unknown; the dreadful darkness of cruelty, suffering, and grief; the comforting darkness of condolence and contemplation.
With a pulsating original score composed and performed live by violinist Sarah Neufeld and drummer Jeremy Gara, both of Arcade Fire, and inventive movement by seven dancers and sophisticated video projection, lighting and design elements, who we are in the dark is a grand spectacle.
“We are excited to bring this powerful new work to Hamilton,” says Socrates Project director Rina Fraticelli. “Peggy Baker is one of the most influential artists of our time, and who we are in the dark is an unforgettable creation. At once intimate and immense, it speaks to our humanity, our vulnerability, and the power of art and connection.”
The show will also be performed in Toronto, Montreal, Banff, Whitehorse, Kingston and Ottawa.
Tickets are available online or by calling 905 525 9140 ext. 26848
The Socrates Project is a point of convergence for the city, the university and the arts to engage with the pressing questions of our time and to generate bold visions of the future we hope to create. Encompassing a broad range of events– from performances to lectures, from international conferences to town halls – The Socrates Project is intended to stimulate discussion and foster leadership across all disciplines, and to deepen the connection between the university and the wider community.
