UAQUE
https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/36049
In-person event
An NAC Dance and Orchestra co-commission
Andrea Peña & Artists
Edward Burtynsky, photographer
Alexander Shelley, conductor
With the NAC Orchestra
Andrea Peña, a Colombian-Canadian choreographer with a distinctively unique style, channels her keen awareness of contemporary issues into a hybrid journey between dance and industrial design. Noted for her meticulous conceptual creations, she fosters deep dialogue between the body...
An NAC Dance and Orchestra co-commission
Andrea Peña & Artists
Edward Burtynsky, photographer
Alexander Shelley, conductor
With the NAC Orchestra
Andrea Peña, a Colombian-Canadian choreographer with a distinctively unique style, channels her keen awareness of contemporary issues into a hybrid journey between dance and industrial design. Noted for her meticulous conceptual creations, she fosters deep dialogue between the body and materiality. She brings a different understanding of both dance and space to her ongoing search for new choreographic and aesthetic ideals.
With UAQUE, Peña opens the SPHERE Festival in spectacular fashion by creating a dialogue between dance, visual arts and music (performed by the NAC Orchestra, with Alexander Shelley conducting). In the background, Edward Burtynsky’s astonishing images paint a fascinating self-portrait of the planet, illustrating the duality between beauty and the environmental crisis beneath the surface. Ten dancers, in tension and in conversation with these images, create a moment suspended in time in which humanity and nature are united. With this work, Peña asks us to slow down and create a sustainable future, leaving a glimmer of hope in the dancers’ wake.
Through her artistic engagement, her sound and the strength of her voice, Andrea Peña has taken flight in recent years. Her participation in the Venice Biennale 2023 marked a turning point in her artistic journey.