Photo Flash: First Look at Peggy Baker Dance Projects World Premiere of LOCUS PLOT

Legendary dance artist Peggy Baker deepens her artistry as an ensemble choreographer with this ambitious new show, her first full-length ensemble work in a rich and varied 40-year career previously dedicated to the creation and performance of solo works. Check out a first look below!

For locus plot, "I'm spinning off on pristine mathematical equations that describe movement in space," enthuses Baker. Five exceptional company dancers - Ric Brown, Sarah Fregeau, Kate Holden, Sean Ling and Sahara Morimoto - disrupt the underpinnings of schematic mathematical formulae as they explode, collapse and slide into dramatic dance-theatre scenes, while handwritten equations and locus diagrams are projected over the stage.

Baker enlisted three brilliant artists in the development of locus plot. Mathematician John Mighton (Governor General's Award-winning playwright) helped her navigate the mathematics that inspired the movement, while vocalographer Fides Kruckerbrings, according to Baker, a new "dimension into my work through vocalization, and it's been transformative for me." Pianist and electronic music composer John Kameel Farah created the score, which he performs live.

Choreographer: Peggy Baker

Dancers: Ric Brown, Sarah Fregeau, Kate Holden, Sean Ling, Sahara Morimoto

Pianist and electronic music composer: John Kameel Farah

Dramaturge and voice director: Fides Krucker

Mathematics consultant: John Mighton

Costumes: Robyn Macdonald

Lighting: Marc Parent

April 24 - May 3, 2015

Wed-Sat at 8:30pm, Sun at 4pm

Betty Oliphant Theatre , 404 Jarvis Street, Toronto, ON M4Y 2G6

Tickets: $28 ($22 seniors, students, CADA), Pay-What-You-Can on Wednesday April 29

Early-Bird Special: Purchase $20 tickets by April 3 with the code EARLY20 for April 24-26 performances

For tickets, visit www.peggybakerdance.com or call 1-800-838-3006

Pre-show chat with Peggy Baker 30 minutes prior to each performance (excluding April 29).

Prior to the Pay-What-You-Can performance on April 29,

Peggy Baker presents figures in motion - part lecture, part slide show -

free to the public at the Betty Oliphant Theatre at 7:15pm

Photo Credit: Makoto Hirata

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