NOMADA soaring into town
Following its recent world premiere in Vancouver, Public Energy presents NOMADA, a multidisciplinary performance featuring contemporary Indigenous dance, aerial dance and installation art by Mexican/Canadian Diana Lopez Soto.
It takes to the stage Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Market Hall Performance Centre, 140 Charlotte St.
NOMADA is “a journey inspired by personal stories of displacement, rituals of water, cycles of sustainability and the connections of our bodies to land,” explains Lopez Soto.
“This production is a restorative process and a gateway to connection; an experience that honours the stories of my family; our Otomi and Purepecha ancestry, our contemporary community, history and relationships to the land and culture of Michoacan, Mexico.”
One of the most unusual aspects of the work is its use of numerous large clay vessels — called cantaros — filled with water, beans, corn and soil that are suspended around the stage, connected to each other via a complex counterbalance system of ropes and pulleys. The vessels rise and fall in a choreographed vertical dance with the performer. The design of the cantaros used in the show was a collaborative effort between Gustavo Bernal, a ceramic artist in Mexico, and Canadian ceramicist, Cynthia Cupples, who lives near Uxbridge, Ont. It is crucially important the vessels be strong enough to carry Diana’s full weight as she stands on them in one section of the performance.
Tickets are available on a paywhat-you-can sliding scale from $10 to $50. For information, or to purchase tickets, visit publicenergy.ca or call 705-745-1788.
AGP Family Sunday
Family Sunday takes place at Art Gallery of Peterborough on Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m.
The free, monthly drop-in event is an opportunity for families to explore the gallery’s current exhibitions and enjoy seasonally themed artmaking activities in the studio.
Registration is not required for this event. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
The AGP is located at 250 Crescent St. For information, visit agp.on.ca or call 705-743-9179.
PA Day Camp
Hutchison House Museum, located at 270 Brock St., is hosting a Solar Eclipse PA Day Camp next Monday from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Children aged six to 12 will create a variety of eclipse-themed crafts and decorate a pair of solar eclipse glasses. The glasses, which meet the international ISO 12312-2 standard and are approved by the American Astronomical Society, can be used to view the solar eclipse later that afternoon.
Cost is $25 per child and registration is required. Children will need to bring their own peanut-free snack.
For information or to register, contact the museum at info@hutchisonhouse.ca or 705-7439710.
Conservation Café
The Conservation Café, hosted by the Trent University Group for Communicating Conservation Science, is an opportunity for researchers and the public to meet and discuss conservation science.
This month’s event takes place Tuesday, April 9, at 7:30 p.m., upstairs at the Publican House Brewery, 294 Charlotte St. Keith Munro, from Fleming College, will be discussing conservation policy in a talk titled “A Tale of Wild Pigs.”
This is a free event with a cash bar. All are welcome.
For information, email conservation@trentu.ca.