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Due to unforeseen circumstances, the performance of Andrea Peña & Artists with the Naples Philharmonic has been canceled. Patrons who have purchased tickets to this event can contact patron services for information about options for your tickets at 239-597-1900 or patronservices@artisnaples.org.
Andrea Peña & Artists
UAQUE
Andrea Peña & Artists
Edward Burtynsky, photographer
Naples Philharmonic
Alexander Shelley, artistic and music director
Experience the unique artistry of Colombian-Canadian choreographer Andrea Peña, noted for her meticulous conceptual creations and ability to foster deep dialogue between the body and materiality.
With UAQUE, Peña creates a dialogue between disciplines of dance, visual arts and music as Artistic and Music Director Alexander Shelley conducts the Naples Philharmonic. In the background, artist and photographer Edward Burtynsky’s astonishing images paint a fascinating self-portrait of our planet, illustrating the duality between beauty and the environmental crisis. Dancers in tension and conversation with these images, create a moment suspended in time — one in which humanity and nature are united.
This evocative performance asks us to slow down and contemplate a sustainable future, leaving a glimmer of hope in the dancers’ wake.
The Artistic and Music Director position is generously endowed by Sharon and Timothy Ubben.
Andrea Peña
Andrea Peña
Andrea Peña is a Colombian, Montreal-based multidisciplinary artist within the fields of choreography and design.
Peña interweaves her career as a dancer and choreographer with her training as an industrial designer. At this juncture, she reflects upon interstitial spaces, counter-forms and the choreographic connotations of everyday objects. By analyzing and cataloging, Peña raises questions about the levels of imposition or dialogue that these objects provoke in our movements. In her work, the objects are seen as prosthetic relationships between body, movement and space.
Artistic director of Andrea Peña & Artists, founded in 2014, the Canadian dance company is recognized nationally and internationally. Peña’s work has been commissioned by Montreal’s prestigious Musée des Beaux Arts, Canadian Center for Architecture, PHI Center, Laval Symphony Orchestra, Pro Arte Danse and Salt Contemporary Dance Company.
Peña has been a resident artist at DanseDanse & Arsenal Gallery, Circuit- Est Centre Choreographic Technical Residency, Marie Chouinard, Ionion Arts Center, HKICAROS – Hong Kong, AADK Centre, Topological Media Lab Concordia and Hexagram Concordia. Peña’s artistic creations are financially funded by the Conseil Des Arts et Lettres Du Quebec and Canada Arts Council.
Alexander Shelley
Alexander Shelley
Sharon and Timothy Ubben Artistic and Music Director
Alexander Shelley was named Sharon and Timothy Ubben artistic and music director in April 2023. Alexander begins his tenure in this role in the 2024-25 season following a successful designate year through the 2023-24 season. As artistic and music director of Artis—Naples, Alexander provides artistic leadership for the entire multidisciplinary organization, including The Baker Museum and the Naples Philharmonic.
This appointment marks Alexander’s first titled position in the U.S. In addition to his role with Artis—Naples, Alexander remains music director of Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra and principal associate conductor of London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra — positions he has held since 2015.
Meet Alexander
