Peggy Baker Dance Projects proudly announces the world premiere of Phase Space, a rich and surprising full-evening work choreographed by Peggy Baker, one of Canada's most acclaimed dance artists. Playing with time, memory and transformation, Phase Space features six extraordinary dancers in a surreal and elegant fusion of contemporary dance, live music, and stage design that runs January 22 -January 31, 2016 at Toronto's Betty Oliphant Theatre.

Phase Space extracts choreographic fragments from across the impressive spectrum of Baker's repertoire, and then expands, compresses, and reassembles these moments to create thoroughly new and unique choreographic episodes. Actions that were originally unrelated fold in on one another in striking, startling, and fascinating new ways.

"Having embarked on making this new work, I encountered the concept of phase space, in which time and space are stretched and squeezed in different directions, creating a structured but chaotic rearrangement of events. It struck me that this was analogous to the process I've been exploring with my own body of work since creating a dance for Nuit blanche back in 2011. Phase space, and the altered outcomes that result from it, is a potent image for me," says Baker.

Named Best Choreographer by NOW Magazine's Best of Toronto Reader's Choice for two years running (2014, 2015), Baker is affirming her reputation as a choreographer of distinction, her work characterised by complex systems of movement and gesture, rooted in emotional response and reflection.

Working with Dora-award winning lighting designer Marc Parent, and set designer Larry Hahn, Baker is transforming the formidable Betty Oliphant stage for the four chapters of Phase Space. "Each episode is situated in a distinct and completely altered world," says Baker, "we're using a variety of set elements, and every corner and ledge that the Betty O has to offer."

The extraordinary cast for Phase Space is Ric Brown, Sarah Fregeau, Kate Holden, Sean Ling, Sahara Morimoto and Andrea Nann. Peggy Baker expands and intensifies her creative relationship with Berlin/Toronto based composer and pianist, John Kameel Farah, who creates and performs a unique soundscape for every performance, while esteemed singer and voice director Fides Krucker enhances the production as Vocalographer.