Bartok’s Monster: Daedalus Quartet, Sebastienne Mundheim, And Pig Iron Theatre

performer on stage

Performances
Friday, March 20, 7 p.m.
LPAC, Pearson-Hall Theatre

Saturday, March 21, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
LPAC, Pearson-Hall Theatre

Inspired by Jay Kirk’s Avoid the Day, the Daedalus Quartet joins forces with Pig Iron Theatre Company and visual artist Sebastienne Mundheim to present Bartok’s Monster, a concert and sly lecture-demonstration about Béla Bartók’s life and work. This kaleidoscopic performance follows Kirk’s research into the Hungarian composer’s methods of creation, travels to Transylvania, and ultimately flirtation with madness. Paper sculptures by Mundheim and a movement ensemble including current Swarthmore students frame a not-so-academic lecture in this one-hour multidisciplinary performance.