Inspired by a deep love for Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music, Freshworks artist and choreographer Anya Collins reimagines the classical “fugue” — a musical form where musical phrases chase and build on each other — through a modern lens. Fugue explores the relationship between music, societal structures, and the way attention is manipulated in today’s world.

The interplay of music and dance uses fugue’s fragmented structure as a metaphor to embody the struggle between focus and distraction, reflecting how modern life often pulls us away from our true selves. In this performance in progress, Anya also addresses the historical connection between Baroque music and the exploitation of enslaved people, drawing a parallel to present-day issues of forced labor.