In collaboration with Choreographer Amanda Donato, this stage work presented in 5 Acts, is a personal outpour of things that emerge when grieving the healthy mind and identity of a loved one. Flagged by massive subwoofers, A WAKE is set to an original low frequency score by Stefanie Egedy.
Donato’s body shrinks, breaks, dissociates, disintegrates and tangles in a surreal dreamlike landscape of memory. In the final act, she works vigorously to knead dough as an offering and ode to her grandmother’s cooking: Trezza’s most repetitive and monumental channel of love.
earthbound, sensible display.
A WAKE is an interdisciplinary solo work and memorial service for Catalina Trezza - Donato’s maternal grandmother with Alzheimer’s disease.
A Wake
Format
Live dance featuring
low frequency sounds design
Credits
Direction, Choreography, Performance: Amanda Donato
Production Management: Juan Paulo “JP” Deapera
Creative Production: Yu Bai
Dramaturgy: Rubén Nsue, Juan Paulo “JP” Deapera, Alvin Collantes
Original Sound Score: Stefanie Egedy
Lighting Design: MXM
Costume Design: Maximilian Franz-Josef Melzel
Creative Design: Darlene Huynh
Promotional Photography: Isabelle Östlund