After being "blown away" by the experience, she auditioned for the New York opening and was cast as Lady Macbeth. It was wonderfully surprising when it when it had that same sort of reception."Īs the co-artistic director of NU Dance, Sophie Bortolussi already had experience with site-specific, immersive productions when her partner called her in tears, saying, "They're doing our dream." She had seen Sleep No More at the ART, and Bortolussi quickly followed suit. "I had sort of seen it in microcosm how I could take off in a community," Boyd, who had worked on the ART production, said. Carrie Boyd, director of performance and production, described it as a "roll of the dice" and was surprised by the show's fast and passionate reception. Sleep No More first opened its doors in London, followed by a run at Massachusetts's American Repertory Theater, but moving to New York was a risk, due to the size of both the cast and the set. One turn of a corner could lead into a bedchamber where a sensual dance of passion and violence is taking place, while another turn might lead to a hedonistic rave, complete with pulsing music, flashing lights, and flowing blood. Moving through suggestively dark rooms and hallways, people can explore independently or follow a cast member for minutes or hours at a time. Ten years later, following multiple extensions and a pandemic and an industry shutdown, it still is.Ī fever dream of Shakespeare's Macbeth à la Alfred Hitchcock, Sleep No More could be described as a shadowy, cinematic "choose your own adventure." Participants are invited to enter the McKittrick Hotel, a vast warehouse space transformed into the production's eerie environment by Punchdrunk, the British theater company known for its site-specific, immersive productions. The sweeping avant-garde production, an immersion of Shakespeare, film noir, and dance, introduced a uniquely new experience to adventurous theatergoers. When Sleep No More premiered in New York in 2011, it was planned for a six-week run. You can find me teaching at Kinespirit Riverside, located at West 85th St.A scene from Sleep No More at the McKittrick Hotel I am also a certified trainer in the GYROTONIC™ Method, a restorative and strengthening movement practice that combines elements of yoga, dance and Pilates. Currently, I live in NYC and am a resident performer with Punchdrunk's Sleep No More. Since graduating from Juilliard I have worked professionally with dance companies around the U.S., including Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Buglisi Dance Theater and Peridance Contemporary Dance Company (PCDC). I was fortunate enough to perform in both classic and new works by Martha Graham, Twyla Tharp, Jose Limon, John Higgenbotham, Peter Chu, and Stephen Petronio. in dance from The Juilliard School, where I trained rigorously in ballet, modern, contemporary, improvisation, composition and voice. I trained at the San Francisco Ballet School on scholarship for nine years, as well as Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts (SOTA). Growing up in San Francisco, CA, I discovered my love for movement and performance. Hi there! My name is NOAH WANG, and I love to perform, imagine, create, and connect with others.
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