Waking Darkness. Waiting Light. is the inceptive work of the 4 Recurring Dreams Tetralogy; a series of evening length dances that explore the personal dreams and mythopoetic images of one family’s migration from Cuba in 1980. "How do you prepare in twenty minutes to leave your home forever? What do you hold one last time?"
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"This piece speaks to the recurring dreams that tear through our homes awakening us from our sleep. Not necessarily nightmares but dreams, vivid ones. We can always find the taste in our mouths and the smell in our lungs for hours afterwards. These dreams are our bridge to the stories that we have been told since we were young and the places we’ve never touched."
The work exists as a hallmark of OGD's virtuosic and athletic choreography as well as the companies evocative multimedia design. Evoking surreal performance landscapes, 4 Recurring Dreams features performer operated designs through sophisticated sensor technology, lighting, and digital-media interaction.
4 RECURRING DREAMS
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Premiere
2016, The Clarice Performing Arts Center
Direction & Choreography
Colette Krogol & Matt Reeves ​
Choreography created in collaboration with performers
Lighting Design
Connor Dreibelbis
Peter Leibold
Original Music Score
Dylan Glatthorn
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Sound Design
Jeff Dorfman
Projection Design
Mark Costello
Costume Design
Robert Croghan
Stage Manager
Tarythe Albrecht
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Running Time
70 min
Performers
4
Performers:
Robin Neveu Brown/Juliana Pongutá Forero
Jonathan Hsu
Colette Krogol
Matt Reeves