The Awake

Directed by Hsieh Hsiao-ting and Hsieh Hsiao-wei

With Chun-Ping Feng, Pei-Shao Huang, Chen Hsu, Pei-Chun Shih and Yu-Chieh Kao

Vision becomes the primary anchor to reality for patients in the later stages of motor neurone disease – also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Poetic, abstract dance evokes ALS patients’ rich, heightened consciousness as everyday objects dissolve under the weight of illness: a motionless wheelchair; drifting curtains; a dining table for two; a fish in its bowl.