UP WAKE

Up Wake is a humane and tragic comedy following Zero, a toon character, throughout his musical day of dream and wake. A modern, fast-paced and fresh metaphor of Today put under a microscope and through a telescope. More than a show, Up Wake is a science project, where sound, computer generated images and performer and meticulously in-synch with each other, bringing a high definition quality to the stage, fusing clowning, movement, dreams and technology. Natasha Tsakos integrates these hyper-real aesthetics of technology and performance into a magical journey of the human soul.

THE CREATOR AND UP WAKE

Natasha Tsakos, a charismatic, ambitious and multitalented figure in the scene, has been referred by the New Times as "Elegant and exquisitely graceful", "a female Bill Irwin” or like “Marcel Marceau on ecstasy" and nominated by Florida International Magazine as "a talent of the next generation". Awarded "Best Dance Performance of the Year" by the Sunpost, UP WAKE is sure to sweep you off your feet. Beth Boone, executive and artistic director of Miami Light Project, one of South Florida’s most prominent arts’ organization, and co-commissioner stated: “What makes this piece so beautiful, is the delicate balance between technology and pure humanity”. Forget all heavy sets and Broadway scenery. UP WAKE is light, portable and tour ready. As Miami Herald acclaims “The Next Big Thing”, UP WAKE innovates the theatre of today "with a startling use of animation, a magical briefcase, and a movement vocabulary ranging from MTV to avant-garde. Tsakos achieves the rarest of feats and makes a profound statement on the way we live now in an
utterly original language." - Sunpost

UP WAKE ON TOUR

Up Wake, world premiered to sold out crowds during the grand opening of Miami’s Adrienne Arsht Center, the second largest Performing Arts Center in the nation, presented in Austin, Texas, followed by rave reviews and a sold out program in a 3 City Mexico Tour. UP WAKE has been invited to India and Asia’s largest Festival of Technology: TECH FEST. Additionally, UP WAKE has been invited to TED 2009 (Technology, Entertainment and Design), a remarkable
annual conference in Long Beach, CA., bringing together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers.


SCHEDULE

INGENUITY FESTIVAL Cleveland, Ohio July 25-27 2009 TALKING
FITC Toronto, canada April 19-22- 2009 TALKING
E-Tech Emerging Technology Conference San Jose, CA March 9-12 2009 TALKING
TED Long Beach, California Feb 2009 COMING SOON
Tech Fest 2009 Mumbai, India Jan-Feb 2009 PENDING
Cebit Eurasia Fair Istanbul, Turkey October 7th-12 PENDING
Performing Arts Center Nuevo Lardeo,Mexico October 2007 SOLD OUT
Olympics Park Theatre Matamoros, Mexico October 2007 SOLD OUT
Institute of Technology Ciudad Madero,Mexico October 2007 SOLD OUT
Carnival Center Miami, Florida Nov/Dec 2006 SOLD OUT
Boyd Vance Theatre Austin, Texas April 2006
Miami Light Project Miami, Florida February 2006 SOLD OUT
Miami Light Project Miami, Florida March 2005
Miami Light Project Miami, Florida March 2004


REVIEWS

MIAMI HERALD
“ An adventurous, whimsical, provocative performance piece.”

MIAMI NEW TIMES
“A perfect Jewel of a performance.” "Elegant and exquisitely graceful, Tsakos is like a female Bill Irwin, or like Marcel Marceau on ecstasy"

MIAMI LIVING
"Phenomenal success (...) Truly innovational.''

AUSTINIST
"A highly, highly polished work that felt more like a Robert Wilson production"