Sensorium World
About This Event
Sensorium World, with performer-songwriter makemake, presents work at National Sawdust that foregrounds the intelligence of the body, the power of the senses, and the science of emotional healing. makemake, whose practice sits between dance and opera and has included Wholly Unwinding and Opera Praktikos’ La Sonnambula, approaches the material with structural clarity, treating voice and movement as equal partners.
About Sensorium World(opera)
*Sensorium World* is an opera presented live at National Sawdust in Brooklyn, with VisionIntoArt-In-Residence among the featured performers. The piece frames perception itself as a subject, moving through sound, language, and embodied attention to ask how a “world” is assembled in the mind. Its staging suits New York’s ongoing interest in hybrid opera that sits close to performance art and contemporary music. One clear strength is its documentary-like restraint, which leaves room for the audience to do interpretive work.
About the Artists
makemake
makemake is an individual artist working at the intersection of dance and opera, with appearances tied to New York City stages including National Sawdust. Their recent projects include *Wholly Unwinding (A New Musical)* (NYC premiere), *Opera Praktikos’ La Sonnambula*, and *Sensorium World*, developed in connection with VisionIntoArt and VisionIntoArt-in-Residence: Opera Praktikos.
Sensorium World
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