In these three solo works, my foremost inspiration
comes from nature, whose songs of life and death are
some of the most simple, profound and unexplainable
forms that | can experience. | was strongly drawn to

Presented at The Firehall Arts Centre

DATES May 13 -15, 1999

them. | took the chance and investigated. Dance can
express what haunts me. The manifestation of each of
the solo works through an intricately divine and mysteri-
ous dialogue with nature was glorifying.

VENUE The Firehall Arts Centre | 280 East Cordova Street, Vancouver
PERFORMANCE & CHOREOGRAPHY Alvin Erasga Tolentino

SOPRANO/ORIGINAL VOCALS Maria Piazza

ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK Patrick Pennefather for Birth & ABO/ashes, Peter Courtemanche for Sadhana
EXCERPTS FROM Handel’s Julius Caesar, Se Pieta, Puccini’s Canzona di Doretta. Bellini’s Casta Diva
COSTUME DESIGN Joanne Lamberton, Alvin Erasga Tolentino, Zenaida Tolentino

LIGHTING DESIGN James Proudfoot
SET Alvin Erasga Tolentino