By: Felicitas de la Fare

On October 4–5, 2025, Annika Wong starred in Resonance: An Immersive AAPI+ Dance Event at We Are Here Brooklyn in Bushwick. Presented by Samaw Dance for Filipino American History Month, the two-day festival combined live performance with a night market, cultural activations, and dance installations, creating a space where Asian American and Pacific Islander artists could share work that reflected both heritage and contemporary expression. The event brought together a diverse ensemble of performers who explored identity, ritual, and community through movement.

“Being part of Resonance felt personal,” Wong said. “It’s not only about performance, but about creating a space where our communities can see themselves reflected. That sense of belonging is as important as the choreography itself.”

Earlier in the summer, Wong performed in BalletCollective’s immersive concert-dance The Woods, co-conceived by composer Ellis Ludwig-Leone (San Fermin) and choreographer Troy Schumacher, at Pioneer Works in Red Hook. Described in The New Yorker as a performance where “seventeen dancers and singers surround free-roaming audience members” within a forest-like set designed by Jason Ardizzone-West, the work merged live music and contemporary ballet in an environment that blurred stage and audience.

Pointe Magazine noted the production’s uncanny, cinematic atmosphere: Schumacher envisioned The Woods as “part indie-rock concert, part concert dance, and part theatrical immersive experience,” evoking the dreamlike worlds of Midsommar and The Witch. Wong was featured as one of the ensemble performers who animated the “witchy creatures” of the forest, infusing presence and texture into a work praised for its originality and immersive design. “It was the kind of project where the atmosphere carries you,” she recalled. “The music, the staging, the closeness of the audience—it all demanded that you commit fully, even in moments of stillness. That intensity stays with me.”

To read the entire article: https://www.broadwayworld.com/argentina/article/Annika-Wong-and-the-Art-of-Resonance-20251010

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