Eiostí Åaske

Last updated

July 6, 2022
 

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Samples of sound design/composition from a recent production of Constellations.

Biography

Eiostí (pronounced: ess-tee) is a Twin Cities based performer specializing in minimalist, physical, and ensemble-based theatre and providing musical underscore and live foley with the violin, various other instruments, and found objects.

Her most recent acting credits include Anamnesis with The Moving Company and The Penelopiad with Theatre Unbound. Some of her more notable work has been as 1/5th of Peer Gynt in Peer Gynt, and as an instrumentalist in Sarah Ruhl's Euridice. 

She is most passionate about the intentional use of rhythm in storytelling and finding the breath of a piece in its entirety in order to motivate creative choices.

Résumé

Eiostí Åaske                                               

507⋅319⋅8304 | [email protected] | she/her

 

Actor

  • ANAMNESIS -- Actor -- Dominique Serrand, The Moving Company, 2021-2022
  • THE PENELOPIAD -- Ensemble -- Julie Phillips, Theatre Unbound, 2019
  • EURYDICE -- Stone -- Kami Sim, Rochester Repertory Theatre, 2018
  • THE BALD SOPRANO -- Mrs. Smith -- Gerald Casper, Rochester [...] College, 2018
  • THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM -- Rosamund -- Suzie Hansen, Absolute Theatre, 2018
  • JUNIE B. JONES IS NOT A CROOK -- Lucille -- Gerald Casper, Rochester [...] College, 2017
  • BLITHE SPIRIT -- Edith -- James Douglass, Absolute Theatre, 2017
  • A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM -- Peaseblossom -- Calyssa Hall, Zephyr Theatre, 2017
  • PEER GYNT -- Peer Gynt -- Ryan Underbakke, 2017
  • THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES -- Gerald Casper, Rochester [...] College, 2016

 

Musician/Composer

  • CONSTELLATIONS -- Pno. -- Kami Sim, 2020
  • THE PENELOPIAD -- Vln. -- Julie Phillips, 2019
  • EURYDICE -- Vln., Perc. -- Kami Sim, 2018
  • PEER GYNT -- Vln., Perc. -- Ryan Underbakke, 2017
  • MACBETH -- Vln. -- Ryan Underbakke, 2016

 

Education & Training

  • BALLET -- Allegro School of Dance and Music, Ballet Blake -- Jenifer Taber-O'niell, Jesse Schmitz-Boyd, Julie Blake, 2014-2019
  • MODERN -- Allegro School of Dance and Music, Rochester [...] College -- Jenifer Taber-O'niell 2014-2016
  • LONG-FORM IMPROVISATION -- Rochester [...] College -- Ryan Underbakke, 2017
  • TRAINING IN THE LECOQ PEDAGOGY -- Rochester [...] College -- Ryan Underbakke, 2016-2018
  • WORKSHOPS ETC.: (see résumé for full list of workshops.)

 

Languages: English (Fluent), German (Intermediate), Irish (Beginner)

Accents: American (Southern, Transatlantic, GA), English (Cockney, cont. London, cont. RP, trad. RP), Irish, Australian

Instruments: Violin (Advanced), Piano (Intermediate), Elec. Guitar (Beginner), Flute (Intermediate), Cello (Beginner)

Misc. Skills: Stunting (Cheerleading), Ice Skating/Roller Skating

Vocal Range: A3-D6

Download Eiostí’s résumé

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