Longing to reconnect with Hong Kong, her birthplace, the artist Winnie Ho uses the concept of wok chi (鑊氣), the fleeting energy of wok cooking which gives Cantonese cuisine its distinct flavour, as a metaphor for her diasporic and queer identity. Blending physical performance, immersive scenography, and sensory dramaturgy, aWokening transcends the traditional boundaries of contemporary dance, reflecting on cultural loss and identity through past memories, while imagining new horizons. The audience is transported into a universe oscillating between reality and imagination, where food becomes both a cultural anchor and a means of exploring collective memory.