Within the confines of the black box theater, we hear the echo of a looped and distorted drone reverberating. It grows louder, marking the passage of time like a universal pulse. Light oscillates between the extremes of total darkness and starlight, distorting our sense of reality and priming our perception for the cosmic spectacle about to unfold. Through monumental projections, we craft digital voids that fluidly shift between realms - from the boundless expanse of a galactic abyss, adorned with abstract forms, to subterranean caves flickering with shadowy, human-like figures. The digital projections, akin to the choreography itself, draw inspiration from the intricate dance of the 3-body problem. They serve as the atmospheric backdrop while being synchronized to interact with the choreography.
Onstage, the dance unfolds with a dramatic collapse, as figures fall onto the stage, evoking the gravitational pull of a black hole. Their movements are weighted, as they move through the dense pressure of this atmospheric void. The choreography expands into billowing waves of interconnected movements, cascading and tumbling across the stage with the turbulent urgency that governs our universe. Amidst apparent chaos, moments of clarity emerge, coalescing into recognizable galactic forms of breathtaking beauty.
As witnesses, we are immersed in the profound understanding that the physics of the universe is inherently intertwined with the depths of human emotion. We are invited to contemplate the universal resonance of the human experience on Earth.
Marla Phelan, choreographer & director
Tim Richardson, digital director & editor
Marin Prospiech, digital artist
Kian Ravaei, composer