Lotus, a 19-year-old dance student on a quest for meaning, struggles as she witnesses the world around her falling apart. On the brink of giving up on college, she meets a mentor who introduces her to the 13.8 billion year scientific story of the Cosmos. Lotus discovers a unique capacity to see back in time prompting her to contemplate her place in the Universe. While Lotus’ philosophy poet peer-group cracks the code on every current issue concerning humanity, Lotus feels the call of a reoccurring dream she has of a dark-haired woman galloping on horseback under the Milky Way.
Created as a collaboration between University of Colorado Boulder’s Fiske Planetarium and Colorado University’s Theater & Dance Department, together with a local playwright Rebecca Sophia Strong, and local musicians it is a cultural program that integrates traditional stage theater with digital planetarium imagery.
This artist driven project inextricably links the arts, science and technology and is a response to the growing sense of globalized anxiety in young adults due to racism, climate change and a lack of a sense of belonging – we aim to inspire hope and agency
in young people.
Performed in at the Versant Power Astronomy Center’s Jordan Planetarium by True North Theatre on November 7, 8, 14 & 15.
Special School show booking available on November 12 – contact the planetarium for details.
Tickets are $20 each.
