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A story told through dance and light

ACT 3: Earthly

Earthly explores the ascendance of nature through human lockdown. It is the third act of IAM, a four-act immersive performance installation about perspective in our pandemic times. This exhibit features a short film of the live performance.

In Earthly, the planet is released from the oppression of global human activity, and breathes more easily as the air and waters clear.

The dancers play wind and water. They begin in a restricted state, symbolizing our degraded environment, before becoming liberated by lockdown.

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ACT 4: Cosmic

In the final act of IAM, we explore the vastness of space. At this scale our human struggles are inconsequential. This exhibit features a short film of the live performance.

In Cosmic, the dancers portray dark matter, playfully and mysteriously interacting with the energies they encounter.

Cosmic is a journey away from earth toward our beginnings. As we venture to the Big Bang, waves of electromagnetic energy flow and the fabric of the universe heaves in perpetual motion.

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IAM was created by Toronto based visual artist and cell and molecular biologist Radha Chaddah and her team of collaborators.

Photography by: Henry Sansom, Mellisa Vasiliev, and Radha Chaddah.

Creative Collaborators: Open Fortress Dance, Call and Response Clothing, Jaclyn Blumas, Dan Bédard, Henry Sansom and Zak Tatham.

Earthly and Cosmic are presented by the Aga Khan Museum and Under 5 Studio, with support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Toronto Arts Council, the Government of Ontario, and Merely Players.

www.radhachaddah.com | Instagram @radha.chaddah