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May 21st, 2025
A multimedia artist and her Miami-based team are preparing “PARABOLES,” billed as the first-ever microgravity performance.
Natasha Tsakos is working with the MIT Space Exploration Initiative (MIT SEI) and parabolic-provider Zero-G, to bring together professionals from Cirque du Soleil, National Geographic, and NASA.
Artistic arcs
The performance is to be staged during twenty-five 22-second-long gravity-defying arcs on a parabolic flight that creates microgravity conditions. Free of the tug of Earth gravity, the event is to be captured by two cinematographers operating within a free-floating zone.
A cinematic art film, a short documentary, and an immersive installation are to be the products from the performance, all premiering in 2026.
Image credit: microgravityadventures
Kickstarter campaign
“PARABOLES is the next step for art-kind. For two decades, my moonshot has been to create shows for space, original forms and formats for our spacefaring future,” Tsakos explains.
The production has already secured key partnerships: MIT SEI is managing flight logistics; Live Arts Miami and O Cinema are supporting training and premiere exhibition. Zero-G is providing rehearsal flights.
To assist in funding the performance, the public has been invited to participate in a Kickstarter campaign that was launched on May 20. Contributions will directly support astronautical training, production, and flight costs.
Illustration of Haven-1 space station and docked SpaceX Dragon.
Image credit: Vast
Off-world experience
Tsakos asks, as the private space industry rapidly expands and humanity prepares for extended missions to the Moon and Mars, what role will the arts play in shaping our off-world experience?
As a theatrical innovator and space-focused multidisciplinary artist, Tsakos argues that the arts must be more than an afterthought in space exploration.
For more information on the PARABOLES initiative, go to:
https://youtu.be/JlH9fwxI5jM?si=rwoyRY92FARLHgK2
As well as:
https://www.natashatsakos.com/microgravityadventures
and:
https://youtu.be/nEmjcz5LS-o?si=ri1cKF5ubI986Jxp
To take part in the Kickstarter campaign, go to:
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