Calin Ardeleanu

Rainbow on Mars is a sensory reclamation of blindness encountered through the metaphor of a cave inspired by Plato. This is a large scale, narrative-driven, physical piece depicting the journey both into and of blindness. Rainbow on Mars dramatizes the journey from our usual grip on eyes that are blind as flawed/damaged to experiencing the beauty in blindness. This show is one for the senses; it will ignite and stimulate audience members through the sensory rich language of sounds, smells, touch. We invite the audience into blindness making use of movement, sound and narration as a way to immerse audiences in blindness as opposed to simulating it.

Join Devon Healey and Nate Bitton throughout The Pop-Up Experience: Rainbow on Mars  as they explore creating a movement score for the world of the larger project. This score will exist both as physical choreography, and also as story-integrated immersive descriptive audio, accessible to audiences with all expressions of blindness and sight. 

During this Lab Residency Devon and Nate will be working in collaboration with co-conspirator Mitchell Cushman, acclaimed National Ballet choreographer Robert Binet, multidisciplinary designer Melissa Joakim and performer Cynthia Jimenez-Hicks.

As part of the SummerWorks Lab Residencies this year, four artists/collectives from Outside the March’s  TD Forward March program will take over pop-up storefront spaces. If you want a glimpse into the artistic process, stop by 1282 Bloor Street West between August 03 – 08, where you’ll be able to engage in the creative process and peek through the windows to watch the Forward March artists at work throughout the month of August.

Playwright — Devon Healey 

Director — Nate Bitton

Lighting & Sound Design — Melissa Joakim

Choreographer — Robert Binet

Performers — Cynthia Jimenez-Hicks, Jeff Ho, Jeff Yung

TD Forward March is supported by TD Bank Group through the TD Ready Commitment.