TEDxMDC

In her riveting new TEDx Talk, Natasha Tsakos, a theatrical innovator and space-focused polymath artist, makes the compelling case that the arts are essential to our capacity for adaptation, innovation, self-discovery, and for the very flourishing of human society in Space.

Drawing from firsthand experience, Tsakos invites us to develop new performance techniques, choreographic vocabularies, and storytelling structures for the physics of space. She challenges us to consider: What narratives will we export beyond our planet? What role can artistic practices play in cognitive function, psychology, and social cohesion in the extreme isolation of space? As the private space industry rapidly expands, what role will the arts play in shaping our off-world experiences?

Rather than simply adapting Earth-bound traditions, Tsakos envisions an entirely new artistic language, one that embraces the constraints and possibilities of a world without gravity. She reveals her groundbreaking mission to stage the first multimedia performance in microgravity in collaboration with MIT Space Exploration Initiative, pioneering a frontier where performance art meets aerospace science.

A charismatic speaker with a theatrical edge and international flair, Natasha Tsakos challenges the status quo and inspires possibilities with intellectual depth, wit and panache. A deep-thinker, polymath, and showmaker, she explores wide-ranging topics from our existential relationship with Technology, to the relevance of the Arts in society, to the secret sauce of Creativity, to bold futures in Space, the Planet, and our place in it. Click here to book a talk.