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First Multimedia Performance in Microgravity with MIT Space Exploration Initiative
Dear friends, fellow trailblazers,
Great news! Our flight has been scheduled! We will be producing our First Multimedia Performance in Microgravity in partnership with MIT Space Exploration Initiative aboard the ZERO-G parabolic aircraft this September. This is huge!
What's next? Phase 2 of the mission: the final raise to cover our production expenses. Cameras, equipment, costumes, props, insurance, training and our free-floating Team of course.
We are looking for bold individuals and visionary partners to join us. This is a unique opportunity to partake in a historical moment. Your contribution is 100% tax-deductible. Amazing perks await, including the opportunity to fly with us and witness our 1st performance LIVE!
You Could Be The First. You Could Be a Pioneer of Culture In Space.
The chance to join us ends May 31st, 2025
Join us, Support us, Be part of this Legendary Adventure Today.
Ad astra pro artibus scenicis: To the stars for the performing arts,
Your Moonshot Officer,
Natasha Tsakos
https://www.natashatsakos.com/thefirst
Hello Explorer,
We are on a mission to pioneer performances in microgravity.
We want to blaze a trail where the Performing Arts flourish alongside the Space industry while benefiting Science. The New Space economy is expanding rapidly, with private players across a variety of sub-sectors. We believe Artists must be part of this historical evolution.
This is how we begin. One small step in microgravity.
MICROGRAVITY ADVENTURES offers an unprecedented opportunity to explore a new medium for artistic expression while contributing to a burgeoning space industry.
Our first performance "Paraboles" scheduled in April 2025, will take place aboard a parabolic aircraft departing from Miami, and involve a team of five: two videographers and three performers, captured in real-time within a dedicated green-screen, free-floating zone over the span of 25 parabolas — each producing 22 seconds of microgravity.
The weightless production will materialize through the delicate interplay of live performance and post production techniques. Timed and choreographed into three movements, the performance will explore the poetic tension between holding on and letting go. An ode to rising upwards, into the unknown. Here is a pre-visualization:
To date, we’ve raised a little over $50K through grants and the generous support of friends and family. Now, we’re opening the doors to the public—starting with YOU. Our goal: raise an additional $50K to bring us closer to our goal.
Champion a project that will make history. We welcome gifts of any sizes. For Mission Badges, Recognition Credits, and VIP access, here are the ways…
You can be a patron of the future. Who do you want to be?
$100 ➠ THE PATRONAUT A supporter of exploring new frontiers, whether physical, intellectual, or conceptual.
Receive a shareable Mission Badge
$500 ➠ THE STARJET A visionary benefactor who transcends traditional boundaries of support, propelling explorations into uncharted territories—whether cosmic, intellectual, or societal.
$1500 ➠ THE STARBACKER A navigator of potential and possibility, someone who supports and actively steers humanity’s ventures into the great unknown.
➠ For VIP Access to our flight campaign and training, please contact us.
All donations are 100% tax deductible.
This is the next step for art-kind.
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FINAL RENDITION:
⟢ One Immersive Weightless Installation presented by Live Arts Miami at O Cinema, 2025
⟢ One Art Film presented by Live Arts Miami at O Cinema
⟢ One short documentary (shopping to movie studios)
⟢ Biometric and human health data for research
⟢ Community Engagement throughout 2025, in the form of Space Salons
THE TEAM
🛫 Natasha Tsakos: Artistic Director, Creator, Producer, Performer
🛫 Luis Alberto Cuevas: Choreographer, Performer, Backup Videographer
🛫 Gabija Birina: Performer, Backup Videographer
🛫 Enrique Villacreses: In-Flight Videographer, Backup Performer
🛫 Dezi Marino: In-Flight Videographer, Backup Performer
⟢ Octavio Campos: Movement & Program Coordinator
⟢ Yvette Gonzalez: Bioastronautics Advisor, Microgravity Researcher
⟢ Rodrigo Arcaya: Technical Advisor
⟢ Pascal Jacquelin: Production Sponsor and Technical Advisor
Let’s leap together.
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Dear Explorer,
My name is Natasha Tsakos. I am a showmaker at the intersection of Theatrical Adventures, Technology and Impact. My work blends cinematic techniques, music dynamics, and technology with live performance to make profound statements on how we live in an original language. I have created and performed for the Discovery Channel, G20 Summit, Tribeca Film Festival, Planet Prize Awards, The Super Bowl, Cirque du Soleil, and had the privilege of speaking at conferences from TED, to Google, to The United Nations General Assembly about the convergence of the arts and technology to drive transformative change.
Space has often insinuated itself in my shows, metaphorically at first. Throughout the years, Space became very real. I participated in the Lunar-G and Impedance study at NASA Johnson Space Center where I trained in the hyperbaric chamber, flew the Lunar Parabolic Flight and received my Certificate of Training. Learning from astronauts and scientists inspired me to further instigate the training required for space missions as an artist. I partook in Neutral Buoyancy training at NASA Ames, completed the New Space Economy program at MIT, am an AST101 Ground School Graduate and student the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences and part of NASA L’SPACE Accelerator program.
My team and I are now on a mission to pioneer performances in microgravity environments. I hope you’ll join us on this legendary adventure.
Photography credit Urban Koi
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Capsule Media
O Cinema
Live Arts Miami
Miami Light Project
The Conference for Research on Choreographic Interfaces (CRCI)