Rainbow on Mars was co-produced by Outside the March theatre company and the National Ballet of Canada.
Title: Rainbow on Mars
Creator: Devon Healey
Directors: Mitchell Cushman and Nate Bitton
Choreographer: Robert Binet
Produced by: Outside the March, The National Ballet of Canada and Peripheral Theatre
Venue: Ada Slaight Hall
City: Toronto
Year: To Aug. 20, 2025
Ballet and blindness make for an unexpected pairing. Can an expressly visual medium be experienced satisfactorily by an audience who can’t actually see what’s happening on stage? On the other hand, can sighted audiences stand to gain anything by receiving the same accommodations as the visually impaired?
These questions are central to Rainbow on Mars, the beautiful, category-defying work now playing at Toronto