Base + Radar presents: Lecture on the History of Skywriting by Big Dance Theater, December 11, 2026 6:30 PM and 9:00 PM. Get tickets here!

Base: Experimental Arts + Space is thrilled to continue Base + Radar, a program in collaboration with NYC’s Under the Radar Festival. This December, Big Dance Theater (Paul Lazar) will develop their work, Lecture on the History of Skywriting, within an immersive, community-connected residency model.

About the work
“I am the sky,” says performer/creator Paul Lazar at the beginning of Anne Carson’s Lecture on Skywriting. In a swirl of song, dance, video, lectures and phone calls, Paul relives the fantastical, imaginative, poignant, comic, riotous adventure of the life of the sky itself. Painting a picture of love before the Big Bang to being an accomplice in modern warfare, Paul’s performance is held aloft alongside mezzo-soprano Hai-Ting Chinn, singing music by composers John Cage and Michael Gordon. Paul and Hai-Ting, plus some clouds, all dance to the choreography of Annie-B Parson. Their performance, written in its entirety by Anne Carson, begins as a lecture and evolves into an intergalactic joy ride. This work was created in part through support from the Base + Radar Residency Program, a collaboration between Base and the Under the Radar Festival.

About Base + Radar
By bringing new work into a different environment, Base + Radar creates space for experimentation, risk-taking, and creative dialogue across the country. The partnership between Base and NYC-based performance festival Under the Radar supports artists in developing new performance works at Base in preparation for their premieres at UTR, while creating opportunities to connect with new communities and audiences in Seattle and beyond.