The Rift

The Rift is shown in the DocLab Exhibition and part of DocLab at the Planetarium: Down to Earth.

A pulsating combination of powerful contemporary dance and exhilarating music, with water as the unifying element. Multiple dancers perform a shared choreography—brought together through the editing—across various locations in Zimbabwe, from dense forests and open plains to urban settings and pristine natural landscapes.

Some of the buildings look like abandoned ruins, about to be reclaimed by nature; others are brightly painted with motifs that are an echo of the prehistoric drawings previously visible on a rock face. Boundaries blur between built environments and natural structures, and the dancers bring all these places and times together into a single, cohesive whole.

The 360 fulldome projection offers an all-encompassing view of the unity of people, culture, and nature, showing how—especially in these times of alarming climate change—water both connects all things and puts them to the test. A voice reminds us that, “There was water, even before there was light.” And without water, there is only darkness.