Jagad: Monica Lim, Rianto and Melanie Lane

How many universes do we inhabit? This striking piece of contemporary dance and live video explores the ways in which our experience of reality is far more complex. 

Jagad began as a short dance film by experimental Malaysian-Australian composer Monica Lim and iconic Indonesian director Garin Nugroho, danced by the Lengger dance virtuoso Rianto. 

Now this renowned work has been expanded and transformed into a lavish experience of live performance. 

Inspired by Javanese concepts of the inner and outer universe – each feeding into and mingling with the other – this performance is a rich tapestry of overlapping viewpoints, the real and artificial, the physical and the ethereal. As scale shifts to dizzying effect, the fluidity of time is revealed. 

Jagad translates as ‘universe’: discover your place in this one.