COMING TO PHILLY IN OCTOBER 2026
The Umbrella Project (UP!) transforms community spaces into an unforgettable landscape of sound and vision.
Using lighted umbrellas developed in collaboration with MIT, participants create a visually stunning experience—no training or rehearsals needed! The immersive experience is like a multi-generational roller disco party meets visual art!
Interested in bringing UP! to your community? Download our one-pager to learn more!
Audience members wield lighted umbrellas in a large-scale, live performance piece created in collaboration with MIT. As participants change the color of their umbrellas the collective landscape of colored bodies shifts. Shown in real-time via a bird’s-eye-view projection, the view is stunning, colorful, and a visual indication of the “whole” indeed being greater than the sum of its parts.
CREATED 2012
COLLABORATORS: Pilobolus and CSAIL at MIT Distributed Robotics Laboratory
ORIGINALLY PERFORMED:
POP! Tech, Camden, Maine (2012)
ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES INCLUDE :
Cambridge, MA, USA (2013)
Baltimore, MD, USA (2016)
Singapore, Singapore (2016)
Brooklyn, NY, USA (2017)