Natasha Tsakos' multimedia theatrical adventure

http://www.ted.com Natasha Tsakos presents part of her one-woman, multimedia show, "Upwake." As the character Zero, she blends dream and reality with an inventive virtual world projected around her in 3D animation and electric sound.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

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[Shan224]

Anyone else getting a huge vampire vibe from this chick?

[Kyle Rybski]

The pretentiousness of people calling it pretentious is pretentiously pretentious. Dawg.

[VideoDanceTV]

Video Dance TV is featuring this video as the VIDEO OF THE DAY. Thank you TED Talks & Natasha Tsakos for everything you do to bring the world together. Cheers!

[omaraty009]

Dat Ass !!

[alexalex3131]

Awsomely talented artist, but I think I'd have a hard time getting along with her.

[leJeune88]

I love how you quote Kilgore Trout.. because what, literature isn't a form of art?

Throwing a Vonnegut reference out there and waiting for someone to get it is pretty damn pretentious too. Irony fail.

[Yamakashi1]

lol

[Yamakashi1]

not

[Yamakashi1]

somebody know what's the average age of people watcing ted on youtube?

[straightd0pe]

Word.

[Kyle Rybski]

It's a beautiful and entertaining show. The aesthetic is to my taste, and I especially appreciate it for not, like too much art (especially theater) today, demonizing technological advancement, but rather celebrating it, by its use in the presentation as well as by the presentation itself.

Further, I sympathize with her excitement and resultant over-the-top rhetoric. I'm no longer in theater, largely for the demonization I mentioned above, but I know how it feels to get that kind of break.