Through sand, slime, fog and light, Jalet and Nawa test limits of human body

The word "planet" traces its roots to the ancient Greek "planetes," meaning wanderer.

To ancient astronomers, planets appeared as wandering lights drifting across the night sky.

This image of perpetual wandering through unfamiliar landscapes, uncertain futures and forces beyond one's control became the starting point for Belgian choreographer Damien Jalet and Japanese visual artist Kohei Nawa's "Planet [Wanderer]" (2021), one of the defining works of their decadelong artistic partnership.

This w ...