30 July 2009

HumanSect

 

HumanSect

 

 

Integrating circus skills, aerial spectacle, choreography, sounds and lights,

HumanSect is a highly original circus theatre show with a strong visual narrative and highly unusual concept.

 

" The intersection between human and insect behaviour is closer than we would like to imagine…"

 

Explore the intersection between human and insect behaviour through the eyes of Scorpion, the maternal black widow, the venomous arachnid and the ebullient dragonfly.

 

" …our dark self is just below the skin, as close as the distance between pleasure and pain "

 

As darkness descends eyes blink in the night. Stray beams of light Flash of bejewelled wing . Exo-skeletal corseted humans metamorphoses into deadly night creatures, slithering and sullen as they move between the air, the land, and a murky subterranean world - unaware of the predators that lurk in the shadows…

 

The shows are characterised by a high level of skill and in terms of content, a fascination with what makes people tick.

 

 Set in rainforest, this extraordinary full- length show culminates in a real rain storm. Bring your umbrella!