Enclosure 44 - Humans

Winner of a Herald Angel Award 2008, Edinburgh Zoo’s most recent exhibit – Humans! saw Janis Claxton Dance perform inside an animal enclosure revealing an extraordinary display of movement and behavoir exploring the nature of the animal within us all.

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Enclosure 44 - Humans

by Janis Claxton Dance

2008

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choreography

dancer

group

physical theatre

Based on Janis Claxton’s ongoing research at Edinburgh Zoo this site specific piece involved 7 performers : ‘Human Animals’ Janis Claxton, Skye Reynolds, Vikky Stewart, Libby Charlton and Kirki Kyrkou exhisting within the enclosure from 10am-5pm daily, all day for 11 days, in this durational event. They were joined by ‘Zoo Keepers’ Angus Balbernie & Clive Andrews for feeding times (1pm daily) and The Human Animal Talk (3pm daily).

Tuesday August 5 – Saturday August 16
(no humans on display Monday 11)
10.00am – 5.00pm

Cost: Normal Zoo admissions apply. No need to book.

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