Performers: Julia Olanders (forest dove and purring cat), Boyeon Kang (elephant), Fransesca (crow), Mie Frederike Fischer Christensen (cat), Marta Leonhards (wolf), Jurgis Lietunovas (owl), Jenela Kostova (seagull), Gabriel Nils Edvinsson (lion), Carlijn Fransén (monkey), Stig Steiner (dog), Carolin Hansson (pigeon and cat), Rixta van der Molen (various small birds), Vita Evangelista (cat), Masaki Komoto (rooster and crow), Sarah Kate Gardiner (chimpanzee and human baby), Hans Müller (grey heron), Evita de Vos (cat), Miyuki Inoue (cicadas), Rutger Bazen (peacock, crickets and goat), Maria Lepistö (conductor), Nicola Godman (curtain holder), Alexander ûberhör (curtain holder), Seungyong Moon (curtain holder), Yookyung Park (curtain holder)
The Animal Choir is a choir of people who, at some point in their life, learned to imitate an animal. The choir arrives as a pop-up event, carrying speakers and microphones into the open space of a church and a museum.
IMITATING IS A WAY OF UNDERSTANDING ANOTHER BEING
- Miyuki Inoue
It is a form of understanding that comes from within our own bodies. The Animal Choir is a public display of empathy.
We make a bold pop-up statement - yet we hide behind a curtain, that prevents the performers from directly facing the audience. We want to give them an experience of voyeurism; we want to be heard - but not exposed.
THE ANIMALS ARE THE ORIGINAL COMPOSERS. WE ARE A COVER BAND
- The Animal Choir
