The Carnival of the Animals deals with the ideas of communication between species and the impact of climate changes on the biodiversity and the uniting of many performers from various fields. Work on the performance includes work in three languages: English, Croatian and Italian.
Every house has a door, the arts organisation of director Lin Hixon (US) and dramaturg Matthew Goulish (US) in collaboration with artist Essi Kausalainen (FI) and performer Selmom Banich (HR) are working on and creating a performance of the Carnival of the Animals based on the eponymous musical suite by Camille Saint-Saëns. The Carnival of the Animals deals with the ideas of communication between species and the impact of climate changes on the biodiversity and the uniting of many performers from various fields, from amateur, in this case, children from 6 to 10 years old, to the authors themselves and theatre actors. The performance is performed in the form of physical theatre. Work on the performance includes work in three languages: English, Croatian and Italian.
The complex and eccentric handmade costumes, which Essi Kausalainen (FI) designs represent several components: a visual and material expression during the whole performance, the depiction of the animal world, and the transformation of man into a kind of hybrid.
The performance also raises the questions of water as an entity, the fates of individual marine creatures such as a short-finned pilot whale that swallowed almost 8 kilograms of plastic bags, ecological violence such as abandoned fishing nets in the seas and oceans and the complex patterns, possibilities and intelligence of marine life. The performance