Seen at Edinburgh Festival Fringe on the 12^th of August 2022

5 stars – humanly divine

What was mankind before it invented god? What was mankind before it got to the conclusion that it had invented god? There is something bringing us to a ‘beginning’, not the biblical one. There was a body, the body of the Wild Woman.

With her stunning performance, Zinnia Oberski explores origins of movement and its composition, the discovery of the senses, and a philosophical journey on the self-representation of mankind. A circus artist by training, she uses her tools to create a performance that is intense to all regards. The performer uses her body to de-compose movement, and in her process she de-sexualises and de-faces her body, breaking common-place aesthetic and stereotypes.

Soil is on the ground and a thick bodily smell is everywhere. The evolution of a woman who is afraid, new-born and naïve, who discovers her symbolic faculty and learns that she can build power from that – but the performance offers powerful images and leaves them to interpretate.

3^rd-28^th August; 7.50 pm

Running time: 50 minutes

Venue: Summehall

Company Website: https://www.zinniao.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zinniao.circusart/?hl=fr