Lab Rats

Marc Oosterhoff & Owen Winship

In a confined space, two acrobats embark on a mischievous pas de deux to ward off loneliness..



Under the amused gaze of the audience, two beings come face to face inside a glass box. Like laboratory mice, they sniff each other out, noses resting on each other’s backs, ignoring, spying, and nudging one another. With a poetic blend of tender struggles and clumsy waltzes, they will advance like tightrope walkers on the unstable ladder of feelings and emotions...

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Trained in dance, martial arts, circus, and parkour, our odd little rodents express the silent dialogue of encountering the other, painting a portrait both funny and moving of the fragility of human relationships.