THE STORY

Before Dawn on January 9^th  1800, a remarkable creature came out of the woods, near the village of Saint-Sermin in Southern France. Animal in behaviour, human in form, speechless and naked . . . he could only make weird meaningless cries. He appeared to be a boy of about 11 or 12. So starts the well documented case of the Wild Boy of Aveyron… the boy was taken in and the experiment began.

This incomparable work by the renowned LUDUS DANCE COMPANY tells the story of this boy as a starting point, then goes on to explore the boundaries of  ‘civilised’ behaviour.

 

Just like the Wild Child

                        We know nothing

                                    We are taught

                                                We achieve

                                                            We are tested

There is a lot to gain, but perhaps he has more to lose than most …