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Holly Hughes Performs in “Staging the Animal” at University of Illinois

April 30, 2015
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Holly Hughes will be performing and discussing her most recent book, ​“Animal Acts: Performing Species Today,” on April 29 and 30 at the University of Illinois during a symposium ​“Staging the Animal.”

Well known performance artist Holly Hughes is joined by award-winning theater scholar Kim Marra to present work that explores human relations with animals through word, sound, image and movement in two performance pieces, with discussion following about the creative process and the growing field of animal studies.

Staging the Animal: Theatrical Explorations of Contemporary Human-Animal Relations
Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
600 South GregoryUrbana, IL