Family Bird Rave
including plumage-making workshop
Flap those wings and shake your tail feather at a bird-themed rave unlike anything you’ve experienced before.
Whether you’re a Tweetie Pie or a Big Bird, everyone in the family can lose themselves to a classic rave soundtrack, while taking in a captivating performance of ‘dancefloor ornithology’ from the Bird Rave artists.
We’ll also be running workshops throughout the afternoon for you to make your own plumage in our Top Floor Classroom, and you be able to take our bird spotting trail to see how many different species you can find.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) will be joining us too, to tell you all about our feathered friends and run some bird-themed activities on Nature’s Library during the day.
The Bird Rave performance will take place at 2.30pm in Living Worlds and will be followed by a rave dance moves workshop, giving you a chance to learn a few new steps and move to the music.
Bird Rave is a project by live artist Miss High Leg Kick about extraordinary birds and the choreography of nature. It is also a celebration of classic rave music and the ‘freedom to dance’ days of early UK rave culture. Bird Rave stars a diverse group of artists interpreting bird movements in an interactive ‘dancefloor ornithology’ performance to a soundtrack of classic rave music.
The birds you’ll be able to spot on the day include Arctic Tern, Hummingbird, European Nightjar, Hooded Crow, Andean Cock-of-the-rock, Yellow-crested Cockatoo, Raven, Blue-backed Manakin, Penduline Tit and Tufted Titmouse.
Francesca Baglione (Miss High Leg Kick) is an Olivier Award-winning live artist whose work is characterised by humour, unusual approaches to audience engagement, a love of spectacle, and a celebration of the everyday.