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Rhythms of the Heart

From time immemorial, we have questioned our conscious experience of ourselves and the world around us - what our instinctual being knows and what our rational minds thinkis there a connection and if so, what exactly is it?

This is a unique show where performing artists, scientists and philosophers take inspiration from each other and offer different insights into Heart, Emotions and Rhythms. Inspired by everyday life and informed by specialist research, we invite you to celebrate both your emotions and intellect through performance spanning theatre, music, dance, spoken word, circus, all navigated by multi-media interactive talks from experts.

Consider the thought experiment Floating Man, by 11th Century Persian philosopher and polymath Avicenna, who asked if someone suspended in air, cut off from all external sensory experience, could possibly be aware of his own existence. Reminiscent of the popular 17th century philosopher Descartes famous Brian in a Vat thought-experiment or the arguably more popular lm The Matrix, which present that our brains are capable of a complete illusion of the external world, including all bodily sensations, this seems an insolvable metaphysical conundrum, except children when posed this experiment at schools, often insist they KNOW their internal heartbeat

Explore with scientists as they delve into Interoception, the physiological detection of ones internal bodily processesthe sixth sense through which we feel our heartbeat without taking a pulse.

Share in an experience of collective group empathy, as a choir synchronises their heartbeats and connects us all...