Isabella Rossellini was born with a love and curiosity of animals that always seemed to lead\u00a0to one question: What are they thinking about?
\nWhile she\u2019s wanted to explore animal behavior since she was a young girl, there weren\u2019t\u00a0many opportunities to do so. And she soon found herself busy modeling for Lanc\u00f4me and\u00a0starring in films like “Blue Velvet” and “Death Becomes Her.”\u00a0
\n“I always asked myself if animals could feel and think, but was always told they behave on\u00a0instinct,” she said. “It stayed a hobby of mine. I took trips to national parks and went to\u00a0lectures about it.”\u00a0\u00a0
\nIt was during one of those lectures where Rossellini finally got the chance to study what goes\u00a0on inside the heads of the critters we share this earth with. In 2007, she started earning her\u00a0master’s degree in animal behavior at Hunter College in New York.\u00a0
\n“A few years ago I was attending a lecture there, and I learned they had just opened up a\u00a0new branch of psychology on animal behavior,” she recalled. “I signed up that same\u00a0evening.”\u00a0
\nAround that same time, Sundance Channel commissioned her to write and star in a web\u00a0series about animals titled “Green Porno,” which at its core is about animal reproduction,\u00a0seduction, courtship, and maternal instinct. While more than 4 million people tuned into the series,\u00a0Rossellini wanted to take her newfound studies to the streets.\u00a0
\nThus, “Link Link Circus” was born.\u00a0
\n“We had millions of people seeing [Green Porno], but it\u2019s hard to monetize on the internet,”\u00a0she said. “So I went back to the origin of theatre.”\u00a0
\nWhile “Green Porno” was more of a “waist down” exploration of animals, Rossellini says “Link\u00a0Link Circus” focuses on the “waist up,” questioning to what degree animals can feel and\u00a0think. She \u2013 along with the company of Pan, a rescue dog, and animal handler Schuyler\u00a0Beeman \u2013 has taken the show to 20 cities using puppets, animated videos and a sense of\u00a0humor to turn what Rossellini calls a “boring scientific paper” into something entertaining.\u00a0
\n“I see myself as an environmental artist,” she said. “Everything I do is comical, but with the\u00a0correct scientific information.” “Link Link Circus” will be held for one performance only at the David & Dorothea Theatre in\u00a0La Jolla, Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $65. Visit\u00a0my.lfjcc.org\/6190\/6191\u00a0for more\u00a0information and to purchase.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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