At a family performance, the moles domesticated themselves and declined to breed. Other performances were wilder. (Imagine an episode of “Fraggle Rock” scripted by Rousseau. You’re nearly there.)

A French theatermaker and visual artist, Mr. Quesne’s work is anti-narrative and pro-wonder. His earlier works, like “L’Effet de Serge” and “La Mélancolie des dragons,” show that he can locate the numinous in nearly anything, even a colorblind burrowing mammal.

Watching these shambling insectivores quarrel and cavort invites us to meditate on what it means to be an animal, human or otherwise. And if you didn’t feel much like meditating, you could just shake your snout, clap your paws and dance along.