[TRANSART_14] Circa: Circus in Extremus

Date: 20.09.2014
Location: Selectra SPA, Bolzano

Phoebe Armstrong . Robbie Curtis . Jarred Dewey . Lisa Goldsworthy . Michael Standen . Alice Muntz . Lewis West - Performer

Yaron Lifschitz - director
Danielle Kellie - producer
Jason Organ - technical director/lighting designer
Libby McDonnell - costume design

Shot and edited by Max Valenti (Visual Communication Project) with Panasonic GH3 and GoPro Hero3

With CIRCA, you can expect to see amazing circus skills in new and startling configurations, bold and innovative use of video and lights, a moving soundtrack and a muscular and precise movement sensibility. CIRCA is a work created for seven performers from three of Circa’s previous works – The Space Between, by the light of stars that are no longer... and FURIOSO.

Over 75 intense minutes, the performers move from highly connected acrobatic and tumbling sequences, through fast-paced intricate scenes through to the hauntingly beautiful closing scenes of by the light of stars of stars that are no longer... This is all embodied within Circa’s signature style – combining poetic physical beauty, extraordinary circus skills and an immersive use of sound, light and projection.

The Company’s' work is very fresh – contemporary circus, acrobatic dance, multi-media. But at the end of it all, Circa’s work brings human emotion to Circus. Its shows are deeply felt and make audiences think and feel. Artistic Director Yaron Lifschitz says “We are all looking for some way to make our work more powerful. In the actuality of circus, in acrobatics, there is immediacy, a danger and a skill that is extraordinary. Many people want to tap into this and use its power. Circa is lucky because it is a circus, so it starts with these elements. It is Circa’s basic script. Rather than add circus to choreography, they discover choreographic possibilities inside circus.”

With work that has toured to 24 countries across five continents since 2006, the company is relevant across cultures, audiences and venues. It’s the appeal of something that is skillful but hasn’t forgotten that to be human is, in the first instance, to feel. Where other companies tend to add elements (story,character) Circa’s work is a stripped back circus of the heart. It finds new emotional landscapes inside what is generally considered to be a spectacle.

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Un'eccitante miscela di corpi, luci e suoni: questo è CIRCA. Nella sala di produzione della fabbrica Selectra si fondono, senza soluzione di continuità, acrobazie mozzafiato capaci di disegnare un quadro armonico, una versione originale del circo contemporaneo.

L'originale ensemble australiana colma ogni spazio del palcoscenico di emozioni ed energia, fino a togliere il fiato.

Lasciatevi inebriare dalle infinite possibilità di espressione, dalla sfida contro i confini del corpo, dalla squisita rappresentazione d'insieme. Circa è meraviglia, è espressione di un nuovo tipo di poesia teatrale.
Circa acknowledges the assistance of the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body and the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
Circa acknowledges the assistance of the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body and the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.

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CIRCA: eine aufregend schöne Mischung aus Körpern, Licht und Sound. Die atemberaubende Akrobatik verschmilzt mit der Produktionshalle bei Selectra zu einem nahtlosen Ganzen und lässt eine neue, kühne Version zeitgenössischen Zirkus entstehen.
Das ausgewöhnliche Ensemble aus Australien erfüllt die Bühne mit unglaublicher Energie und Emotionen und versetzt das Publikum außer Atem. Lassen sie sich von den spannenden Ausdrucksmöglichkeiten, dem Spiel mit den physikalischen Grenzen und der exquisiten Darstellung des Ensembles berauschen.
Circa versetzt sie ins Stauen und vermittelt eine neue Art theatralischer Poesie.
Circa acknowledges the assistance of the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body and the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.