A symphony of acrobatics, sound, and light, this is next level circus by Circa.
Ten bodies appear in a flash of light. They move in harmony for a fleeting moment and then descend into a sinuous trance. Towers grow and decay, bodies leap and are caught, as physical limits are pushed to their extreme. Can we ever find a perfect balance or is adapting to constant change the only way forward?
This next chapter of Circa’s internationally acclaimed Humans is a tightly woven choreography of bodies, pulsing with music by composer Ori Lichtik and revealed in Paul Jackson’s dramatic lighting. Created by circus visionary Yaron Lifschitz, Humans 2.0 is intimate, primal, and deeply engaged with the challenge of being human.
Circa acknowledges the assistance of the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body and the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
Humans 2.0 is commissioned by The Mondavi Center, UC Davis
Seating map in the files below.
Join us for more! Stay for a post-show talkback with the artists hosted by Tianna Edwards.
Tianna Edwards was born and raised in Kingston and moved away for 10 years to complete her post-secondary education and begin her career as a journalist. She returned to Kingston eight years ago and is currently the Equity, Diversity, Inclusion Coordinator for Yellow House, the Centre for Inclusion, coordinating programs and communications for Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous and People of Colour student communities at Queen’s. Tianna is also completing her Masters in Cultural Studies part-time at Queen’s University. Her research project will be a podcast featuring the voices of Black people who live and have lived in Kingston. The purpose is to fight the erasure of the Black community in Kingston through storytelling and representation. This will help Black folks find each other and help the rest of the Kingston community fight the narrative that Blackness is transient here. Her project took a turn after sharing her experience as a Black woman in Kingston on her personal blog, Keep up with Kingston. Her story resonated with many and she felt if one story could do this, imagine what more stories could do.
“Jaw-dropping, seat-clawing and armchair-exhausting”
“… spellbinding physical drama, with just the right amount of play, death-defying tricks and whimsical imagery”
“Humans 2.0 is a seriously sensational spectacle: as aesthetic as it is athletic, as comedic as it is grave, and all in all, a visceral delight.”
“[Humans 2.0] pushes the boundaries of what circus and acrobatics can be”
“…70 minutes of wonder ... perfectly timed, perfectly executed, perfectly staged”
“There is circus – and then there is Circa.”
“…impressive and sophisticated contemporary New Circus at its best”
Kingston Grand Theatre, Rosen Auditorium
218 Princess St.
Kingston ON K7L1B2
Canada
