The sumptuous beauty of Daphnis et Chloé’s music, its bold rhythmic variety and stunning orchestration inspired Stravinsky to rightly declare it as ‘one of the most beautiful products of all French music’.
Yet Ravel’s orchestral masterpiece is a ballet that resists staging, rarely being performed as a ballet. Enter Circa’s powerful acrobatics and aerials.
The collaboration between orchestra and gravity-defying circus teases out a world as intriguing, sensual and strange as the music itself with dramatic group acrobatics, intimate duos and aerial solos.
Prepare to be transported by the elegant movement of the acrobats, gesturing at longing and our capacity for wonder and providing a physical analogue to the rich beauty of Ravel’s score.
Performed after the main ballet, La Valse is the opposite of Daphnis et Chloé – it is the carousel of Western culture centrifuging out of control; like World War I, it shatters the idyll of romanticism. Its energy transfers with abandon and fury to the bodies of Circa’s acrobats.
Circa is one of the world’s leading performance companies. They continue to push the boundaries of the art form, blurring the lines between movement, dance, theatre and circus.
About
World premiere London 2025
Acknowledgements
Created by Yaron Lifschitz and the Circa Ensemble
Director Yaron Lifschitz
Conductor Edward Gardner
Featuring London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Singers and the Circa Ensemble
International Representation
Allen Moon / David Lieberman Artists’ Representatives USA, Canada, Central & South America
Antonin Coutouly / Book Your Show France
Danielle Kellie / Circa Australia & New Zealand
Shaun Comerford / Circa Commercial Projects
Wolfgang Hoffmann / Aurora Nova Worldwide booking & coordination
Yaron Lifschitz / Circa New creations & big dreams
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.
Tour Dates
| Date | City | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 23rd April 2025 | London, United Kingdom | Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre |