“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.”
– The Conversation
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.
About
World premiere Sydney, Australia – January 2021
Performers 10
Duration 70 minutes
Reviews
“Jaw-dropping, seat-clawing and armchair-exhausting”– ArtsHub | View
“… spellbinding physical drama, with just the right amount of play, death-defying tricks and whimsical imagery”- The Conversation | View
“[Humans 2.0] pushes the boundaries of what circus and acrobatics can be”– Time Out | View
“…70 minutes of wonder … perfectly timed, perfectly executed, perfectly staged”- Courier Mail | View
“There is circus – and then there is Circa.”- Theatre Travels, Aus | View
“…impressive and sophisticated contemporary New Circus at its best” – Berlin Morning Post, Germany
Acknowledgments
Commissioned by The Mondavi Center, UC Davis
Director Yaron Lifschitz
Original Music Ori Lichtik
Lighting Designer Paul Jackson
Technical Director Jason Organ
Costume Designer Libby McDonnell
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.
Photography by Yaya Stempler.
Gallery
Click below to see the Humans 2.0 gallery.
Tour Dates
| Date | City | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 10th - 14th December 2024 | Munich, Germany | Tollwood Winter Festival |
| 5th March 2025 | Argenteuil, France | Le Figuier Blanc |
| 7th March 2025 | Roubaix, France | Colisee Roubaix |
| 25th March 2025 | Thonon les Bains, France | Maison les Arts du Lemen |
| 26th - 29th March 2025 | Annecy, France | Bonlieu Annecy |
| 1st April 2025 | Beaver Creek, Colorado, USA | Vilar Performing Arts Centre |
| 8th April 2025 | Santa Barbara, California, USA | UC Santa Barbara |
| 13th April 2025 | Scottsdale, Arizona, USA | Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts |
| 3rd - 4th June 2025 | Fürth, Germany | Fürth City Theater |
Past Dates
| Date | City | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 13th - 20th January 2021 | Sydney, Australia | Sydney Festival |
| 17th - 19th September 2021 | Dusseldorf, Germany | Dusseldorf Festival |
| 4th - 27th November 2021 | Berlin, Germany | Chamäleon Theater |
| 10th - 20th November 2021 | Brisbane, Australia | Playhouse, QPAC |
| 28th January 2022 | Davis, USA | Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts |
| 17th February 2022 | Fairfield, USA | Quick Center for the Arts, Fairfield University |
| 11th - 12th March 2022 | Philadelphia, USA | Annenberg Center, Penn Live Arts |
| 22nd - 23rd April 2022 | Gothenburg, Sweden | Stora Teatern |
| 17th May 2022 | Villejuif, France | Théâtre Romain Rolland |
| 5th - 27th August 2022 | Edinburgh, Scotland | Underbelly's Circus Hub, Edinburgh Festival Fringe |
| 28th - 29th January 2023 | Miami, Florida | The Moss Center |
| 15th - 19th February 2023 | Montreal, Quebec | TOHU |
| 25th February 2023 | Charleston, South Carolina | Gaillard Center |
| 3rd March 2023 | Merignac, France | Pin Galant de Mérignac |
| 4th March 2023 | Biarritz, France | Gare Du Midi |
| 7th - 8th March 2023 | Niort, France | Le Moulin De Roc |
| 10th March 2023 | Clichy-sous-Bois, France | L'Espace 93 |
| 11th March 2023 | Maisons Alfort, France | Les Théâtres de Maisons-Alfort |
| 14th March 2023 | Saint Germain en Laye, France | Théâtre Alexandre Dumas |
| 16th March 2023 | Cebazat, France | Semaphore |
| 22nd March 2023 | Saint Quentin, France | La Splendid |
| 25th March 2023 | Ostwald, France | Le Point d'Eau |
| 28th - 30th March 2023 | Nimes, France | Théâtre Bernadette Lafont, Théâtre de Nîmes |
| 1st April 2023 | Montbeliard, France | Ma Scène Nationale |
| 12th - 16th April 2023 | London, United Kingdom | Southbank Centre |
| 25th - 27th April 2023 | Prague, Czech Republic | Jatka78 |
| 29th April 2023 | Morges, Switzerland | Théâtre De Beausobre |
| 3rd - 5th May 2023 | Aix-en-Provence, France | Les Théâtres |
| 12th - 13th May 2023 | Karlsruhe, Germany | TollHaus |
| 19th - 21st May 2023 | Recklinghausen, Germany | Ruhrfestspielhaus Big House |
| 27th - 29th May 2023 | Bergen, Norway | Grieghallen |
| 3rd - 4th June 2023 | Singapore | Esplanade Theatre |
| 10th - 15th August 2023 | Budapest, Hungary | Sziget Festival |
| 18th - 20th August 2023 | Stuttgart, Germany | Theater Stuttgart |
| 23rd - 26th August 2023 | Zurich, Switzerland | Theatre Spektakel |
| 26th September - 1st October 2023 | Ecuador, South America | Teatro Sanchez Aguilar |
| 5th - 8th October 2023 | Bogota, Colombia | Teatro Mayor |
| 20th - 21st October 2023 | Yakima, USA | Capitol Theatre |
| 25th October 2023 | Utah, USA | Kingsbury Hall |
| 28th October 2023 | West Lafayette, USA | Loeb Playhouse |
| 1st November 2023 | Monterrey, Mexico | Festival Santa Lucia |
| 23rd - 26th November 2023 | Ballerup, Denmark | Baltoppen Live |
| 4th - 7th January 2024 | Madrid, Spain | Teatros del Canal |
| 12th - 13th January 2024 | Mallorca, Spain | Auditorium Palma de Mallorca |
| 17th - 27th January 2024 | Barcelona, Spain | Teatre Coliseum |
| 30th January 2024 | Ottawa, Canada | Shenkman Arts Centre |
| 31st January 2024 | Kingston, Canada | Kingston Grand Theatre |
| 1st February 2024 | Markham, Canada | Flato Markham Theatre |
| 2nd February 2024 | St Catharines, Canada | First Ontario Performing Arts Centre |
| 3rd February 2024 | Oakville, Canada | Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts |
| 4th February 2024 | Brampton, Canada | The Rose Theatre |
| 10th February 2024 | Victoria, Canada | Royal Theatre |
| 13th February 2024 | Calgary, Canada | Jack Singer Concert Hall |
| 15th - 17th February 2024 | Seattle, USA | Meany Center for the Performing Arts |
| 25th February 2024 | Trento, Italy | Centro Servizi Culturali |
| 27th February 2024 | Bolzano, Italy | Teatro Stabile di Bolzano |
| 2nd - 3rd March 2024 | St Pölten, Austria | Festspielhaus |
| 5th March 2024 | Friedrichshafen, Germany | Graf Zeppelin House |
| 6th March 2024 | Schaffhausen, Switzerland | Stadttheater Schaffhausen |
| 9th March 2024 | Mamer, Luxembourg | Kinneksbond |
| 20th March 2024 | Turnhout, Belgium | De Warande |
| 1st April 2024 | Riga, Latvia | Rīgas Cirks |
| 6th - 8th April 2024 | Stuttgart, Germany | Theaterhaus |
| 11th - 13th April 2024 | Antwerp, Belgium | MAD Festival |
| 17th April 2024 | Brugge, Belgium | Cultuur Centrum Brugge |
| 18th April 2024 | Frankston, Victoria | Frankston Arts Centre |
| 19th April 2024 | Sainte-Maxime, France | Le Carre Sainte Maxime |
| 20th April 2024 | Nunawading, Victoria | The Round |
| 23rd - 24th April 2024 | Geelong, Victoria | Geelong Arts Centre |
| 25th April 2024 | Saint-Michel-sur-Orge, France | EMC |
| 27th - 28th April 2024 | Senart, France | Theatre Senart |
| 27th April 2024 | Bendigo, Victoria | Ulumbarra Theatre |
| 1st - 2nd May 2024 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Circusstad Festival |
| 2nd - 4th May 2024 | Canberra, ACT | Canberra Theatre Centre |
| 8th May 2024 | Cairns, Queensland | Cairns Performing Arts Centre |
| 11th May 2024 | Margaret River, Western Australia | Arts Margaret River |
| 14th May 2024 | Albany, Western Australia | Albany Entertainment Centre |
| 17th May 2024 | Bunbury, Western Australia | BREC |
| 19th May 2024 | Mandurah, Western Australia | Mandurah Performing Arts Centre |
| 27th - 28th July 2024 | Suffolk, England | Latitude Festival |
| 2nd - 24th August 2024 | Edinburgh, Scotland | Underbelly |
| 6th - 8th September 2024 | Aberdeen, Scotland | Aberdeen Performing Arts |
| 14th - 15th September 2024 | Budapest, Hungary | Trafo |
| 26th - 27th September 2024 | Athens, Georgia, USA | UGA Presents |
| 6th October 2024 | Fort Collins, Colorado, USA | The Lincoln Center |
| 10th October 2024 | Richmond, Virginia, USA | Modlin Center for the Arts |
| 13th October 2024 | Gainesville, Florida, USA | University of Florida Performing Arts |
| 18th - 19th October 2024 | Beverly Hills, California, USA | The Wallis |
| 25th - 26th October 2024 | Jackson, Wyoming, USA | The Center |