On each of its visits to France, this Australian troupe is packed.
How to be surprised?
Its artists, both dancers and circus artists, are exceptional.
This year, Circa returns to us with a revival of its show
Humans
, which it has simply renamed
Humans 2.0
.
This new version, more physical and much more refined than the one presented 4 years ago, highlights the virtuosity of its acrobats.
Trapeze, rope, and especially these hand-to-hand which make the main part of the show.
This technique is based on the ability to "get high" on each other, to form human pyramids.
Here we reach the heights of high aerobatics.
We regret all the more the failure of the lighting, whose weakness evades the nuances and the prowess of the acrobatics.
Lights sometimes so red that they saturate the vision, sometimes so white that they dazzle.
And what a pity, as the show is so subtle, played on a theater stage to better exalt the atmosphere of the circus.
A large circle drawn in the middle of the board recreates the legendary capitals track.
It also defines the space on which artists focus.
The idea would be excellent if this too white circle on a too black scene did not disturb the eyes so much.
Too bad again: what these ten artists accomplish is enough to dazzle us.
Those who manage to admire them (and it is better to be at stage level than in the bleachers) can only
The troupe has abandoned the dreamlike side of its previous appearances to prefer a more prosaic and carnal approach to mystery.
It is useless to look for meaning in his choreographies – that of humans whom daily life approaches and distances for example.
Everything is in its ability to transgress the laws of terrestrial attraction.
And it's already huge.
March 22 in Saint-Quentin, March 25 in Oswald, March 28 to 30 in Nîmes, April 1 in Montbéliard, April 29 in Morges, April 3, 4 and 5 in Aix-en-Provence.
