Superhuman skill in Circa's world premiere of Sacre

By Sarah Navin, 01 February 2021

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“a fast-paced, fluid, masterpiece that rejects gravity, embracing every possibility of the human form”

Reviewed at Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, Wollongong on 30 January 2021

Sacre (Sacred) (Yaron Lifschitz)

Circa

Yaron Lifschitz, Director

Libby McDonnell, Costume Designer

Veronique Bennett, Lighting Designer

An acrobatic Orpheus and Eurydice in Edinburgh

Roy Westbrook, 13th August

The music plays second fiddle to Australian circus company Circa in Yaron Lifschitz’s production of Gluck's great opera.

***11

Stunning acrobatics, a forlorn farewell: Dido and Aeneas in Sydney

Zoltán Szabó, 13th March

Yaron Lifschitz mesmerises from the opening tableaux’s row of candles in his Purcell staging for Opera Australia, featuring Circa, a Brisbane-based circus company.

****1

Total drama in Orpheus and Eurydice at Opera Australia

Jeremy Eccles, 12th January

Man of the circus Yaron Lifschitz gives Orpheus and Euridice the Gesamtkunstwerk treatment in his involving production that arrives from Brisbane.

*****

Fellini goes Baroque with Circa and the ABO

Jeremy Eccles, 19th January

Acrobats flying to the music of Vivaldi and his contemporaries makes for a surprising but highly entertaining combination in this energetic pastiche.

*****

'S' by Circa: An Acrobatic Art Indulgence

Sarah Navin, 31st July

A superb fusion of dance and circus, full of endless surprises and astonishing feats that leave the audience breathless for the full 80 minutes of uninterrupted thrills.

*****

En masse : de l'art de faire corps ensemble par la compagnie Circa

Julie Jozwiak, 15th June

Sur des œuvres de Schubert et Stravinsky interprétées en live, la troupe australienne Circa incarne une humanité en souffrance mais solidaire dans un spectacle plein de beauté et très actuel.

****1

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Sarah Navin

Sarah Navin started ballet at age 6, as she couldn’t walk in a straight line without skipping and twirling. As well as studying classical dance, she went on to perform in hip-hop ensembles, cheerleading squads, and developed a love of musical theatre – starring in shows such as The Boy From Oz, Legally Blonde The Musical and Rock of Ages. She is a Sydney-based television journalist by day, and swaps political reporting for dancing at night, either performing or attending performances – where she enjoys the chance to write creatively through a critiquing lens.