The Tension of Circus — On Circa: Humans 2.0 with Yaron Lifschitz

Welcome back to On Dance. Today, we're joined by Yaron Lifschitz, the Artistic Director and CEO of Circa. We begin the episode with our review of Circa's recent performance of Humans 2.0 at The Wallis in Los Angeles. Then we invite Yaron to the show to share more about circus and Circa. Yaron shares how he fell in love with performance in the moments when the theater goes dark before a show, and he offers us a plethora of contemporary circus, theatre, and musical performers that inspire his contemporary work. In our conversation, we discuss the purpose of circus, how it distinguishes itself from mainstream culture, and why Yaron got awful reviews for six years straight. We also rave about Resources Learn more about Yaron Learn more about Circa: Humans 2.0 at The Wallis Find more performances of Circa: Humans 2.0 Mentioned: Euripides Laskaridis, Laura Murphy