CIRCA HUMANS 2.0

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CIRCA HUMANS 2.0

TheaterFriday, April 24, 2026· 8:00 PM· $103
Hawaii Theatre Center, 1130 Bethel St, Honolulu, HI, 96813
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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. 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. Humans 2.0 is commissioned by The Mondavi Center, UC Davis

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