En Masse
A wild, tender and savage ride, En Masse presents two visions of humanity at its extremes through circus settings of Schubert’s Winter’s Journey and selections from Swan Song as well as Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring.
Glitches and grooves by Swedish composer Klara Lewis are interspersed with Schubert’s exquisite songs of loss and love as leading English tenor Rob Murray and acrobats from Circa’s legendary ensemble veer between anarchic energy and exquisite loss.
Then Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, with its ecstatic tribal energy, is played live by acclaimed pianists Tamara-Anna Cislowska and Michael Kieran Harvey while acrobats are pitted in a life-and-death struggle between group and victim.
This is the first-ever circus setting of Rite of Spring. Under the direction of circus visionary Yaron Lifschitz and seen by over one million people in 39 countries, the Circa ensemble puts bodies on the line in electrifying explosions of physicality and power.
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En Masse
Created by Yaron Lifschitz and the Circa Ensemble
Director Yaron Lifschitz
Costume Designer Libby McDonnell
Technical Director Jason Organ
Producer Danielle Kellie
Vocalist Robert Murray
Pianists Tamara-Anna Cislowska & Michael Kieran Harvey
Additional music by Klara Lewis
Performed by the Circa Ensemble
Caroline Baillon
Nathan Boyle
Martin Evans
Keaton Hentoff-Killian
Rowan Heydon-White
Bridie Hooper
Nathan Knowles
Todd Kilby
Cecilia Martin
Daniel O’Brien
Kimberley O’Brien
Due to the nature of circus performance, the individuals in the Circa Ensemble are subject to change.
Circa respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands, waters and seas on which we work and live, paying respects to Elders, past, present and future.
Circa acknowledges the assistance of the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body and the assistance of the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
Dates
Brisbane Times Festival Conversations after performance - Thu 20 Sept
Includes interval
Venue
Corner Grey and Melbourne Streets
Queensland Performing Arts Centre
South Bank
QLD 4101
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