Circa is unique in a world filled with circus works that conserve and preserve the traditional and spectacle-driven elements of the circus artform. Too often, circus is about continuing practices that affirm rather than extend our understandings of what circus, and indeed, the world can be. In place of this, Circa’s work posits that the human body is, in extremis, emotionally connected, spiritually resonant and deeply affecting. In its five current creations touring Australia and the world, Circa has created a boutique contemporary artform from the traditional languages of circus. Alive to improvisation, multi-media and collaborations, infused with an immersive use of light and sound and featuring startlingly re-imagined circus skills, the work is a new frontier in circus arts