Cecilia Martin in Circa's Humans. Photo by Max Gordon. Photo

From: BWW Review: Circa Celebrates Stripped-Down Fragility and Strength In HUMANS At BAM's Next Wave Festival

On the bare stage of BAM's vast Howard Gilman Opera House, clad in attire befitting a Calvin Klein advertisement, the acrobats of the world-renowned Australian Contemporary Circus company -- Circa -- demonstrated breathtaking acts of enormous strength and delicate, alternatingly humorous and heartbreaking vulnerability. Humans is a tribute to our shared nature as people: we can be weak, limited and fragile, but we can also showcase incredible feats of bravery, trust and fortitude -- especially when working together.