Backbone
The sheer strength of body and character needed to round out this frenzied performance demonstrates a discipline and camaraderie, rarely seen on stage. Simply a joy to watch.
A complex performance that wouldn’t be out of place on the world stage.
Circus as you’ve never seen it before, pushed to its conceptual and cerebral limits. A genre-defying, thought-provoking, visual extravaganza … so intensely beautiful it makes you proud to be human.
The performers’ agility and stamina is beyond impressive. The trust they must have in each other and their absolute focus and understanding of limits is nothing short of spectacular. This is a new kind of circus.
A glorious flow of action and reaction … The acrobatics are eloquent and sensational, full of original twists that spell out a new language.
The excitement of circus at its best combined with the grace and choreographic line of dance, and the magical undercurrents of good theatre.
Backbone
Gravity & Other Myths / Australia
Backbone (literally) tosses around the perception of what strength is, where it comes from and how it is measured. This frenetic celebration of human interconnectedness tests the limits of strength: physical, emotional, individual and collective.
Backbone is this amazing circus company’s third work. Their last show A Simple Space has achieved huge international success and has been performed more than 570 times at 76 festivals and theatres across 26 countries.
