Wolf - Compagnie Circa - Le Radiant - Caluire

Wolf by Compagnie Circa at Radiant-Bellevue

At Radiant-Bellevue, we are thrilled to host Wolf by Compagnie Circa, a creation that embodies the visceral thrill and poetic clarity that contemporary circus can achieve on a grand stage while remaining deeply human. From our vantage point as a venue dedicated to live performance, Wolf is the kind of work that invites audiences to lean in and feel the breath, weight, and momentum of bodies in motion. Our stage, lighting grid, and acoustic profile are tailored to reveal the fine detail of physical storytelling: the scrape of a landing, the synchronized inhale before a lift, the shiver of silence that hangs between daring feats. Wolf draws its power from contrasts—solitude and pack, restraint and eruption—and our auditorium’s sightlines and intimate scale allow every gesture to register, from a tremor of balance to a soaring release. Whether you come as a family discovering contemporary circus for the first time or as seasoned devotees of the form, the encounter between artists and audience in our house gives the work its full resonance.

Wolf unfolds with the kinetic vocabulary that has made Compagnie Circa a touchstone for the art form: tensile ensemble balances that rise and reform, floor work that stitches scenes into a continuous flow, and moments of suspended risk that crystallize into sculptural images. The dramaturgy feels both primal and articulate, pivoting on ideas of pack dynamics, the call of the wild, and the civilizing force of community. You sense it in the rhythm—pulses that gather through percussive footwork and breath—and in the geometry of bodies as they hinge, spiral, and counterweight across the stage. Light carves zones of intensity while sound design traces an arc from heartbeat intimacy to collective surge, heightening the dramatic stakes without obscuring the human faces at the center of it all. In our hall, those faces are unmistakable: fatigue turning to resolve, concentration opening into wonder, the shared trust that lets an artist step into thin air knowing someone will be there to catch. That exchange of faith and daring is precisely what our audience spaces are built to magnify.

Compagnie Circa: current artistic momentum

Wolf arrives at Radiant-Bellevue during a particularly vibrant period for Compagnie Circa, whose ongoing international seasons continue to demonstrate the breadth of their creative language. Recent and touring works such as Humans 2.0, Sacre, Duck Pond, On by Circa, and Leviathan have confirmed the company’s appetite for rigorous form married to emotional clarity, often in dialogue with live music and bold scenography. Across festivals and major theaters, their repertoire has shown how a disciplined ensemble can express urgency and tenderness in the same breath—qualities that Wolf channels into a distilled, characterful encounter with themes of instinct, belonging, and transformation. As a venue committed to giving contemporary circus the technical headroom it deserves, we recognise in Compagnie Circa an exacting partner: artists who use every inch of verticality, every gradation of light, every contour of silence. Wolf connects to that momentum with a work that feels both sharply composed and open to the electricity of the present moment, inviting our audience to read meaning not from words but from weight, speed, balance, and the heat of proximity. Presenting it on our stage in Caluire-et-Cuire underscores Radiant-Bellevue’s role as a home for creators who push the limits of physical theatre while keeping the human heartbeat at the center.