Eisemann Center Presents: 2025-2026 Season

DRUM TAO explodes on stage with a captivating performance full of flash and fire! Renowned for powerful and athletic drumming, their newest show, The Best, blends traditional “Wadaiko” (Japanese Drums) with modern energy and theatrical flair. Seen by 10 million spectators across the globe, DRUM TAO shows feature vibrant costumes, dramatic synchronized drumming and movement with a variety of traditional Japanese instruments including flutes and harps alongside the massive taiko drums. They have captivated audiences worldwide — selling out shows in 26 countries — garnering critical acclaim and accolades along the way.

Eisemann Center Presents: 2025-2026 Season

With their fierce footwork and feminine style the Syncopated Ladies have accumulated over 200 million views online carving their own place in the industry and history. They have been celebrated by the icon Beyoncé, who not only made the Ladies’ mega-viral Formation music video the homepage of her website, but invited them to perform at the launch of her Ivy Park clothing line in London. Also receiving praise from Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg on The View and many other celebrities and international news outlets, the Ladies have brought modern tap dancing to audiences worldwide. Founded in 2003 by Chloé at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, Syncopated Ladies were most recently featured in the hit Apple TV+ film Spirited and on hit television shows such as Bel-Air, So You Think You Can Dance, Good Morning America, Ellen, and The Talk. Currently on a national tour with sold out performances, Syncopated Ladies Live is the first tap dance show of its kind in a generation.

Eisemann Center Presents: 2025-2026 Season

Created by Yaron Lifschitz and the Circa Ensemble

“Humans 2.0 is a seriously sensational spectacle: as aesthetic as it is athletic, as comedic as it is grave, and all in all, a visceral delight.” – The Conversation

A symphony of acrobatics, sound and light, this is next level circus by Circa.

Ten bodies appear in a flash of light. They move in harmony for a fleeting moment and then descend into a sinuous trance. Towers grow and decay, bodies leap and are caught, as physical limits are pushed to their extreme. Can we ever find a perfect balance or is adapting to constant change the only way forward?

This next chapter of Circa’s internationally acclaimed Humans is a tightly woven choreography of bodies, pulsing with music by composer Ori Lichtik and revealed in Paul Jackson’s dramatic lighting. Created by circus visionary Yaron Lifschitz, Humans 2.0 is intimate, primal and deeply engaged with the challenge of being human.

Circa acknowledges the assistance of the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body and the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. 

Humans 2.0 is commissioned by The Mondavi Center, UC Davis