This performance takes place in the Breaking Circus studio at 2164 Barrington Street
NEW PERFORMANCE DATES:
Wednesday, June 15th @ 7:30 PM
Thursday, June 16th @ 7:30 PM
Saturday, June 18th @ 3:00 PM
Saturday, June 18th @ 8:00 PM
Sunday, June 19th @ 3:00 PM

CONTENT WARNING

Flashing lights, fog, moments of objects falling through the air, explosion and crashing sound effects, small objects within reach (parents are advised to supervise children), interactive sensory experience requiring awareness of surroundings, moving experience, minimal seating, wheelchair accessible​

SKYWHISPERS OF TERRESTRIAL DREAMS
BREAKING CIRCUS
INSTALLATION
60 minutes, all ages

A 360 degree walkthrough contemporary circus installation performance about dreams.

​Skywhispers of Terrestrial Dreams is a wandering journey through a continuous and endlessly shifting dreamscape of contemporary circus arts that explores the liminal and ephemeral nature of our earthly dreams. Somewhere between waking and slumber exists a place where we may pursue our quest for liberation, reach the heights of our potential, indulge our appetite for the absurd and question our own sensibilities. In this performance installation, skywhispers from the astral realm reach out to issue warning, impart wisdom, carry healing, and offer insight into our past, present and future. If one actively listens, they may find meaning that is intended only for them. Can we embrace this transitional reality where provocation invites curiosity and the mundane is nuanced? Off the beaten path, time has no purchase and recovered details swiftly lose their edges. The dream of today is not the dream of tomorrow or the next day or the day after that. All is mutable. The diverse group of artists presenting this work are members of Breaking Circus Collective, the only Black-led professional contemporary circus troupe east of Montreal. Audio description/ whispers are an integral part of this performance installation.

​Come join us at the Breaking Circus Studio for Stages festival this year! Make sure to arrive 30 minutes before the show to take part in the treasure quest and interactive preshow! If you saw the Skywhispers preview last year, come see it again for all new surprises! Magic keys, faeries, and blue butterflies, oh my!

BREAKING CIRCUS COLLECTIVE ARTISTS

Dawn Shepherd
Ryan Gray
Jayden Gigliotti
Aiyana Graham
Ross Burns
Kura Broadnax
Adrian Bah
​Nastassia Burynskaya

ABOUT BREAKING CIRCUS

Founded in 2018, Breaking Circus is a contemporary circus arts production company based in Halifax/Kjipuktuk, Nova Scotia/Mi'kma'ki, Canada. We develop, produce, promote and present contemporary circus arts performances for live and digital audiences. Our company works with local, professional circus artists from diverse backgrounds to develop original content for our in-house productions and for external clients. Our studio is located at 2164 Barrington Street, in the heart of the north end of Halifax.

Our mission is to create innovative, contemporary circus works that inspire meaningful dialogue amongst our audiences while being socially responsible and endeavouring to work closely with community to mutual benefit.

The company's co-founders and co-directors are Dawn Shepherd and Ryan Gray, partners in business and partners in life. Both founders were educated at the prestigious École national de cirque in Montreal, QC and returned to the East Coast in 2014 to begin building a contemporary circus arts production company together. Dawn Shepherd is the only contemporary circus arts director of African descent in Nova Scotia.

​Alongside contemporary circus production, Breaking Circus also offers services and support in aerial rigging, circus instruction, community outreach, studio/venue rental, and project consultation and development.

NOTES + THANK YOUS

The early work of this installation was presented last year at Nocturne Halifax, 2021.

​Thanks to Mackenzie Cornfield, Briana Kelly, Jupiter Wiles, Canada Council for the Arts, Arts NS, Black Wellness Co-operative of Nova Scotia, Jordan Rowe, Ayjay Colley, Nocturne Halifax, Eastern Front Theatre, Brunswick Street Mission, The Grays.