A Botanical Drift invites us to recover the vitality and natural drift of our communities through the art of contemporary circus. By tending to our individual and collective roots, we ensure that our particular hue and texture is seeded within an interconnected, harmonious and continuous landscape we can call home.
In nature, flowering plant species meander, intersperse, and adapt to grow in ribbon-like drifts of colour. Drifts form as a result of self-seeding and other random non-competitive processes, creating interdependent, continuous natural flowing landscapes. Despite their varied and unique origins, plants share the land. A Botanical Drift by Breaking Circus Collective takes inspiration from our relationship with the ground to remember what it means to be at home. It invites us to recover the vitality and natural drift of our communities through the art of contemporary circus. Despite our various lived realities, we exist in a system of violent extraction that drains our energies and erodes the very thing that supports our survival as a species. Important historical and cultural roots have not been sufficiently acknowledged or valued and ecosystems have been disrupted. To restore balance, we must come together to reconcile and heal our collective past. By tending to our individual and collective roots, we ensure that humanity's hue and texture is seeded within an interconnected, harmonious and regenerative landscape where we drift together. On a rock. In space.
As the 2025 artists-in-residence at the Fountain School of Performing Arts, Breaking Circus Collective's A Botanical Drift will feature contemporary circus performances and interactive elements presented in tandem with the various arts departments of Dalhousie University.
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