Our Creations

2023

Renaissance

Renaissance is a feature-length work of contemporary circus created for theatre stages. Thematically, the work is centered around rebirth and reinvention without drawing parallels to the actual Renaissance.

Stoo Metz Photography

Boundaries

Coming Soon!

Still image from Renaissance, by Breaking Circus.

Sans Titres (Riopelle's Boundaries)

Sans Titres (Riopelle’s Boundaries) celebrates the works of Jean Paul Riopelle while engaging in dialogue around environmental issues within the arts ecosystem of Nova Scotia.

Still image from Renaissance, by Breaking Circus.

2022

Skywhispers of Terrestrial 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.

Aerialist Ryan Gray performs during Skywhispers of Terrestrial Dreams, by Breaking Circus.

That Which Lights Your Way: Diffraction

Diffraction observes waves as they move around objects and multiply on the other side, becoming amplified interference between contemporary circus artists and musicians from the Upstream Music Association.

Three aerialists perform during That Which Lights Your Way: Reflection, by Breaking Circus.

That Which Lights Your Way: Refraction

Breaking Circus returns with part II of Ryan Gray’s That Which Lights Your Way series of works, Refraction. Part II explores the physics of waves moving through a medium, creating a microcosm of contemporary circus and interactive light.

Jayden Gigliotti performs during That Which Lights Your Way: Refraction, by Breaking Circus.

2021

Up in the Air (with Upstream Music Association)

Improvisational music and contemporary circus meet to create a unique Halifax experience with Up in the Air, a gathering of musicians and circus artists exploring the concept of the unknown.

Wide shot of Breaking Circus performer and Upstream musicians performing Up in the Air.

That Which Lights Your Way: Reflection

Featuring the creative energies of the Breaking Circus Collective, Reflection provides an abstract analysis of the physics of light through human movement and lightscapes.

A masked performer during That Which Lights Your Way: Reflection, by Breaking Circus.

2019

Rogue

It’s the 1930s and something’s gone awry under this all-but-abandoned circus tent…

Wide shot of Breaking Circus performer and Upstream musicians performing Up in the Air.

2017

Nascent

“Nascent” is a contemporary circus show that examines that which is coming into being, the pure potential that resides within each of us and within each creation that is brought forth through us.

Wide shot of Breaking Circus performer and Upstream musicians performing Up in the Air.

2016

TU Processed

“TU Processed” is a contemporary circus show that examines the duality that is inherent in our daily lives.

A masked performer during That Which Lights Your Way: Reflection, by Breaking Circus.
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