We were honored to be able to take part of Take Power Make Power’s inaugural cohort to devise and perform this piece back in October with an amazing cast of BIPOC artists in San Francisco. ❤

Working with SO much support not just from the cast members on stage but from production to choreography to directing to acrobatic coaching and more felt really cathartic and necessary. As working-class parents and artists it’s incredibly difficult for us to get time away from the family life to pour into a production with concerted time and effort and we don’t make these choices lightly. It’s important to us that the work we do reflects something we’d be willing to make that sacrifice of time away from our kids for (and the money required, the labor required for the village to come together, the separation anxiety on all parts, etc.) so when we found out there was a project along the lines of what we’ve been trying to create locally but on a national level and particularly with acro as the main discipline telling stories that are relevant to BIPOC communities- we were SO down to make it work.

It was an incredibly eye opening experience to see the areas in which circus as a whole as it pertains to equity and inclusion in the States could use more work and dedication in many ways and also to see what is possible when likeminded people come together for a common goal. Given that the entirety was put together within the span of a week being in person, we’re proud of the group and what came together! We got to stage our first 3 high (FINALLY!) and got to create a piece that made us feel all the feelings as well as watching everyone else’s journey alchemizing their anger and stories into movement art.

We’re mostly thankful for– cheesy alert– the friends we made along the way (awwwh!) and to be able to be in one of the greatest cities for circus in the US. There’s so much rich history in SF and a beautiful reminder that in all we do- we stand on the shoulders of giants. ❤