"This is uniquely partner acrobatics, which to me is a special type of circus because you are not working with an apparatusyou are working with another person, another human, explains co-creator and administrator Ariel Mihic. There is a huge need for communication and trust. You are literally holding people up, and they are depending on you to keep them safe and make art while doing this. I don't know of any other BIPOC performance that is done in this discipline. (Nouveau Sud)"
"Triggered is the culmination of the BIPOC Acro Collective Care Ecosystem's (BACCES) Take Power, Make Power artist residency pilot program, during which a cohort of 10 BIPOC acrobats underwent a seven-month mentorship from acclaimed BIPOC artists in disciplines such as immersive theatre, narrative circus, cultural devising, and modern dance. A program like this is long overdue, says co-creator and producer Azrael Mael Eoin."
Partner acrobatics within a BIPOC-based community centers interpersonal trust, communication, and mutual safety as performers rely on each other rather than apparatus. Triggered emerged from BACCES’s Take Power, Make Power seven-month residency in which ten BIPOC acrobats received mentorship from acclaimed BIPOC artists across immersive theatre, narrative circus, cultural devising, and modern dance. The program confronts American circus’s history of racial exploitation, returns resources to Black and brown artists, and enables creation without fear of censorship. Participants gain camaraderie and a space to process shared experiences. Performance themes confront anger, rage, isolation, and grief unapologetically, seeking catharsis, transformation, and poetic expression. Safety for trans people of color often depends on appearing palatable to white audiences, complicating emotional openness.
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