Farmer's Daughter gets back to her roots at Halifax Busker Festival

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The annual Halifax Busker Festival is in town and among the more popular Canadian performers is the Farmer's Daughter.
'It's what I call farmtastic gymnastics,' says Molly Keczan, the woman behind the Farmer's Daughter Show. 'I actually grew up representing Canada as a rhythmic gymnast.'
Keczan has performed around the world as a circus performer for 15 years. She's part of the Cirque du Soleil talent pool but her one-woman show is a combination of influences that include growing up on a farm and a degree in dance from Ryerson University.
'It brings me literally back to earth,' Keczan says. 'Back to the farm. Back to my roots and community.'
Keczan performs rope tricks and includes plenty of 'corny' humour in her show to complement the rhythmic and acrobatics feats. She says the Busker Festival is a fantastic opportunity to get off of television, computer and phones screens and see a live performance with the community.
In 2022, Keczan was chosen as one of 10 solo female street artists to perform in Dubai for International Women's Day.
'They really love my Canadian accent over there.'
Keczan says she does more than 200 shows a year in places as far off as Switzerland and New Zealand but she calls Beamsville, Ont., home.
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