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Compagnie Basinga (France): Soka Tira Osoa

  • August 30 - 31, 2025
  • PS21 : Center for Contemporary Performance

    2980 New York 66
    Chatham, New York 12037
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Description

A tightrope walking performance propelled by a live band, Soka Tira Osoa by French tightrope walking company Basinga relies on the public—blurring the line between audience and performer. Loosely translated to “pulling the rope,” Soka Tira Osoa is both a spectacular and participatory project: an aerial spectacle of moving humanity, making its US premiere at PS21. 

 

Playing with the codes of the show, Soka Tira Osoa places all the trades in the place of the artist: riggers, musicians, sound engineer, tightrope walker. Everyone starts from the ground before rising. 

 

Basinga aims to develop, expand, transmit and communicate the art of tightrope walking which—better than any other—reveals how our greatness is based on our weaknesses and our ability to combine them. Convinced that a tightrope crossing is only possible thanks to the help and involvement of everyone, Basinga aims to ask questions around togetherness and the importance of each individual’s role in the greater collective.

 

Basinga will be in residence at PS21 throughout the week leading up to the performance, offering free tightrope walking workshops.

Date & Time

Aug 30 - 31, 2025

Venue Details

PS21 : Center for Contemporary Performance

2980 New York 66
Chatham, New York 12037 PS21 : Center for Contemporary Performance
PS21 : Center for Contemporary Performance

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