Amoukanama circus with "FA" ( "To Come"), directed and choreographed by Anthony Weiss

  • August 19, 2023 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  • Crellin Community Park

    2940 New York 66
    Chatham, New York 12037
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Description

Taking place at Crellin Park in celebration of Crellin Park Day, the Guinean troupe – nine acrobats, dancers, and musicians – perform FA, their moving, personal story of migration and the quest for education and opportunity that brought them from the streets of Conakry to Europe and beyond. A collaboration between the performers and artistic director Anthony Weiss, FA is part of PS21 PATHWAYS and will be co-presented with the Town of Chatham on Crellin Park Day. 

 

Amoukanama (“What doesn’t break persists” in the Susu language of Guinea, Mali, and Sierra Leone) wowed audiences at America’s Got Talent in 2022 and continues to delight crowds at home and on tour throughout Europe.

 

Part of our PATHWAYS programming, this performance is pay-as-you-wish to encourage broad-based community attendance and to ensure that it is accessible to all. Please consider a $25 suggested donation, as your support allows PS21 to bring leading international artists to our community for free and low-cost programs.

 

Saturday, August 19

 

Come early and explore PS21!

 

3 PM park at PS21 and enjoy a guided walk through PS21’s trails to Crellin Park including a visit to Silda Wall Spitzer and Tim Jones’ architectural installation Dandelions and to StoryWalk featuring James Carroll’s A Song

4 PM FA by Amoukanama Circus

5:30 PM Dinner at the Pavilion Theater for PS21's Circle of Supporters

 

PLUS August 20, 6 PM

African dance workshop and DJ Dance Party led by Amoukanama and DJs Mirissa Neff and Joe Hagan at PS21's Pavilion Theater.

 

 

 Amoukanama Circus is presented with the support of Villa Albertine

 

Date & Time

Sat, Aug 19, 2023 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Venue Details

Crellin Community Park

2940 New York 66
Chatham, New York 12037 Crellin Community Park
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About PS21

A vibrant center for contemporary performance in the Hudson Valley, PS21 “presents work that challenges and invites” (The New York Times): adventurous productions by leading and emerging American and international artists in music, dance, and theater, and visionaries creating entirely new genres. On our open-air Pavilion Theater stage, across our expansive, unspoiled grounds, and in the diverse surrounding communities, PS21 cultivates and presents productions that transcend aesthetic boundaries and revitalize existing artistic languages and grammars. Throughout the year, we host developmental residencies for dancers, musicians, actors, and creators of original, even unclassifiable new work. Rooted in community collaboration, PS21’s programming engages creatively with critical global and social issues. It is a mecca for innovative and original artistic voices, a destination for performance that can be experienced nowhere else in the region. PS21’s Pavilion Theater is a green-energy marvel surrounded by 100 acres of unspoiled meadows, trails, and woodlands that are a haven to wildlife and visitors across the region.  Integrated into our unspoiled campus, the theater embodies our commitments to the public: open, inviting, and optimized for their enjoyment and encouraging citizen expression and participation.

 

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