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Tightrope Workshops with Compagnie Basinga

  • August 25 - 28, 2025
  • PS21 : Center for Contemporary Performance

    2980 New York 66
    Chatham, New York 12037
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Description

As part of PS21's COMMONGROUND Festival, join us for a week of free tightrope walking community workshops, led by Tatiana-Mosio Bongonga and members of Compagnie Basinga (France). Join us in the apple orchard on the evenings of August 25-28 for participatory demonstrations that will introduce you to this unique and thrilling art!

 

Learning to walk on a rope involves understanding four fundamental concepts: the search for balance and the zero point; the balance with the pole; the void; and the notion of crossing (starting from point A to reach point B). It’s about trust and moving forward, come what may. In this way, tightrope walking is a beautiful metaphor for life.

 

These workshops are free and open to the public, ages 8+. Feel free to come and go throughout the two hours, and come for one evening demonstration—or all of them!

 

And don't miss Compagnie Basinga's performances of Soka Tira Osoa on August 30—31st at PS21. 

Date & Time

Aug 25 - 28, 2025

Venue Details

PS21 : Center for Contemporary Performance

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