Performances of circus and dance act ON POINT by Circumstances

Sun, Aug 13 - Wed, Aug 16  2023

Circus and dance company Circumstances, under the artistic direction of Piet van Dycke, is performing at the prestigious Battery Dance Festival and PS21 Chatham New York. Their act ON POINT (2021) is a wordless, site-specific circus and dance performance full of humor. Read more here.

About the company

Circumstances is the circus and dance company under the artistic direction of Piet Van Dycke. Circumstances develops, produces and distributes wordless, impactful circus and dance performances, in which Piet van Dycke works as a choreographer with circus performers. We always create in/for/with other Circumstances (circumstances): location and/or theater performances from different circus disciplines, with children/young people/elderly, for different target groups.

About Battery Dance Festival

Battery Dance presents the 42nd Annual Battery Dance Festival. The Battery Dance Festival is New York City’s longest-running free public dance festival. Each year, the Festival draws a combined audience of over 12,000 in-person and over 35,000 virtual viewers.

About PS21 Chatham

PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century is a contemporary arts venue in the Hudson Valley. PS21 presents innovative programming by leading and emerging artists in music, dance, theater, contemporary performance, and the visual and multimedia arts. Since their state-of-the-art theater was inaugurated in 2018, PS21 has evolved into the Hudson Valley’s center for innovative programming by leading and emerging artists.

Performance Schedule

AUG 13 7 PM | In-Person & Livestreamed at Rockefeller Park (Battery Dance Festival)
AUG 14 7 PM| In-Person & Livestreamed at Rockefeller Park (Battery Dance Festival)
AUG 16 | In-Person at PS21 Chatham, with a community workshop on August 17.