Hupstate Circus Festival

(map) Google Calendar ICS Find Violet swinging on her freestanding rig right outside the Cherry Artspace after Trojka and before DUSK/NIGHT/DAWN.All ages View Event → Aug 30 International, Ages 10+ Trojka

(map) Google Calendar ICS Set in a shifting universe of domestic trappings and interlocking stories, People Watching’s first creation ‘Play Dead’ observes the way we navigate social connections. Suggested age 16+ View Event → Aug 30 All ages, Free, Outside Swinging Trapeze - Violet Defiant (Free)

(map) Google Calendar ICS Botanist Coffee Shop (meeting spot)Join in community to visit Ithaca Falls, one of the over 100 waterfalls in our area, and grab a coffee before or after. Meet at the local Botanist Coffee shop at 10am and will walk together to Ithaca Falls a few blocks away. The waterfall is spectacular and viewable from the sidewalk, or you can take a 5 minute short hike to see it up close.All ages View Event → Aug 30 Ages 16+, Content Warning, Ticketed PLAY DEAD - People Watching Col

(map) Google Calendar ICS This event is a double bill with two different showsA Circus Journey" (Chile-Ecuador) is a captivating 30-minute solo performance suitable for all ages, presented as a ritual to honor nature and its elements. Katherine Marino’s "Truth and Beauty is a one-woman clown spectacle that blends absurdity, existential themes, and misguided genius. Expect a journey through art and truth, with a possible cake and a guaranteed banana.Ages 10+ View Event → Aug 31 Free, All ages Cir

(map) Google Calendar ICS Set in a shifting universe of domestic trappings and interlocking stories, People Watching’s first creation ‘Play Dead’ observes the way we navigate social connections. Suggested age 16+ View Event → Aug 31 Ages 18+ (WORKSHOP) Trio Acrobatics - Building Blocks and Beyond

(map) Google Calendar ICS This family friendly show is performed outside under a canopy and is free. Seats are first come first served. For all ages View Event → Aug 31 Ages 16+, Content Warning, Ticketed PLAY DEAD - People Watching Collective

(map) Google Calendar ICS Join this amazing aerial workshop with the People Watching Collective! You'll dive into energizing warm-ups and activation exercises, master dynamic tempos and release moves, explore innovative creative tools and research, enhance strength and flexibility with specialized techniques, and perfect improvisation while seamlessly connecting sequences. View Event → Aug 31 Free, All ages Cirque Us (Free)

(map) Google Calendar ICS An evening with Troy and a trapeze. International Lover is the autobiographical tale of Troy Lingelbach's coming into one's self, sensuality, and gender told through aerial dance and performance art. Ages 18+ View Event → Aug 31 Ages 18+, Content Warning DUSK / NIGHT / DAWN

(map) Google Calendar ICS The goal of this workshop is to seamlessly move through the acrobatics. We will begin by teaching the mechanics of the acrobatic movements, allowing the students to familiarize themselves with the floor, the space and their relationship to it. View Event → Aug 31 Ages 18+, Content Warning International Lover

(map) Google Calendar ICS Join Lily Silly and the puppet people for a puppet parade from CSMA to the Press Bay Backlot, traveling through the commons.All ages View Event → Sep 1 All ages Stories About Gravity with Jay Gilligan

(map) Google Calendar ICS Cirque Kikasse is a breathtaking acrobatic show! An extraordinary mobile circus where trampoline, balances and juggling meet. All ages View Event → Sep 1 Ages 18+ (WORKSHOP) Contact Improv and Partnerwork with People Watching Collective

(map) Google Calendar ICS This workshop is focused on finding freedom within a structure. We will share counterweight vocabulary, weight-transfer techniques to lift them, and tools for exploring contact points with your partner. The idea is to create a common language in order to expand the possibilities within contact dance and improvisation. View Event → Sep 1 All ages, Free Puppet Parade (Free)

(map) Google Calendar ICS Come view this circus-themed installation featuring New York State-based artists Ella Shea, Luis Fonseca, and Julie Shea. View Event → Sep 4 Branché

(map) Google Calendar ICS Join us for an evening of performances and connection for our community of artists, audiences, and the circus-curious! We encourage all artists, audiences, and circus fans to come out to party! Suggested 18+ (we never quite know what will happen at the fundraiser!) View Event → Sep 1 Free, All ages, International Cirque Kikasse (Free)

(map) Google Calendar ICS “Cirque Us Stories” is a thoughtfully curated show that flips through the pages of our troupe’s favorite stories to bring you a touching, thrilling narrative about community and identity.For all ages - kids tickets are free! View Event → Sep 1 Ticketed, Ages 18+ Festival Cabaret (ASL interpreted)

(map) Google Calendar ICS Join two of Hupstate’s most popular companies from previous years, Acting for Climate Montréal and Ithaca’s Fern Collective, with guest artist Goddess - for an incredible free outdoor show focusing on nature, the environment, and circus! For all ages View Event → Sep 2 All ages Cirque Us Stories (Kids come free)

(map) Google Calendar ICS Meet up with other circus community at local favorite SWEET MELISSA’S to celebrate the closing of the 2024 Hupstate Festival! View Event → Sep 2 Free, All ages Acting for Climate Montréal x Fern Collective (FREE)

(map) Google Calendar ICS Center Ithaca AtriumBrave Space is a blanket fort, a hoopskirt, an impulsive congregation in the tiniest of tents. Inspired by the idea of creating community in trying times, it begins as a puddle of fabric and grows to encompass a world of wondrous circus. View Event → HUPSTATE CIRCUS FEST COME TO THE HUPSTATE CABARET FUNDRAISER! Buy your tickets for our fundraising cabaret on Sunday night at 8pm! Amazing Hupstate artists and local favorites have generously donated act

(map) Google Calendar ICS COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND ARTS - Registration RequiredWith NATASHA PATTERSON, BRIN SCHOELLKOPF, and SABINE VAN RENSBURG of People Watching Collective This 2 hour workshop is focused on finding freedom within a structure.  We will share counterweight vocabulary, weight-transfer techniques to lift them, and tools for exploring contact points with your partner.  Please note that this workshop requires proximity & close contact between bodies. REQUIRED EXPERIENCE: Dance

(map) Google Calendar ICS Treman Marina LoopJoin the acrobats of Acting for Climate for a breathtaking site specific acrobatics performance.Note: The show formally starts at 12pm, but we are asking audiences to gather at 11:45am so we can ensure you get to the site on time. View Event → Sep 4 Contact Improvisation and Partner Work