AERIALISTS & ACROBATS at CITY POINT

CREATIVE RESIDENCY in BKLYN STUDIOS

New York City Professional Circus Performers
January 17 - June 30, 2021

showcasing training and creative process as well as rehearsals of works-in-progress and show-ready acts

SCHEDULE

Monday-Friday 9am-9pm, Weekends 10am-7pm

Artists will be inside BKLYN STUDIOS & viewers will be in the City Point main passageway. Masks & social distancing are required.

Support Furloughed Performance Artists: Donate via Venmo: @kygwen (Kyla Ernst-Alper)

If you would like to support us but do not want to use Venmo, send us an email

Visit our Instagram to follow our creative & training journeys.

Entrances: 445 Albee Square West / 336 Flatbush Avenue Ext, Brooklyn, NY

Giles Clement Photo Exhibit

City Point Atrium

New York City Performer Series Edition 1
Winter 2021

Featuring Aerialists, Burlesque Personalities, Dancers & Clowns

Thousands of New York performers have been out of work during the COVID pandemic.

As a small way of helping some of these performers, photographer Giles Clement and performer/producer Kyla Ernst-Alper have created a striking series of images for sale.

Each image is available as a limited edition print and all ten are available as a set of postcards.

Proceeds from the postcards and prints are split with the artists to ensure that post COVID they are able to go back to their work of making the world a brighter place.

You can make a purchase through the project page at gilesclement.com/nyc-performer-series

featured artists

Gin Minsky // Maine Attraction // Tyler West // Ivory Fox & Media Noche // Muffy Styler & Matt Roper // Kyla Ernst-Alper // Juanita Cardenas // André M. Zachary // Ben Franklin & Joshua Dean // Elizabeth Munn

Background

City Point has generously donated the BKLYN Studios space to support these furloughed artists, helping to keep the performing arts culture of New York City alive and performers ready to go back to work the moment it is legal to do so.

When Broadway shut down, so did all of the smaller shows, nightclubs, and cabarets. Ticketed performances, even those held outdoors, have been banned. Training spaces closed down, and sadly a number are now permanently closed. During the warm weather, performers trained in city parks and open-air spaces. Winter brought a new set of challenges, especially the need for indoor rehearsals.

This residency gives the participating artists time and space to continue their work, albeit unpaid, with donations via @kygwen on venmo used to support participating artists and operational expenses, including providing grants to cover required individual insurance. We invite the public to take advantage of this unprecedented opportunity to watch us train (schedule above). The artists will be inside BKLYN Studios, and the viewers will be in the ground floor City Point passageway. Masks are required.

Many of the artists participating in this residency teach classes and perform online, and for COVID-safe events and productions. If you are interested in hiring a performer for your event or to teach a class, reach out to us through our email, or find direct links to artists on their bio pages below.

Good news: outdoor ticketed shows will resume in the spring.

Further reading:

A ‘Great Cultural Depression’ Looms for Legions of Unemployed Performers - The New York Times by Patricia Cohen, December 26, 2020

NYC Musicians, Comedians, Dancers & More Will Be Able To Perform Outdoors Starting This Spring - Gothamist by Ben Yakas, December 11. 2020

Press:

BKLYNER

Good Day New York

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