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South Street Seaport Museum announces a free Soka Tira Osoa Highwire Performance on Thursday September 4 2025 at 6pm. seaportmuseum.org/high-wireSoka Tira Osoa: Highwire Performance
As part of the Down to Earth International Festival of Multidisciplinary Performance in Public Spaces Seaport Square and Pier 16 will transform into a stage for the sky. Join the Seaport Museum and The Seaport for a breathtaking one-night-only performance by French acrobatic troupe Compagnie Basinga and internationally renowned tightrope artist Tatiana-Mosio Bongonga.
In Soka Tira Osoa—meaning “pulling the rope”—Cie Basinga invites the audience into their reimagining of the traditional tug-of-war as a powerful act of collaboration. With the help of volunteers the artists and audience will work together to stabilize the high wire forming a unique bond of trust and shared effort.
Then all eyes will turn skyward as Tatiana-Mosio Bongonga one of the world’s few women high-wire walkers takes center stage—alone on a wire high above the ground. Accompanied by live music and the rhythmic energy of the crowd Tatiana’s awe-inspiring crossing will blend delicate precision with poetic grace in a performance that celebrates the importance of collective endeavor in creating togetherness and hope.
Advanced registration is encouraged for this family-friendly event. Walkups will be accommodated as possible.
About the Down to Earth Festival
Down to Earth brings world-class international multidisciplinary performances dance theatre in-situ events and contemporary circus—absolutely free—directly to New York City’s vibrant diverse communities. An initiative that democratizes cultural expression the inaugural festival is initiated by the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center at The Graduate Center CUNY which serves as the festival’s producer underwriter and fiscal agent.
The 2025 Festival features seven international productions workshops interactive events ten presentations of PRELUDE—a festival-within-a-festival focusing on artists at the forefront of contemporary New York City theatre dance interdisciplinary and mediatized performance—and two symposia that explore themes of migration diversity social justice theatre as a tool of resistance intergenerational alliance climate change and our imperiled democracy. Performances will be held across various New York City parks and public spaces. downtoearthfestival.org
About Compagnie Basinga
Compagnie Basinga is a company gathered around the art of high-wire walking. Through research teaching sharing and through the production of high-quality participative shows Basinga seeks to develop expand transmit and communicate this art that better than any other illustrates how our greatness is based on our weaknesses and our ability to combine them. ciebasinga.com
Enjoy More That the Museum Offers
Access to the historic ships and exhibition galleries at the Seaport Museum is not included with this event. If you would like to explore more that the Museum has to offer book in advance or ask Museum staff about admission tickets available Wednesday through Sunday from 11am to 5pm when you check in. Museum admission tickets grant access to the 1885 tall ship Wavertree and 1908 lightship Ambrose at Pier 16 as well as all current exhibitions on view in the introduction galleries inside Schermerhorn Row located at 12 Fulton Street. Admission tickets also include entry to the new Maritime City exhibition in A.A. Thomson & Co. located at 213 Water Street. seaportmuseum.org/admission
About the South Street Seaport Museum
The South Street Seaport Museum located in the heart of the historic seaport district in New York City preserves and interprets the history of New York as a great port city. Founded in 1967 the Museum houses an extensive collection of works of art and artifacts a maritime reference library exhibition galleries and education spaces working 19th century print shops and an active fleet of historic vessels that all work to tell the story of “Where New York Begins.” seaportmuseum.org
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Pier 16, PECK SLIP, NY 10038, United States, New York
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