TROY, N.Y. — The circus is back in Prospect Park.
For the fifth year, and the third with a big top tent, The Contemporary Circus and Immersive Arts Center (CCIAC) is hosting a week of circus events with multiple performing groups. “Troy is really an outside influencer on the arts and cultural front,” said Corey Aldrich, executive director of ACE! Upstate Alliance for the Creative Economy and this year’s director of operations for the circus. “I think we want to continue to celebrate that.
..It truly does take a village.
” Though the performances started over the weekend with the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, the CCIAC is hosting three more performances on Thursday, Friday and Saturday from Montreal-based Cirque Kickasse, Good Karma Studio and Westchester Circus Arts respectively. The performances will range from trampoline stunts to silks. They are also hosting a youth camp throughout the week and the final performance on Saturday will be a free family day that will give guests a chance to try their hand at tightwire walking, spinning plates and more.
When people hear “circus,” they think of animals, said Troy Mayor Carmella Mantello at the press conference, but these performances show the limits and talents of human ability. Behind her and the other speakers, a performer dangled from a rope 10 feet in the air. “This is a contemporary circus; it’s all about people, much like Troy,” she said, saying she’s never given a press conference like it before.
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