At Artists Space catch Circus Amok Saturday, August 13 Begins promptly at 2pm in Cortlandt Alley

	Circus Amok
	Saturday, August 13 Begins promptly at 2pm Cortlandt Alley  In conjunction with our current exhibition Attention Line, the radical New York City circus and theater troupe Circus Amok makes its triumphant return with its first new show since 2018 at Artists Space in Cortlandt Alley on Saturday, August 13th at 2pm. The show is free and open to the public. Witness as a beleaguered band of circus performers flee fire and flood, transphobia, misogyny and more, seeking refuge in the arms of New York City. But…will they find it?? Find out for yourself when you attend Circus Amok's back-alley political queer extravaganza! Expect stunning stilters, jaunty jugglers, astounding acrobats, drag queens, nerd bots and more...danger, glamour, glitter, beware!! The show's star-studded cast includes Becca Blackwell, Jules Skloot, Claire Dolan, Stephanie Woods, Pher Gleason, Lex Alston, Kym Bernazky, David Guzman, Zo Williams, and Kali Therrien, with the infamous Circus Amok band directed by Jenny Romaine and featuring Ben Meyers, Jessica Lurie, Mary Feaster, and Lee Free, and a set designed by Scotty Heron.
	Circus Amok, The Experimental Walking Tour, 2002. Performed in various parks across the five burroughs. [A color photograph of several figures marching in the middle of the street while holding up posters. One of the figures is wearing stilts, while others are pushing carts or instruments on wheels. From the sidewalk, various pedestrians look on.]
	Dedicated to confronting contemporary social justice issues since 1989, Circus Amok began presenting one-off performances at P.S.122 before inaugurating their annual free outdoor shows in 1994 in small neighborhood parks and well-traveled public squares in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. Their outlandishly funny, politically feisty, joyously queer one-ring spectacles combine traditional circus skills–tight rope walking, juggling, acrobatics, stilt walking, clowning–with experimental dance, lifesize puppetry, improvisational techniques and live music. Essential to their performances is a fervent, energetic addressing of timely political themes, which in recent years have included housing, health care, gentrification, gay marriage, immigration, the Department of Homeland Security, police brutality, police stop-and-frisk policies, and public education. Circus Amok’s gender-bending performance art expands the notion of what a circus can be for its public, and creates inimitable physical and verbal spectacles that invite the audience to envision a more empowered life of community interaction and equanimity. Jennifer Miller, the director and founder of Circus Amok, is an Obie, Bessie, and Ethyl Eichelberg award winning playwright and performer who has worked with alternative circus forms, theater, and dance for over thirty years. As a dancer, Miller has performed with Cathy Weis, Jeff Weis, Jennifer Monson, John Jasperse, Johanna Boyce, Doug Elkins, and They Won’t Shut-up among many others. Miller is a professor of performance at Pratt Institute. Accessibility Artists Space is fully accessible via a wheelchair lift and automated door in front of the entrance on 80 White Street. The cellar gallery can be accessed via the ground floor elevator. Artists Space welcomes assistance dogs, and has wheelchair accessible non-gender-segregated toilet facilities. If you have any further questions about access please email info@artistsspace.org. Supporters Support for Artists Space is provided by Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation, The Cowles Charitable Trust, The Cy Twombly Foundation, The David Teiger Foundation, The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, Imperfect Family Foundation, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, The Stavros Niarchos Foundation, The Willem de Kooning Foundation, The Fox Aarons Foundation, Herman Goldman Foundation, The Destina Foundation, The Luce Foundation, May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Arison Arts Foundation, The David Rockefeller Fund, The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, The Jill and Peter Kraus Foundation, The Richard Pousette-Dart Foundation.  #circusamokfun#fineartmagazine#summerartfun