South Street Seaport Museum Announces Soka Tira Osoa: Highwire Performance
South Street Seaport Museum announces a free Soka Tira Osoa Highwire Performance on Thursday, September 4, 2025 at 6pm. seaportmuseum.org/high-wire
Soka 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.
Soka 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.
18:00:00
Until 20:00:00
New York, NY
Ticket Price: Free
Pier 16
PECK SLIP
New York, NY 10038
United States