Down to Earth brings world-class international performance, theater, contemporary circus, an opera installation, and participatory events directly to New York City’s vibrant, diverse communities. The 2025 festival features seven international productions, workshops, interactive events, and local presentations of PRELUDE, a festival-within-a-festival.  

Schedule:

Saturday, August 30:
2:30pm & 5:30pm
PRELUDE: Turtle Island & Muskrat
Inwood Hill Park, Manhattan Payson Avenue & Seaman Avenue, NY 10034

5:30pm
Hit Out by Parini Secondo
Culture Lab LIC 5-25 46th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101

Sunday, August 31:
3pm
Traces by Theatre De L'Entrouvert
The Bushwick Starr 419 Eldert St, Brooklyn, NY 11237

3pm
PRELUDE: tvvo: id: a/Live in New York + in Ukraine
The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Education Center
107 Suffolk Street, New York, NY 10002

6:30pm
Hit Out by Parini Secondo
Culture Lab LIC 5-25 46th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101

Monday, September 1:
4pm & 6pm
PRELUDE: Nannies of New York City
2 Rector Street, between Trinity and Greenwich Streets, New York, NY 10006

Tuesday, September 2:
2pm - 6pm
RESISTANCE NOW!
Elebash Recital Hall at The Graduate Center, CUNY 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016

6pm
PRELUDE: ENDSIEG—THE SECOND COMING
Elebash Recital Hall at The Graduate Center, CUNY 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016

Wednesday, September 3:
9am - 7pm
 In Via Publica: Performance and Public Assembly
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center (LPAC) at LaGuardia Community College 31-10 Thomson Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101

12pm Santé! by Cirque Kikasse
Brooklyn Commons Park, Downtown Brooklyn 15 MetroTech Center suite 1920, Brooklyn, NY 11201

3pm
SenCirk DUO by SenCirk
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center (LPAC) at LaGuardia Community College - Courtyard 31-10 Thomson Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101

7pm
Ancrage by SenCirk
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center (LPAC) at LaGuardia Community College, Mainstage Theater 31-10 Thomson Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101

Thursday, September 4:
3pm - 6pm
Poetic Consultations
South Street Seaport Museum Plaza 12 Fulton St, New York, NY 10038

6:30pm Santé! by Cirque Kikasse
Culture Lab LIC 5-25 46th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101

6pm Soka Tira Osoa by Compagnie Basinga
South Street Seaport Museum Plaza 12 Fulton St, New York, NY 10038

Friday, September 5:
3pm
Santé! by Cirque Kikasse
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center (LPAC) at LaGuardia Community College Greenway 31-10 Thomson Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101

4pm - 6pm
Poetic Consultations Marcus Garvey Park, Harlem 6316 Mt Morris Park W, New York, NY 10027

4pm & 7pm
SenCirk Duo by SenCirk
Marcus Garvey Park, Harlem 6316 Mt Morris Park W, New York, NY 10027

7:30pm
PRELUDE: In the Solitude of Cotton Fields
Hudson River Park, Pier 45 555 12th Ave, New York, NY 10036

Saturday, September 6:
11am
PRELUDE: Solidarność
Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn Dekalb Avenue &, S Portland Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205

1pm
Hit Out by Parini Secondo
Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn Dekalb Avenue &, S Portland Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205

4pm
PRELUDE: Soliarność
Tompkins Square Park East 10th St, New York, NY 10009

7:30pm PRELUDE: In the Solitude of Cotton Fields
Hudson River Park, Pier 45 555 12th Ave, New York, NY 10036

7pm
Arch by Kaleider
Green-Wood Cemetery 25th St, Brooklyn, NY 11232

Sunday, September 7:
11am
PRELUDE: Solidarność
Great Lawn, Prospect Park, Brooklyn 95 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY 11215

3pm
Traces by Théâtre de l’Entrouvert
Hudson River Park, Pier 84 555 12th Ave, New York, NY 10036

7pm
 Arch by Kaleider
Green-Wood Cemetery 25th St, Brooklyn, NY 11232

7:30pm
PRELUDE: In the Solitude of Cotton Fields
Hudson River Park, Pier 45 555 12th Ave, New York, NY 10036