We invite you to join us at

Prelude Festival

at the Down to Earth Festival 2025

Presented by CUNYstages Project, The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center at The Graduate Center CUNY

August 29 – 31, 2025.
• Cubalandia, Cuba/New York
• The History of Black People, based on texts by Édouard Glissant, Martinique/New York
• stigmas on the body of air, with Ekaterina Derysheva and others, Ukraine/New York
• Gwo-Ka Lewoz, drumming dance, Rockaway Beach, Guadeloupe
• HISTORIAS, in collaboration with Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural And Educational Center
• Flexn Street Dance Fest, Puerto Rico/New York
• Rwanda TBC
• South Korea TBC
• Indonesia TBC
• Brazil TBC
• And Others TBC

>Participating companies & Artists
• Compagnie Basinga (Congo/France)
• SenCirk (Senegal)
• Theatre de L’Entrouvert (France)
• Kaleider (UK)
• Théâtre de la Ville (France)
• Parini Secondo (Italy)
• Milo Rau (Vienna)
• Édouard Louis (France)
• FLEXN (NYC)
• And Others

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Location & Schedule

August 29 – 31, 2025 at various locations throughout NYC.