Aerialists & Acrobats at City Point
Artists in Residence January - August 2021
City Point generously donated the BKLYN Studios space to support these furloughed artists, helping to keep the performing arts culture of New York City alive and performers ready to go back to work the moment it is legal to do so.
When Broadway shut down, so did all of the smaller shows, nightclubs, and cabarets. Ticketed performances, even those held outdoors, were banned until April 2, 2021. Training spaces closed down. During the warm weather, performers trained in city parks and open-air spaces. Winter brought a new set of challenges, especially the need for indoor rehearsals.
This residency gave the participating artists time and space to continue their work, albeit unpaid, with donations used to support participating artists and operational expenses, including covering the cost of required individual insurance. We invited the public to take advantage of this unprecedented opportunity to watch us train through large windows looking into our makeshift training space.
Since the residency ended, Anver has pivoted to producing entertainment for events, video shoots, and shows.
https://www.anverentertainment.com
Press:
As a small way of helping some of the thousands of New York performers during the covid pandemic photographer Giles Clement and performer/producer Kyla Ernst-Alper have created a series of postcards with a few of the very best dancers, clowns, burlesque personalities and aerialists in the city. Proceeds from the sale of the postcards and prints are split with the artists to help ensure that when this is all over, they’re able to go back to their work of making the world a brighter place.
Each image is available as a limited edition print and all ten are available as a set of gorgeous postcards. You can make a purchase through the prints page
https://www.gilesclement.com/nyc-performer-series
Included in each postcard sets include one each of the following artists:
Gin Minsky // Maine Attraction // Tyler West // Ivory Fox & Media Noche // Muffy Styler & Matt Roper // Kyla Ernst-Alper // Juanita Cardenas // André M. Zachary // Ben Franklin & Joshua Dean // Elizabeth Munn
intro/outro music by BPMS featuring Sasha Krohn
music by Don Toliver