Cirque Kalabanté: WOW (World of Words)
Sunday, October 4, 2026
2:30 PM
Kupferberg Center for the Arts
65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Queens, NY 11367
Scheduled
About This Event
Cirque Kalabanté brings WOW (World of Words) to Kupferberg Center for the Arts, placing circus technique in a concert‑hall setting. The ensemble emphasizes rigorous physical training, group timing, strength‑based movement and percussion‑forward rhythm; in Queens they have shared bills with Miguel Anggelo, Santiago Cruz, the Queens College Choral Society, the Queens Symphony Orchestra and the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, and their work favors momentum and ensemble craft over theatrical spectacle.
About Come Wakaforé: Wow (World of Words)
Come Wakaforé: Wow (World of Words) arrives at the Kupferberg Center for the Arts as a live performance that treats language as both subject and material. Cirque Kalabanté anchors the evening with circus-based movement that reads like a physical glossary, where gesture carries meaning before words do. The work sits in a New York context where multilingual life is ordinary, and it asks what gets lost or gained when stories move between tongues. One clear strength is its refusal to separate verbal speech from embodied communication.
About the Artist
Cirque Kalabanté
Cirque Kalabanté is a performance ensemble that brings circus technique into concert-hall and presenting-arts settings, including appearances at New York City’s Milton G. Bassin Performing Arts Center.