2026 Performance Calendar

Sticks & Stone

An aerial dance, puppetry, and physical theatre performance that asks: What do we do when our bodies become strangers to our souls?

September 5 @ 9:30pm

Hupstate Circus Festival Premiere in Ithaca, NY


Co-created and performed by Nicki Miller & Benny Oyzon
Production managed by David Glista

This collaborative project began in 2019 and premiered at the Performing Garage in NYC in 2022. After a hiatus, the show will have its festival premiere at Hupstate Circus Festival in Ithaca, NY on September 5, 2026!

Content Advisory: Themes of body dysphoria, patriarchal gender roles, brief topless nudity. Recommended for audiences 13+

Tickets to Hupstate

Past Performances

“Feedback Loop” in the NYC Aerial Dance Festival; photo by Mikhail Lipyanskiy

  • Sticks & Stone Workshop performances (Gardiner, NY)

  • “Feedback Loop” NYC Aerial Dance Festival (NYC); WildHeart Shared Stage (Wallkill, NY)

  • “The Great Turning” O+ Festival (Kingston, NY)

  • Sticks & Stone Performing Garage (NYC)

  • “We Are Nature” NooSphere Arts (NYC)

  • “Flesh & Blood” Dixon Place (NYC);
    The Deep End (NYC)