The opener for the Albany's Beyond Circus event, a long weekend of contemporary circus curated by Upswing's Vicki Amedume, Off the Ground will showcase extracts of new work in development by female circus artists. On the docket are Lindsey Butcher (of Gravity and Levity), Cirkus Mlejn (from the Czech Republic), Collectif and then…, Frederike Gerstner, Francesca Martello and Alice Allart.