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2014 BAM Blog Awards
Best performance by a string of sausages in a supporting role: the red sausages in The Old Woman2014 was a big year at BAM, not in the least in terms of numbers. The Next Wave Festival grew to 47...
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The Mariinsky Ballet—Pinnacle of Elegance
Swan Lake. Photo: Valentin BaranovskyBy Susan YungThe Mariinsky Ballet is revered as one of the world's top companies. Founded in imperial Russia in the mid-18th century, it was renamed the Kirov...
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Round-Up: Alex and Aaron Craig talk rodeos and Sufjan
Filmmakers Alex and Aaron Craig of We Are Films. Photo by Noah Abe.Sufjan Stevens’ upcoming piece Round-Up (Jan 20—25, BAM Harvey Theater) features a 1 hour 15 minute film of the Pendleton, OR, rodeo...
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BAM Illustrated: The Origins of the Pendleton Round-Up
Sufjan Stevens returns to BAM January 20—25 with Round-Up, a musical and cinematic meditation on the Pendleton Round-Up, an annual rodeo in Pendleton, Oregon. Illustrator Nathan Gelgud checked out the...
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In Context: The Enchanted Wanderer
The Enchanted Wanderer, part of the Mariinsky at BAM, comes to the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House on Wednesday, January 14. Context is everything, so get even closer to the show with this curated...
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In Context: Swan Lake
Swan Lake, part of the Mariinsky at BAM, comes to the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House from Jan 15—23. Context is everything, so get even closer to the show with this curated selection of articles,...
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In Context: Cinderella
Sergei Prokofiev's Cinderella, part of the Mariinsky at BAM, comes to the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House on January 17—20. Context is everything, so get even closer to the show with this curated...
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Eight Reasons Why Swan Lake Endures
by Susan YungMariinsky's Swan Lake. Photo: V. BaranovskySwan Lake is the one ballet I could imagine seeing every week without tiring of it—and I’m not alone in that sentiment. The Mariinsky Ballet...
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In Context: Round-Up
Sufjan Stevens'Round Up comes to the BAM Harvey Theater from Jan 20—25. Context is everything, so get even closer to the show with this curated selection of articles, interviews, and videos related to...
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Once More, with "Feeling"–Prokofiev's Cinderella Through the Ages
by Chris TylerNadezhda Batoeva in the Mariinsky Theater's Cinderella. Batoeva dances the role at BAM on January 20. Photo: N. RazinaMove over, Queen Elsa—there’s a new classic back in town. Cinderella...
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State of Emergence: On Youth, Authority, and Collaboration
by Lucie HechtBAM Arts & Justice students performing State of Emergence. Photo: Beowulf SheehanAfter three months of critical thinking, analysis, research, and distance-learning engagement with a...
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Round-Up in motion
Round-Up, Sufjan Stevens' new work inspired by the Pendleton Round-Up, premieres tonight at the Harvey, and we've distilled some of the roping, wrestling, riding, and racing in these gorgeous...
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In Context: Chopin: Dances for Piano
Chopin: Dances for Piano, part of the Mariinsky at BAM, comes to the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House January 24—25. Context is everything, so get even closer to the show with this curated selection of...
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In Context: The Iceman Cometh
The Goodman Theatre's production of The Iceman Cometh runs at the BAM Harvey Theater February 5—March 15. Context is everything, so get even closer to the show with this curated selection of articles,...
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The Iceman Speaketh
By Neena ArndtThe Iceman cometh, and he’s bringing the language of 1912 with him.The Iceman Cometh was written in 1939, but it takes place in that (quasi-fictional) flophouse in 1912, and as an...
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“The Family Circle of Inmates"
The Goodman Theatre's revival of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Comethopens at BAM this Thursday, February 5. To help you keep track of this talented cast of 18, we're reposting this helpful character...
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Life in Hell, Before The Simpsons
By Susan YungMany isotopian half-lives before Matt Groening concocted The Simpsons and Futurama, he was well-known for his weird, affable characters in Life in Hell, which ran in print over the course...
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Zhang Huan's Notes on Semele
The Canadian Opera Company's production of Semele, directed by Zhang Huan, will be at the Howard Gilman Opera House from March 4—10. A note from the director follows.The Canadian Opera Company's...
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Carpenter Craft
This month, BAMcinématek pays tribute to legendary director John Carpenter with a full-career film retrospective and a selection of his favorite film scores.Jamie Lee Curtis in The Fog. Photo courtesy...
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Goodman’s Greatest Hits
Amy Goodman. Photo: David BelisleAmy Goodman, the investigative journalist, syndicated columnist, and the host of the daily independent global news hour, Democracy Now!, has said “The only ground rule...
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