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Steel Hammer—So Many John Henrys
Photo: Michael BrosilowBy Robert WoodIt’s been said that you can never sing a folk song twice. Folk songs are living organisms, not reproducible objects, the argument goes, existing to perpetually...
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BAM Virtual Reality: our first 360° video
By Ben CohenToday BAM launched its first-ever virtual reality video. Not all guinea pigs can climb a rope and hang upside down while doing splits, so we’re feeling pretty lucky that members of the...
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Giving Shape to an Explosion: Sasha Waltz with Edgard Varèse
Continu. Photo courtesy of Alastair Muir By Robert WoodSasha Waltz has a penchant for the spectacularly unnerving. In Gezeiten, at BAM in 2010, dancers navigated a flame-licked bunker at the end of the...
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In Context: Continu
Sasha Waltz & Guests’ Continucomes to BAM on December 4. Context is everything, so get even closer to the production with this curated selection of articles and videos related to the show. After...
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In Context: Steel Hammer
Julia Wolfe and Anne Bogart’s music-theater work Steel Hammercomes to BAM on December 2. Context is everything, so get even closer to the production with this curated selection of articles and videos...
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In Context: Yimbégré
Souleymane “Solo” Badolo’s comes to BAM on December 2 with his work Yimbégré. Context is everything, so get even closer to the production with this curated selection of articles and videos related to...
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BAM Blog Questionnaire: It Takes a Village
Steel Hammer—coming to the BAM Harvey Theater this Wednesday, December 2—creatively explores the cost of hard labor on the human body and soul. We spoke with four individuals involved in this...
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Hard Nut Nuggets
L-R: Julie Worden, June Omura, Mark Morris, Lauren Grant. Photo: Susana MillmanMark Morris Dance Group returns to BAM with The Hard Nut(December 12—20) choreographed by Mark Morris in 1991 to...
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Meet Katy Clark
Katy Clark, BAM’s new president, answered some questions posed by Robert Wood about issues small and large.Photo: Jesse WinterFirst of all, welcome to BAM. All moved in? Favorite neighborhood lunch...
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In Context: Alas, The Nymphs...
Alas, The Nymphscomes to BAM on December 9. Context is everything, so get even closer to the production with this curated selection of articles and videos related to the show. After you've attended the...
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In Context: Walking with 'Trane
Urban Bush Women’s Walking with ’Trane comes to the BAM Harvey Theater December 9—12. Context is everything, so get even closer to the production with this curated selection of articles and videos...
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BAM Illustrated: A Love Supreme
Urban Bush Women's Walking with 'Trane (Dec 9—12) draws inspiration from John Coltrane's 1965 album A Love Supreme, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Illustrator Nathan Gelgud explores...
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A Highly Anticipated Return to BAM
Next week, Paterson Joseph returns to BAM in Sancho: An Act of Remembrance—playing the BAM Fisher December 16—20. First seen on our stage as Brutus in the Royal Shakesespeare Company's 2013 production...
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In Context: The Hard Nut
Mark Morris Dance Group’s The Hard Nutcomes to BAM on December 12. Context is everything, so get even closer to the holiday production with this curated selection of articles and videos related to the...
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In Context: Sancho: An Act of Remembrance
Sancho: An Act of Remembrance, featuring actor Paterson Joseph, comes to BAM on December 16. Context is everything, so get even closer to the production with this curated selection of articles and...
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2015 End-of-Year Reading List
Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom. Photo: Focus FeaturesDon't think of it as homework; think of it as getting a leg up on the upcoming BAM season while putting all those gift cards to good use.Get lost...
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BAMcinématek’s Best of 2015
Once again, the BAMcinématek staff indulges in its annual bout of list-making. And there's much to love: 2015 was an embarrassment of riches, both in the wealth of stellar new releases (several of...
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A Love Letter to BAM
This January, playwright, collagist, and Richard B. Fisher Next Wave Award recipient Charles Mee returns to BAM for a fourth time with The Glory of the World. Here—in an excerpt from 2011's BAM: The...
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Glory Be
The Glory of the World. Photo: Bill BrymerWhen it premiered last spring at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Charles Mee's The Glory of the World—coming to the BAM Harvey Theater from January 16 through...
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Rest in Peace, Elizabeth Swados
Swados in 1987. Photo: Tom ArmaElizabeth Swados, born in Buffalo, NY in 1954, passed away on January 4, 2016. While best known for her Tony-nominated Broadway success, Runaways (1978), she had a long...
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