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Fantástico! Your Guide to Eating, Drinking, and Playing Like a Brazilian in NYC
Renowned Brazilian dance troupe Grupo Corpo brings Bach & Gira, two wildly different works, to the Howard Gilman Opera House this weekend. Inspired by the rites of Umbanda, one of the most widely...
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16 Years of Grupo Corpo at BAM
Brazilian dance troupe Grupo Corpo is no stranger to the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House stage. On Jan 31, the troupe returns to BAM for the fifth time for the US premiere of Bach & Gira, a two-piece...
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Artist Christopher K. Ho’s Take on First Love
Visual artist Christopher K. Ho brings his site-specific carpet installation Dear John to the Peter Jay Sharp Building Feb 8—Feb 24, just in time for Valentine’s Day. We spoke with Ho about his...
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The Poetry That Became Non Solus
Before it was a breathtaking display of trust performed by two acrobatic figures searching for the truth of our commonality, Non Solus existed as several lines of poetry inspired by the vast emptiness...
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Beyond the Canon: Funeral Parade of Roses + The Crying Game
By Willow MaclayIt is no secret that the cinema canon has historically skewed toward lionizing the white, male auteur. Beyond the Canon is a monthly series that seeks to question that history and...
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In Context: Non Solus
“We return here thousandfold to understand the simplest teaching: we are one and the only creation of our progress is love,” writes Bence Vági, writer, director, choreographer, and founder of Hungary’s...
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Propose To Your Sweetheart at BAM and Say “Yes” to a Free Membership For Two
We’re all about love in its many iterations this Valentine’s Day season, whether it’s with a heart-filled art installation, a breathtaking display of trust, or a love-themed film series—so if you’re...
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Rethinking Rameau: On Bringing Two Rarely Seen Opera-Ballets to the Stage
Photo: Philippe DelvalBy Sophie DanemanDaphnis et Églé and La naissance d’Osiris—two unfamiliar titles, two works that have rarely seen the light of day. Setting them alongside Rameau’s immense...
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Les Arts Florissants and BAM: A 30-Year Romance
What does an American in Paris do? If you are William Christie, you start a music ensemble excavating long-ignored French Baroque opera! The Buffalo-born, Harvard and Yale-educated music scholar...
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In Context: Rameau maître à danser
Photo: Philippe DelvalWidely considered among the foremost interpreters of early-music for modern audiences, celebrated conductor William Christie and his acclaimed ensemble Les Arts Florissants...
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An Extremely Concise Guide to the Multi-Sensory Installations of Teknopolis
If a picture is worth a thousand words, an immersive, multi-sensory experience is worth quite a lot more. But that didn't stop us from asking Steven McIntosh, BAM's Director of Family Programs, and...
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A Visual Guide to the Theory and Practice of Gaga
Photo: AscafBy Susan YungOhad Naharin, house choreographer for Batsheva Dance Company, developed Gaga, a movement language based on intense response to the body and sensations. In the eight productions...
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On Resentment: An Interview with the Programmers
A Separation (2011)In June of 2018, the magazine Triple Canopy began publishing an issue devoted to the topic of resentment. In the issue, the editors ask, who has the right to be resentful? How is...
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In Context: Venezuela
Photo: AscafAcclaimed Choreographer Ohad Naharin and Batsheva Dance Company are renowned worldwide for their adventurous vision and distinctive movement language. Combining visceral physicality with a...
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The Reluctant Muse Who Inspired One of the 20th Century’s Most Original...
All photos: Jan VersweyveldBy Steven Jude Tietjen“I am only writing to you because of the memories of the most beautiful day in Luhačovice in 1917. I have nothing but memories now—well, I live in...
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A First Look at the BAM Strong
In October, just in time for the start of the 2019 Next Wave Festival (the first season curated by David Binder, our new Artistic Director), we’ll open the doors to the BAM Strong, an array of...
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Beyond the Canon: The Fits + Picnic at Hanging Rock
By Lindsay BraytonDreamy, mysterious, mood-driven: words that accurately describe both Anna Rose Holmer’s debut feature The Fits (2015) and Peter Weir’s much imitated classic Picnic at Hanging Rock...
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A Batsheva Dance Company Playlist
Photo: Courtesy of AscafMusic plays an integral role in the work of Ohad Naharin, house choreographer for Batsheva Dance Company—but perhaps never more so surprisingly than in Venezuela, which comes to...
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10 Years of Ivo van Hove at BAM
Photo: Richard TermineIvo van Hove is once again breaking new ground—this time with his first foray into musical theater in the US, Leoš Janáček’s opera Diary of One Who Disappeared, which has its US...
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#5WomenArtists: Women's History Month at BAM
By Sue YungTo raise awareness of Women’s History Month (March), in 2016 the National Museum of Women in the Arts started a social media campaign—#5WomenArtists—asking people to share examples of female...
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