The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is a music school that has grown into one of Brooklyn’s main cultural centers for film, theater, dance, music, art and talks. New Yorkers call it BAM.
The Dance Africa festival is a BAM Memorial Day Weekend tradition.
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DanceAfrica 2023 Celebrates Ghanaian and African Diaspora Culture at BAM
A choreographic and musical journey through ancestral and contemporary Ghanian culture, a big influence on Caribbean and African American culture.
BAM, BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC
Fort Greene, Brooklyn
Friday-Monday, May 26-29, 2023
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Dry Ground Burning Moves Real Brazilian Women on the Edge to the Front and Center
Part gangster film, part cowboy western, and part science fiction, a woman fresh out of prison becomes a champion of the oppressed in dystopian Brazil.
BAM
Fort Greene, Brooklyn
April 21 – May 3, 2023
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DanceAfrica 2022 Calls Our Ancestors to BAM
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
Fri-Mon, May 27-30, 2022
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC (BAM)
Fort Greene, Brooklyn
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Brooklyn Academy of Music Tickets
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
30 Lafayette Avenue
(between Ashland Pl and St Felix St.)
Fort Greene, Brooklyn
Subways
(2)(3), (4)(5) to Nevins St
Walk 3 blocks
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Brooklyn Academy of Music News
January 2023
Emmy, Grammy, and Golden Globe-nominated, New York Jamaican bassist Russell Hall; celebrates Dr. Reverend Martin Luther King Jr with a jazz concert for the World Music Institute; in the BAMcafé at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) on Friday, January 13, 2023 at 9pm. FREE! 🇺🇸
Musical collective Harriet Tubman (Brandon Ross, Melvin Gibbs and JT Lewis) celebrates Dr. Reverend Martin Luther King Jr for the World Music Institute with a jazz rock concert in the BAMcafé at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) on Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 9pm. FREE! 🇺🇸
December 2022
Locobeach plays Psychedelic Cumbia Rock for the World Music Institute at BAM Café in the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Fort Greene, Brooklyn on Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 9pm. Free. bam.org 🇻🇪
June 2022
The English National Ballet dances then NY premiere of Akram Khan’s “Giselle” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Fort Greene, Wed-Sat, Jun 8-11. 🇫🇷🇧🇩
May 2022
The 45th DanceAfrica 2022 dance festival is at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in Fort Greene over Memorial Day Weekend, Fri-Mon, May 27-30, 2022. 🇬🇭🇬🇳🇲🇱🇳🇬 🇨🇺🇭🇹🇩🇴🇵🇷🇹🇹
April 2022
Jamie Lloyd’s “Cyrano de Bergerac” play from the West End is at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Fort Greene, Tue-Sun, Apr 5 – May 22. From $45. 🇫🇷
The BAM Gala 2022 is at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Fort Greene, Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 5pm. From $2,500.