Brooklyn Academy of Music

Fy2022 a new york/spring seasonbam's fy2022 a new york/spring season featured 23 presentations, showcasing the diversity, vitality, and resilience of new york city's performing arts community as well as artists and companies from 11 countries, including australia, brazil, germany, ghana, israel, japan, niger, palestine, syria, the united kingdom, and the united states. Highlights included: kiki & herb sleigh at bam, a special holiday performance from legendary cabaret duo kiki and herb (nov. 30-dec. 4, 2021; bam harvey theater), annie-b parson/big dance theater's newest production, the mood room, which examined the toxicity of self-help culture via the work of french artist and playwright, guy de cointet (nov. 30-dec. 5, 2021; bam fishman space. ); a series of concerts curated by writer hanif abdurraqib, featuring performances by dawn richard, moses sumney, devonte hynes, mavis staples, and others (spring 2022; all bam venues); cria, brazilian choreographer alice ripoll's exuberant blend of funk, samba, and breakdance, performed by an all-black dance troupe of cis- and transgender artists (mar. 29-apr. 2, 2022; bam fisher fishman space); cyrano de bergerac, playwright martin crimp's adaptation of the french classic, starring james mcavoy and directed by jaime lloyd (apr. 5-may 22, 2022; harvey theater at bam strong); and giselle, a spectacular reimagining of the story ballet from akram khan, performed by tamara rojo and english national ballet (jun. 8-11, 2022; bam howard gilman opera house).

Fy2022 film programsbam film returned in-person to the bam rose cinemas and engaged audiences through a diverse range of cinema from around the world, with a focus on works by underrepresented filmmakers. Highlights included: brazilian modernism at 100, which explored the pluralistic spirit that characterized brazilian film culture; careless crime + the films of shahram mokri, which showcased the experimental work of the iranian auteur; and the 30th anniversary of ernest dickerson's neo-noir juice. In addition, bamcinemafest returned in-person in 2022, showcasing 11 new york premieres and one world premiere screening. These included lily gladstone's the unknown country; free chol soo lee from julie ha and eugene yi; tyler taormina's happer's comet; ramin bahrani's 2nd chance; and nothing lasts forever, jason kohn's documentary unmasking of the secretive diamond industry.

Fy2022 education programsbam education expanded the scope and reach of its in-school residency offerings and successfully returned to in-person iterations of all areas of programming. This included longtime in-school programs danceafrica in the classroom, which engages students in grades k-8 in the dance, Music, and artistic traditions of africa and its diaspora; and word. Sound. Power. In the classroom, which encourages high school students to read, write, and reflect through the study of spoken word performance; as well as the launch of in-school residency (re)centering theater, which engages students in grades 9-12 with the work of playwrights outside of the traditional theater canon. After-school programs included arts & justice, a devised theater program that empowers high school students to create change in their community, which centered around the theme of "personal perception, self-esteem, and intergenerational trauma; in spring 2022" dance in focus, a new intensive choreography lab for aspiring dancemakers in grades 9-12; and Brooklyn interns for arts and culture, a college preparation and career readiness program for high-school seniors. Bamkids family programming included: a virtual performance event featuring singer, rapper, and beatboxer verbal ase; song of the north, a large-scale mixed media and shadow-puppet work by hamid rahmanian; the 24th bamkids film festival; and two live outdoor arts festivals.

Expenses in this category include 2021 fall season, community and art programming. Expenses in this category also include overhead costs covering production management, artist services, marketing, and building operations all in support of the organization's programming. Bam rents its theaters and public spaces to commercial and non-profit groups, as well as community organizations and individuals.