MUSIC / THEATER / DANCE / FILM
BAM Fisher Next Wave
A tsunami of sound.
A radical commune.
A lounge bar at 2:45am.
An audacious proposal.
Lasers and rocking chairs.
All seats $20
At the 30th Next Wave Festival a new building means new possibilities. It means a new home for uncompromising artists, many of them Brooklyn-based.
Single tickets to BAM Fisher Next Wave events are on sale now.
With several multi-use spaces and street-level entry, BAM's latest addition—the BAM Fisher—is a highly accessible arts, education, and community center, a home for wide-ranging BAM programs and Brooklyn artists.
The Fishman Space offers intimacy and flexibility, making it an ideal venue for unique and new media performances by established and emerging artists and programs by community groups.
The audience triggers videos with lasers in this interactive installation from Bill Morrison.
Derrick Adams deconstructs pop culture and kids’ TV in this lively multimedia work.
The Civilians revive 19th-century cabaret to tell the story of the 1871 Paris Commune.
Performance artist Dread Scott explores slavery in the US's founding documents.
Artist Jennifer Miller presents a show as part of the performance-art series Brooklyn Bred.
Performance artist Coco Fusco explores the daunting act of fleeing Cuba for a new life.
Marc Bamuthi Joseph offers a poetic theatrical vision of sustainability and social change.
The audience sits in rocking chairs for this stirring take on the Beckett radio play.
Choreographer Jonah Bokaer and artist Anthony McCall present a gripping site-specific work.
Dancer-choreographer Nora Chipaumire pays tribute to singer-activist Miriam Makeba.
Trey McIntyre Project returns from its DanceMotion USA (sm) tour with this collaborative work.
Choreographer Lucy Guerin explores the revealing movements of the untrained body.
Miguel Gutierrez explores the elusive logic of improvisation with dancers aged 33 to 62.
Songwriting duo Ian and Chad mix theatrical whimsy and heartfelt soul in song.
Grungy rock and torch songs come together in Tamar-kali’s Pseudoacoustic project.
Cellist Maya Beiser brings surreal music and dance to the biblical story of Lot’s wife.
Singer Theo Bleckmann performs two dramatic song cycles by composer Phil Kline.
Michael Gordon presents this work for six wooden 2x4s, amplified to kaleidoscopic effect.