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School-Time Performances

EDUCATION
For Grades K—12

Each performance is complemented by a pre- or post-show workshop, led by a BAM teaching artist, which deepens engagement and sparks creativity. Workshops can be provided to your class of students in-person or virtually, depending on your needs.

Workshops are approximately 45 minutes, included at no cost for each registered class.

After registering, a BAM teaching artist will follow up to schedule the workshop(s) no less than three weeks prior to the performance or screening. Schools outside the Greater NYC area may not be eligible for in-person workshops due to distance, but a virtual option is available.

Share the power of live performance with your students! These inspiring, thought-provoking shows are specially chosen to speak to young audiences.
  • Education | Circus | Kids

    School-Time Performance: I’mPossible Holiday Wonders

    Fri, Dec 11, 2026

    School-Time Performance: I’mPossible Holiday Wonders

    Fri, Dec 11, 2026
    Grades K—12
    This dazzling, inclusive circus spectacular takes audiences on a madcap adventure to a world where all things are possible when we discover the courage, the passion, and the strength of the human spirit that exists inside us all.
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    Education | Circus | Kids

    School-Time Performance: I’mPossible Holiday Wonders

    Fri, Dec 11, 2026
    This inclusive circus spectacular invites audiences to a world where all things are possible.

Past School-Time Performances

  • Education | Dance

    School-Time Performances: DanceAfrica 2026

    May 20 & 21, 2026

    School-Time Performances: DanceAfrica 2026

    May 20 & 21, 2026
    Grades Pre-K–12
    Enjoy exhilarating traditional dance and music from Uganda in a special DanceAfrica designed for our school and community partners.
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    Education | Dance

    School-Time Performances: DanceAfrica 2026

    May 20 & 21, 2026
    Usher in summer and experience traditional dance and music from Uganda with DanceAfrica.
  • Education | Theater

    School-Time Performance: Hamlet

    Tue, May 5, 2026

    School-Time Performance: Hamlet

    Tue, May 5, 2026
    Grades 9—12
    The National Theatre’s Robert Hastie (Operation Mincemeat) directs this witty and fearlessly contemporary take starring Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi).
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    Education | Theater

    School-Time Performance: Hamlet

    Tue, May 5, 2026
    Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) stars in this witty, contemporary take on Hamlet.
  • Education | Music | Poetry

    School-Time Performance: Word. Sound. Power. 2026

    Apr 21—24, 2026

    School-Time Performance: Word. Sound. Power. 2026

    Apr 21—24, 2026
    Grades 9—12
    Join us as we celebrate women in hip-hop culture, amplifying femme voices across generations and communities in a showcase featuring artists from Brooklyn and beyond.
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    Education | Music | Poetry

    School-Time Performance: Word. Sound. Power. 2026

    Apr 21—24, 2026
    Join us as we celebrate women in hip-hop culture across generations and communities.
  • Education | Theater | Music

    School-Time Performance: Robot Song

    Mar 24—27, 2026

    School-Time Performance: Robot Song

    Mar 24—27, 2026
    Grades 2—6
    This dazzling theater work for kids and adults is a deeply moving celebration of inclusion and creativity.
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    Education | Theater | Music

    School-Time Performance: Robot Song

    Mar 24—27, 2026
    A dazzling theater work for kids and adults celebrating inclusion and creativity.
  • Education

    They Saw a Free Future: A tribute to Nikki Giovanni and Assata Shakur

    Wed, Nov 19, 2025

    They Saw a Free Future: A tribute to Nikki Giovanni and Assata Shakur

    Wed, Nov 19, 2025
    Grades 9—12
    Join us in The Adam Space for an intergenerational performance celebrating the legacy of literary titan Nikki Giovanni and activism of Assata Shakur.
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    Education

    They Saw a Free Future: A tribute to Nikki Giovanni and Assata Shakur

    Wed, Nov 19, 2025
    Join us for an intergenerational performance celebrating Nikki Giovanni and Assata Shakur.
  • Education | Dance | Music

    School-Time Performances: DanceAfrica 2025

    May 21 & 22, 2025

    Sold Out

    School-Time Performances: DanceAfrica 2025

    May 21 & 22, 2025
    Grades Pre-K—12
    Enjoy exhilarating traditional dance and music from Mozambique in a special DanceAfrica designed for our school and community partners.
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    Education | Dance | Music

    School-Time Performances: DanceAfrica 2025

    May 21 & 22, 2025

    Welcome summer and experience traditional dance and music from Mozambique with DanceAfrica.

  • Education | Poetry

    School-Time Performance: Word. Sound. Power. 2025

    Apr 22—25, 2025

    Sold Out

    School-Time Performance: Word. Sound. Power. 2025

    Apr 22—25, 2025
    Grades 9—12
    We’re honoring the power of the poets in our annual celebration of hip-hop and spoken word.
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    Education | Poetry

    School-Time Performance: Word. Sound. Power. 2025

    Apr 22—25, 2025
    We’re honoring the power of the poets in our annual celebration of hip-hop and spoken word.
  • Education | Theater | Music

    School-Time Performance: Macbeth in Stride

    Tue, Apr 22, 2025

    Sold Out

    School-Time Performance: Macbeth in Stride

    Tue, Apr 22, 2025
    Grades 9—12
    Obie winner Whitney White dazzles with a pulse-pounding musical reconstruction of Shakespeare's Macbeth, with Lady M center stage for a fiercely feminist supernova that'll leave you breathless.
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    Education | Theater | Music

    School-Time Performance: Macbeth in Stride

    Tue, Apr 22, 2025

    Obie winner Whitney White dazzles in a fiercely feminist Shakespearean musical supernova.

  • Education

    School-Time Performance: Gimme Please!

    Mar 26—28, 2025

    Sold Out

    School-Time Performance: Gimme Please!

    Mar 26—28, 2025
    Ages 0—5
    Live music flows, and the space sparkles with a sense of magic filling the air as two friends meet by chance and grow closer in a playful, hands-on adventure.
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    Education

    School-Time Performance: Gimme Please!

    Mar 26—28, 2025

    Magic fills the air as two friends meet and grow closer in a playful, hands-on adventure.

  • Education

    School-Time Performance: Word. Sound. Power. 2024

    Apr 17—19, 2024

    Sold Out

    School-Time Performance: Word. Sound. Power. 2024

    Apr 17—19, 2024
    Grades 9—12

    BAM honors the bond between beat and rhyme at our annual celebration of hip-hop and spoken word.

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    Education

    School-Time Performance: Word. Sound. Power. 2024

    Apr 17—19, 2024

    We spotlight the bond between beat and rhyme  in this love letter to hip-hop’s sonic heart.

  • Education

    School-Time Performance: DanceAfrica 2024

    May 22 & 23, 2024

    Sold Out

    School-Time Performance: DanceAfrica 2024

    May 22 & 23, 2024
    Grades Pre-K—12

    The nation’s largest festival of African and African diasporic dance returns with a thrilling performance celebrating the diverse artistry and traditional music and movement styles of Cameroon!

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    Education

    School-Time Performance: DanceAfrica 2024

    May 22 & 23, 2024

    A thrilling performance celebrating the traditional music and dance styles of Cameroon!

  • Education

    School-Time Performance: Show Way the Musical

    Mar 12—15, 2024

    School-Time Performance: Show Way the Musical

    Mar 12—15, 2024
    Grades 3—8
    Adapted from Jacqueline Woodson’s acclaimed children’s book, this stirring musical about the journey to freedom stitches together one family’s lineage from generation to generation. 
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    Education

    School-Time Performance: Show Way the Musical

    Mar 12—15, 2024

    This stirring musical stitches together one family’s lineage from generation to generation.

  • Education

    School-Time Performance: The Other Side

    Feb 27—Mar 1, 2024

    School-Time Performance: The Other Side

    Feb 27—Mar 1, 2024
    Grades 2—8
    Jacqueline Woodson’s powerful picture book comes to life on stage in an enthralling evening of dance about overcoming the barriers between us from choreographer Hope Boykin.
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    Education

    School-Time Performance: The Other Side

    Feb 27—Mar 1, 2024

    A moving piece of dance about overcoming the barriers between us, based on the powerful book.

  • School-Time Performance: DanceAfrica 2023

    May 24 & 25, 2023

    School-Time Performance: DanceAfrica 2023

    May 24 & 25, 2023
    Grades K—12

    Celebrate traditional Ghanaian dance and music at the nation’s largest festival dedicated to African and African diasporic dance and music, now in its 46th year!

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    School-Time Performance: DanceAfrica 2023

    May 24 & 25, 2023

    Celebrate traditional Ghanaian dance and music at this beloved annual festival!

  • School-Time Performances: Word. Sound. Power. 2023: WORD—The New Storytellers

    Apr 24—28, 2023

    School-Time Performances: Word. Sound. Power. 2023: WORD—The New Storytellers

    Apr 24—28, 2023
    Grades: 9—12

    Join us as BAM pays homage to hip-hop’s rhythmic and verbal storytellers, who carry the African oral tradition into the 21st century through dynamic flows and dizzying raps.

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    School-Time Performances: Word. Sound. Power. 2023: WORD—The New Storytellers

    Apr 24—28, 2023

    Join us to pay homage to hip-hop’s storytellers, who carry on the African oral tradition.

  • School-Time Performance: Cirque Kalabanté

    Thu, Apr 20, 2023

    School-Time Performance: Cirque Kalabanté

    Thu, Apr 20, 2023
    Grades 2—8

    World-class acrobats dance, leap, and dazzle in this unforgettable performance, which combines circus arts with traditional choreography and music from Guinea.

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    School-Time Performance: Cirque Kalabanté

    Thu, Apr 20, 2023

    World-class acrobats combine circus arts with traditional dance and music from Guinea.

  • School-Time Performance: Esencial

    Mar 21—24, 2023

    School-Time Performance: Esencial

    Mar 21—24, 2023
    Grades 2—8

    Acclaimed Spanish cirque company Vaivén Circo invites young minds to join them on an adventure of imagination, featuring world-class acrobatics, juggling, and infectious energy.

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    School-Time Performance: Esencial

    Mar 21—24, 2023

    Acclaimed cirque company Vaivén Circo invites young minds on an adventure of imagination.

  • School-Time Performance: The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window

    Wed, Mar 8, 2023

    School-Time Performance: The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window

    Wed, Mar 8, 2023
    Grades 9—12

    Introduce your students to a sweeping drama of identity, idealism, and love from Lorraine Hansberry, the seminal American playwright of A Raisin in the Sun.

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    School-Time Performance: The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window

    Wed, Mar 8, 2023

    Introduce your class to Lorraine Hansberry’s sweeping drama of identity, idealism, and love.

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