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Next Wave 2025

Part of Fall 2025

For over four decades, Next Wave has stood as a declaration of what BAM believes in: presenting revolutionary works by groundbreaking artists to curious audiences. Showcasing local, national, and global creators whose work spans—and fuses—dance, music, performance art, theater, visual art, and more, Next Wave offers a panoramic view of contemporary innovation—and illuminates the shared ideals and inspirations that bring artists and audiences together.

This year’s Next Wave features iconic artists whose work BAM has celebrated many times over, along with newer talents whose work will define the decades to come. More than a festival, more than a series of events, Next Wave is a state of mind—and a community completed by you, the audience.

Thank you to our Fall and Next Wave 2025 season supporters.
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October

  • Music

    Natalia Lafourcade

    Sat, Oct 11, 2025

    Natalia Lafourcade

    Sat, Oct 11, 2025
    Next Wave
    Celebrated Mexican singer-songwriter, composer, producer, and activist Natalia Lafourcade fuses beloved traditional Latin idioms with a modern sensibility for her stripped-down, intimate Cancionera tour.
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    Natalia Lafourcade

    Sat, Oct 11, 2025
    Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade gets back to basics on an intimate new tour.
  • Dance

    Dambudzo

    Oct 8—Oct 9, 2025

    Dambudzo

    Oct 8—Oct 9, 2025
    Next Wave
    “Rock star of downtown dance” (Dance Journal) nora chipaumire combines sound, painting, sculpture, and performance in a fearless, immersive experience confronting colonial legacies.
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    Dance

    Dambudzo

    Oct 8—Oct 9, 2025
    nora chipaumire combines sound, painting, sculpture, and performance in this immersive work.
  • Dance

    What Is War

    Oct 21—Oct 25, 2025

    What Is War

    Oct 21—Oct 25, 2025
    Next Wave
    Eiko Otake and Wen Hui weave a complex tapestry of language, movement, and video, excavated from recollections of war, political upheaval, and their aftermath.
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    What Is War

    Oct 21—Oct 25, 2025
    Eiko Otake and Wen Hui weave a complex tapestry of movement, language, and video.
  • Theater

    LACRIMA

    Oct 22 & 24—26, 2025

    LACRIMA

    Oct 22 & 24—26, 2025
    Next Wave
    In this sprawling theater piece, a Parisian fashion house receives an extraordinary commission, and a fascinating story unfolds across continents and generations.
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    LACRIMA

    Oct 22 & 24—26, 2025
    A Parisian fashion house gets an extraordinary commission, binding lives around the globe.
  • Dance | Theater

    Martha@BAM—The 1963 Interview

    Oct 28—Nov 1, 2025

    Martha@BAM—The 1963 Interview

    Oct 28—Nov 1, 2025
    Next Wave
    Recreating a 1963 interview between the iconic choreographer Martha Graham and dance critic Walter Terry, Richard Move embodies Graham live on stage, evoking her indomitable spirit.
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    Dance | Theater

    Martha@BAM—The 1963 Interview

    Oct 28—Nov 1, 2025
    Richard Move embodies Martha Graham live on stage, evoking her indomitable spirit.
  • Visual Art | Performance Art

    Franklin Furnace's 50th Anniversary

    Oct 2025—Jan 2026

    Franklin Furnace's 50th Anniversary

    Oct 2025—Jan 2026
    Next Wave
    Franklin Furnace, a crucial downtown New York arts space and archive currently based at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, is the subject of a gallery show marking its 50th anniversary in 2026.
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    Visual Art | Performance Art

    Franklin Furnace's 50th Anniversary

    Oct 2025—Jan 2026
    A gallery show marks the 50th anniversary of a vital New York arts space and archive.

November

  • Dance | Music

    Optimistic Voices

    Nov 5—Nov 8, 2025

    Optimistic Voices

    Nov 5—Nov 8, 2025
    Next Wave
    Juliana F. May creates thrillingly elaborate cycles of song, text, and movement from the wreckage of difficult experience, probing the intractable contradictions of family, eroticism, and motherhood.
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    Dance | Music

    Optimistic Voices

    Nov 5—Nov 8, 2025
    Juliana F. May probes life’s intractable contradictions through song, text, and movement.
  • Poetry | Music | Film

    I Guess It Was My Destiny To Live So Long

    Nov 18—Nov 22, 2025

    I Guess It Was My Destiny To Live So Long

    Nov 18—Nov 22, 2025
    Next Wave
    Curated by Hanif Abdurraqib, a constellation of artists, writers, and performers activate BAM’s spaces, illuminating the truths of our moment via poetic imagination.
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    Poetry | Music | Film

    I Guess It Was My Destiny To Live So Long

    Nov 18—Nov 22, 2025
    A constellation of artists, poets, and performers activate BAM’s spaces.
  • Theater | Music

    FOR REAL

    Nov 19—Nov 23, 2025

    FOR REAL

    Nov 19—Nov 23, 2025
    NEXT WAVE
    Combining in-depth social reporting with original music, this theatrical radio show probes the intellectual undermining of women confronted with sexism, and invites audience members to add their voices.
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    Theater | Music

    FOR REAL

    Nov 19—Nov 23, 2025
    In-depth reporting, live music, and audience participation meld in a theatrical radio show.

December/January

  • Dance | Film | Theater

    For All Your Life

    Dec 3—Dec 7, 2025

    For All Your Life

    Dec 3—Dec 7, 2025
    Next Wave
    Choreographer Leslie Cuyjet investigates the value of Black life and death in a performance, film, and social experiment that draws upon the life insurance industry for method and metaphor.
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    For All Your Life

    Dec 3—Dec 7, 2025
    Leslie Cuyjet mounts a multimedia dance event measuring the value of Black life and death.
  • Theater | Music | Opera

    What to wear

    Jan 15—Jan 17, 2026

    What to wear

    Jan 15—Jan 17, 2026
    Next Wave
    Richard Foreman and Michael Gordon’s raucous post-rock opera is remounted for the first time in two decades, directed by Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar.
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    Theater | Music | Opera

    What to wear

    Jan 15—Jan 17, 2026
    Richard Foreman and Michael Gordon’s post-rock opera skewers our fixation on appearance.
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