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Education—Past Events

Part of Education

Explore past events and programs offered by BAM Education, tapping into the artistic richness of BAM’s programming and extended artistic family to provide extraordinary cultural encounters and workshops to New York City students, in their schools and in our own spaces.

PAST EVENTS

  • Education

    Arts & Justice

    Jan—May 2026

    Arts & Justice

    Jan—May 2026
    Grades 9—12

    Do you think art can change the world? Unite your creativity and passion for social justice to create an original theater piece that speaks to an issue that’s important to you.

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    Education

    Arts & Justice

    Jan—May 2026

    Unite your creativity and passion for social justice to create an original theater piece.

  • 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

    BAM TeenSpace

    Mar 10, 17, 24 & 31

    BAM TeenSpace

    Mar 10, 17, 24 & 31
    Grades 9—12
    High school students ages 13—18 are invited to join us at BAM for a free after-school program—featuring arts experiences curated by teens, for teens—every Tuesday afternoon for five weeks.
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    Education

    BAM TeenSpace

    Mar 10, 17, 24 & 31
    High school students are invited to free arts experiences curated by teens, for teens.
  • 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

    Creative Career Collective (CCC)

    Oct—Dec 2025

    Creative Career Collective (CCC)

    Oct—Dec 2025
    FREE | PAID OPP

    Ready to jumpstart your artistic career? Just for BAM Education alumni, this paid professional development program is a fun way to build community and boost your career after high school.

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    Creative Career Collective (CCC)

    Oct—Dec 2025

    Jumpstart your career in a paid professional development program for BAM Education alumni.

  • 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

    Spring Dance Insider 2025

    Oct 23—Jun 21, 2025

    Spring Dance Insider 2025

    Oct 23—Jun 21, 2025
    Grades 9—12
    Learn choreography and dance technique in this free after-school program!
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    Education

    Spring Dance Insider 2025

    Oct 23—Jun 21, 2025
    Learn choreography and dance technique in this free after-school program!
  • 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 | Community

    On the Shoulders of…: Hold Up Who Holds You Up

    Sat, Apr 5, 2025

    On the Shoulders of…: Hold Up Who Holds You Up

    Sat, Apr 5, 2025
    Co-curated by BAM Education participants, this day of intergenerational artistry centers a legacy of community, collective creation, and care through visual art, dance, music, and poetry.
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    Education | Community

    On the Shoulders of…: Hold Up Who Holds You Up

    Sat, Apr 5, 2025
    BAM Education participants co-curate a day of visual art, dance, music, and poetry.
  • 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

    Spring Dance Insider

    Mar 16—Jun 8, 2024

    Spring Dance Insider

    Mar 16—Jun 8, 2024
    Grades 9—12

    Learn choreography and technique alongside fellow high-schoolers in this workshop led by three legendary professional dance companies.

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    Education

    Spring Dance Insider

    Mar 16—Jun 8, 2024
     Learn choreography and technique in this free after-school dance program!
  • 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: 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: 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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    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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    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.

  • Education | Community

    Arts & Justice Culminating Share

    Wed, Dec 13, 2023

    Arts & Justice Culminating Share

    Wed, Dec 13, 2023

    Participants in the Arts & Justice after-school program invite you into an imagined world where everyone is considered, included, and supported in this piece of original theater.

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    Education | Community

    Arts & Justice Culminating Share

    Wed, Dec 13, 2023

    Students create an imagined world where everyone is included in this original theater work.

  • Community

    Alumni Homecoming Mixer 2023

    Fri, Dec 8, 2023

    Alumni Homecoming Mixer 2023

    Fri, Dec 8, 2023

    Hosted exclusively for alumni of BAM Education programs, this free event offers an opportunity to strengthen connections with a vast community of like-minded creators.

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    Community

    Alumni Homecoming Mixer 2023

    Fri, Dec 8, 2023

    Connect with a community of like-minded creators at this event for BAM Education alumni.

  • Education

    Song of the North Virtual Workshop

    Through June 2023

    Song of the North Virtual Workshop

    Through June 2023
    GRADES 4—8

    An inspirational epic from ancient Persia comes to life in this stunning performance told through shadow puppetry, projected animation, music, movement, and theater.

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    Education

    Song of the North Virtual Workshop

    Through June 2023

    An inspirational epic from ancient Persia comes to life in this stunning, multi-disciplinary performance.

  • Education

    Poetry and Community Virtual Workshop

    Poetry and Community Virtual Workshop

    Grades 7—12

    Students embrace the power of the spoken word in this dynamic virtual poetry workshop. Drawing inspiration from a professional artist featured in BAM’s production of Poetry 2016: Past is Present, students are empowered to create and share original works.

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    Education

    Poetry and Community Virtual Workshop

    Students embrace the power of the spoken word in this dynamic virtual poetry workshop.

  • 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: 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.

  • 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.

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