School-Time Performances

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

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!

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!

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.

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

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.

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.