Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal returns to BAM for the first time in six years with a sensual, color-saturated Brazilian fantasy from the late visionary choreographer. US premiere!.

Winter Spring 2023
BAM is your place to gather for a thrilling range of performances this season. Experience the first major New York revival of Lorraine Hansberry’s stunning final drama, a US premiere by Pina Bausch, Zadie Smith’s raucous debut play, and a music lineup curated by Solange for Saint Heron. These offerings by brilliant women are in conversation with Dimanche, a striking work of physical theater; the return of DanceAfrica; and works by the iconic Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
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SINGLE TICKETS
BAM Members & Patrons: Mon, Dec 12 at 12pm
General Public: Mon, Dec 19 at 12pm (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater on sale Wed, Jan 18)
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BAM Members & Patrons receive 20% off tickets to the season through January 31. (Please note: The discount period for The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window ends December 31.)
Thank you to our 2023 Winter/Spring Season supporters
PAST EVENTS

The Wife of Willesden
Apr 1—16, 2023
In her debut play, bestselling author Zadie Smith presents Alvita, a Jamaican-born British woman who shares hilarious, sexy stories in this modern translation of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.

A modern woman shines in this witty, sexy debut play from bestselling author Zadie Smith.

Dimanche
May 3—13, 2023
This magical and profound work of physical theater gives fantastical theatrical form to our precarious existence, spinning dreamlike fiction and humor with urgent reality.

Magical and profound, this work of physical theater captures our precarious existence.

DanceAfrica Performance 2023
May 26—29, 2023
The nation’s largest festival dedicated to African dance and music returns to the stages and streets of Brooklyn for its 46th year! In 2023, we celebrate with traditional dance and music from Ghana.

BAM’s beloved annual festival celebrates traditional dance and music from Ghana in 2023.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
JUN 6—11, 2023
The company that changed American dance forever takes over BAM with a program of recent works and classic audience favorites—including Alvin Ailey’s must-see masterpiece Revelations.

Recent works and classic audience favorites—including Revelations—from the essential company.