Dancing into the Future programs offer students insight into a range of dance vocabularies and cultures. Through intensive workshop classes and residency programs, students learn technique and gain an understanding of the dance genre by studying directly with a variety of acclaimed dancers, choreographers and accomplished teaching artists. The residency focuses on a different dance style each year which prepares the students to see a related dance performance at BAM as part of the residency. This year the theme will be African dance. In addition, this year, we are offering a residency connected with The Flight Project for 7th - 12th grades. [include link to the performance description]

Dance Master Classes
In-school workshops
Throughout the season
Fee: $100-$150 per workshop
Maximum 35 per class.

Dancing into the Future master classes provide an extraordinary opportunity for students to work with professional choreographers and dancers. Artists conducting workshops have included Chuck Davis, Artistic Director of BAM’s DanceAfrica, members of the Mark Morris Dance Group, David Dorfman, and dancers and choreographers from companies performing at BAM. In-school workshops will be held, allowing students to experience the creative processes involved in dance and choreography.

For more information, call 718.636.4130 x3. If you are interested in being notified about the availability of master classes, please fill out the application form on this website.

The Flight Project Residency
In-School Dance Residency Program

Oct-Dec 2003
7th -2th grade
$20 per student including performance ticket
Maximum 30 per class.

This six-session in-school dance residency is being offered in the fall in conjunction with the performance of The Flight Project by the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company. In this residency students will explore the concept and physics of flight through dance and choreography: from mythological stories to space age adventures, from scientific principles of pitch and balance to the process of invention. The project will culminate with the students attending the performance on December 11.

For more information, call 718.636.4130 x3.

AfricanDanceBeat
In-School Dance Residency Program

Feb-May 2004
$22 per student including performance ticket
Maximum 30 per class.

African dance is the focus of this year's eight-session, in-school dance residency program. Students will learn the technique and meaning of selected styles of African dance. Students participating in this activities-based program will attend a performance at BAM on May 28, 2004 by a visiting African dance company in conjunction with DanceAfrica, BAM's annual celebration of African and African-American culture.

For more information, call 718.636.4130 x3. For updates, check this website.