Generation BAM presents programs for high school students and teachers.
The programs are of the highest artistic quality and are distinguished
by a commitment to confronting important artistic, social and ethical
issues.
Performances include programs designed especially for student audiences,
as well as student matinees of BAM Next Wave Festival and Spring
Season programs provided at special prices.. In addition to the
performances on stage, BAM offers a film literacy program, featuring
classic films that address important historical, social or cultural
issues. This year’s theme is Screening Reel Heroes in
History and Literature. After each screening, the students are engaged in
a discussion led by experts in relevant fields (artists, scholars,
critics, historians, journalists, and community leaders). Every
film or performance is accompanied by an in-school pre-show preparation
workshop and a teachers’ study guide.
BAM also offers workshop-based artist-in-residency programs for
students and/or their teachers: Dancing into the Future, the Music
Program, the Young Critics Institute, Shakespeare Teaches
Teachers, Shakespeare Teaches Students, the Literacy Through
Film Residency and Brooklyn Reads, which is a literacy and the arts project. These
programs are master classes or multi-session residencies that include
workshops with artists and BAM staff members in art forms that young
people may never have had access to before. Residencies include
attendance at a related performance or film at BAM.
Pre-show Preparation Workshops
Students attending performances and films
at BAM receive an in-school pre-show preparation workshop led
by a BAM teaching artist. These workshops, which are integral
to the program, provide essential context, background, and behind-the-scenes
information about the performance or film the students will be
attending.They are provided free of charge as part of the cost
of the ticket, but we cannot guarantee a workshop unless payment
or a purchase order for performance tickets is received at least
three weeks before the performance date.
Study Guides
Teachers receive an extensive study guide
for each performance or film. These study guides are tailor-made
to each program and typically include background information about
the company, artists, or film; historical and cultural context;
before, during, and after curriculum questions; suggested classroom
activities and writing assignments; and bibliographies. They can
be used to prepare the students for the program, for follow up,
or as the basis for a whole curriculum unit.
Watch this website for updates on
programs and additional programming for the spring.
Henry IV,
Part One
New York City Players
Oct 2 at 10:30am
Alladeen
The Builders Association/motiroti
Dec 5 at 1pm
The Flight
Project
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
Dec 11 at 10:30am
Screening
Reel Heroes in History and Literature
Shakespeare
Teaches
Music
Program: AfricanMusicBeat
Dancing
into the Future:
Master Classes, The Flight Project Residency and AfricanDanceBeat
click
here for Flight Project Residency
Young
Critics Institute