Programs supported
with corporate gifts include:
Next
Wave Festival
Spring Season
BAM Dance
BAM Music
BAM Opera
BAM Theater
Events and Galas
BAM Rose Cinemas
Department of
Education and Humanities
BAMcafé
Community Programs
BAM Membership
Groups
Next Wave Festival
BAM's flagship presentation, the annual Next Wave Festival (inaugurated
in 1983), features performances in all disciplines with an emphasis
on contemporary international work. During its history, the Festival
has featured outstanding work from artists such as Robert Wilson,
Laurie Anderson, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Tan Dun, Jan Lauwers,
Pina Bausch, Philip Glass, and Bill T. Jones.
Spring Season
BAM's annual Spring Season presents the following discipline-based
performing arts programs: BAM Dance, BAM Music, BAM Opera, and
BAM Theater. Each is described below.
BAM
Dance
U.S.-based dance artists such as Mark Morris, Bill T. Jones,
and Mikhail Baryshnikov; European choreographers such as Pina
Bausch and Angelin Preljocaj; and Asian artists such as Cloud
Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan and Sankai Juku have all been presented
at BAM in recent seasons, helping audiences to gain an appreciation
for ballet, modern, and indigenous dance forms. Leading troupes
from Africa and the African Diaspora are presented each season
through the annual DanceAfrica festival.
BAM
Music
In January 2003, BAM launched BAM Music: Rhythm & BAM, a new
component of the Spring Season devoted to celebrating the vast
contributions of African-American artists to American music,
and to galvanizing the relationship between BAM and its community.
Complementary programs in the BAMcafé further the objectives
of this initiative.
BAM
Opera
BAM Opera formally inaugurated its opera program in 1989 to
foster innovation and to develop an alternative vision of opera
for American audiences. BAM Opera features contemporary staging
concepts from notable directors, rarely performed works, and
significant productions by opera companies from the U.S. and
abroad.
BAM Theater
BAM has established a reputation as a leader in presenting acclaimed
international theater, providing a New York venue for the best
companies from around the world. BAM has been successful in
providing American audiences the chance to see the work of great
directors who do not necessarily work in English (simultaneous
translation or supertitles are available).
Events and
Galas
BAM organizes Opening Night Receptions, Galas, and other events
throughout the season. Receptions range from small, intimate
events (under 100 people) to Opening Night Receptions (300-500
people) with the cast members, high-level patrons, elected officials,
sponsors, media representatives, and other VIPs. BAM Galas (2-3
per season) traditionally include a performance, a dinner, and
either a pre-performance cocktail reception or a post-performance
dessert reception with the cast. BAM seeks event underwriting
and/or Gala ticket support.
BAM Rose
Cinemas
The BAM Rose Cinemas feature first-run independent and international
films. One screen is devoted to BAMcinématek, a unique repertory
series that includes classic American and foreign films, documentaries,
retrospectives, and film festivals as well as special thematic
series that relate to BAM's mainstage offerings.
Department
of Education and Humanities BAM's
educational programs are carefully developed and selected to
be age-appropriate, each appealing to a specific constituency:
kaBAM offers programming for elementary school students and
Generation BAM consists of programs for intermediate and high
school students. Programs include school-time performances and
on-site initiatives; collaborative projects with community-based
organizations such as the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation;
and BAMfamily, a program of low-cost Saturday morning presentations
for parents and their kids. Adult humanities programs include
pre-performance BAMdialogues, BAMtalks, and related programs.
BAMcafé
The BAMcafé is a flexible "public living room" for ticket holders
as well as the general public. The BAMcafé Live series, which
takes place in the BAMcafé, encompasses a wide variety of musical
styles and genres, including spoken word-based art forms. BAM
places special emphasis on showcasing young emerging artists
as well as local Brooklyn artists in the BAMcafé.
Community
Programs
BAM's community programs include the annual Tribute to Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr.; the free Rhythm & Blues Festival at MetroTech
(in association with the Brooklyn MetroTech Downtown Fund);
the Ticket Assistance Program, which offers hundreds of free
and discounted tickets for BAM mainstage presentations and films
to schools and community groups; the annual DanceAfrica festival
performances, Bazaar, and related education component; and certain
locally-focused BAMcafé Live and BAMcinématek presentations.
BAM's newest community programming initiative is the mainstage
series, Rhythm & BAM.
BAM Membership
Groups
BAM offers individual giving programs including the Friends
of BAM, BAM Cinema Club, Next Society, and BAMfans young donors
club.
Contact us
BAM welcomes inquiries
regarding sponsorship of any of its programs, and will work
with sponsors to create customized sponsorship packages designed
to meet each sponsor's targeted goals. For more information,
please contact Sponsorship Manager, Aimee Calandria.
Phone: 718.636.4131
E-mail: sponsorship@bam.org
Fax: 718.636.4171
Address: 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217