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2 BAM Chair Letter 4 President & Exec. Producer Letter 6 2006 Next Wave Festival 8 2007 Next Wave Festival 10 BAM Dance 12 BAM Music/Opera 14 BAM Theater 16 BAM Rose Cinemas BAMcinématek 20 Sundance Institute at BAM 21 Takeover 22 Between the Lines 23 The Met: Live in HD 24 BAMart 26 BAMcafé Live 30 Community 32 Education 34 Humanities 38 Hamm Archives 40 BAM Next Stage Campaign 50 Staff 52 Mission Statement 53 Board 62 Financial Statements

Amjad, 2008 Next BAM Endowment Trust Wave Festival. A-1 BET Chair Letter Photo courtesy Édouard Lock A-3 BET Mission Statement A-4 BET Board A-5 BET Financial Statements Alan H. Fishman

To the BAM family:

The past two performance seasons once In 2007, major milestone anniversaries Building. This building will be a much- valued leadership. I welcome the new again demonstrated the excellence of were celebrated by two of our anchor needed facility used to introduce emerging members who have joined since July BAM’s programming and the family of programs: the Next Wave Festival and artists to our audience as well as expand 2006: Linda Chinn, William Edwards, artists, patrons, audiences, and staff DanceAfrica. The Next Wave Festival our community and arts education pro- Richard Feldman, Derek Jenkins, Gary whose dedication and effort make it all celebrated its 25th season and its 25th grams. I encourage all of you to join me in Lynch, Donald R. Mullen, Jr., Brian Nigito, possible. The achievements delineated on consecutive year of sponsorship and part- supporting this landmark fundraising effort Steven Sachs, Timothy Sebunya, Jessica the following pages would not be possible nership from Altria Group, Inc. We salute for BAM’s future. We need your support. Smith, Joseph A. Stern, and Ex-Officio without their participation. As always, Altria for its tremendously generous and members: Governor David A. Paterson we cherish our relationships with these steadfast support of Festival on both the I want to recognize and thank BAM En- and his representative Arana Hankin; City great artists and are indebted to them operating and endowment fronts. Dance- dowment Trust Board Chair Tim Ingrassia Council Speaker Christine Quinn and her in every way. Africa, BAM’s longest running performance and his fellow trustees for the job they are representative Lela Goren; and Susan series—and one of America’s largest and doing to wisely invest BAM’s endowment Kupferman representing Mayor Bloomberg. Our operating budget has grown to its most vibrant celebrations of African and in these difficult economic times. I offer the departing members thanks for highest level ever, and along with that African American dance, music, and cul- their tremendous work: Susan Baker (who comes continually challenging annual ture—celebrated its 30th season. I am saddened to report the loss of three continues to serve on the BAM Endow- fundraising goals. While government fund- very near and dear friends: Rita K. Hill- ment Trust Board), Susan Foote, Amy ing has been reduced due to the current Looking forward, on January 21, 2009, man (1912—2007), who, as a BAM Klein, Jean-Pierre Lehmann, Frederick climate, BAM is grateful for the continuing, we announced the BAM Next Stage Cam- board member for over 30 years, provided Meagher, Jean-Marc Moriani, Mark Page, critical appropriations provided by: Mayor paign, a five-year, $300 million effort critical counsel for a growing institution Roberto Pesaro, and Diana Taylor. Michael R. Bloomberg; the New York designed to ensure the stability and and generous support for its operating City Council, led by Speaker Christine C. longevity of the world renowned cultural and endowment needs; Charlotte Kriegel As you read the report, I know you’ll feel Quinn, her Cultural Committee Chairman institution as it approaches its 150th (1910—2007), wife of BAM Trustee I. the BAM spirit. We can’t do it without all of Domenic M. Recchia Jr., and our own anniversary in 2011. The Campaign’s Stanley Kriegel for 72 years, whose spirit you. Thank you so much for your support Council member Letitia James; Brooklyn multiple initiatives address BAM’s antici- and love of life—for family, friends, Brook- and participation. Borough President Marty Markowitz; and pated financial, artistic, community, and lyn, and BAM—were unparalleled; and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, structural needs for the long term. The former BAM Endowment Trust Chair Irwin See you at BAM, Kate D. Levin, Commissioner—whose Campaign’s primary objectives are: to fund Lainoff (1930—2007), whose expansive longstanding operating and capital new, ground-breaking artistic initiatives; to understanding of investment strategy, his support is a financial cornerstone for stabilize the institution’s future operating love for Brooklyn, and his great warmth all of our activities. budgets so that all BAM programs will of spirit were tremendous assets to the flourish; to increase BAM’s endowment to BAM family. Alan H. Fishman Also providing leadership support for our over $100 million; and to transform the CHAIRMAN Spring Season is Bloomberg with its gener- former Salvation Army Building adjacent I also want to thank my fellow members ous presenting sponsorship. to BAM into the BAM Richard B. Fisher on the BAM Board of Trustees for their

2 3 Karen Brooks Hopkins. Photo: Randy Duchaine

Joseph V. Melillo. Photo: Emeric Lhuisset

Dear Friends,

Brooklyn’s secret is out—throughout the Turturro, Alvin Epstein, Max Casella, and young New Yorkers. In fall of 2007, we tinue to support the endowment’s growth. city, nation, and beyond, the borough is Elaine Stritch. Norwegian director Eirik held the inaugural BAM Takeover, an BAM’s physical campus continues to enjoy widely regarded as one of the world’s most Stubø received an Obie award for The annual occasion to throw open our doors both permanent and seasonal enhance- exciting and innovative cultural capitals. Wild Duck (Next Wave Festival 2006) and for an all night party. As a roster of ments, and we’re particularly delighted As we have for years, BAM is steadfastly Polish director Krzysztof Warlikowski was noteworthy bands rotated on the Opera with two new elements. One is the committed to honor this reputation by awarded an Obie award for Krum (Next House stage, DJs led a dance party in the gorgeous, Hugh Hardy-designed glass producing and presenting premier interna- Wave Festival 2007). As we prepare for BAMcafe, while all four cinemas simulta- canopy sheltering the lobby doors of the tional and local artists in all disciplines. the three-year Bridge Project—a partner- neously screened special film series. Fall Peter Jay Sharp Building. Additionally, as ship with London’s Old Vic and Neal Street 2007 also introduced a new humanities part of Next Wave Art 2007, BAM BAM is entering a phase of dramatic Productions on original productions of series, Between the Lines, featuring a commissioned visual artist Leo Villareal to expansion, both with our activity on our classic plays, directed by Sam Mendes— curated lineup of young authors, create Stars, an LED installation hung in stages as well as throughout the borough we are extraordinarily proud of our position filmmakers, and songwriters. Held in the the arched windows of the building, a and beyond. We’re thrilled with the suc- as a significant presenter and producer in relaxed environs of the BAMcafe, the perfect external compliment to the cess of such focused, new programs as the New York theater community. three different programs during the Next vibrancy of the artistic works within, Brooklyn Next (now known as Sounds Wave Festival, provided a glimpse into as those of you who visited the building Like Brooklyn), a borough-based festival We continue to invest in BAM artists by emerging artistic voices of the next after dark saw firsthand. celebrating the strength and diversity of commissioning new work, which helps generation. Both of these new initiatives local musicians in concerts at BAM and support the growing landscape of New had low ticket prices, encouraging As always, we thank our institutional and throughout Brooklyn venues. And we re- York’s performing arts. In the 2007 Next audiences from all segments of New York’s individual supporters for helping to make main strongly committed to advancing the Wave Festival, composer/violinist Daniel population to experience BAM. Many BAM the premier urban arts center. We range and breadth of our programming, Bernard Roumain (DBR) introduced the audience members visited BAM Rose could not accomplish our important work allowing BAM’s artists to enter into conver- first of three BAM-commissioned projects, Cinemas. Three screens show first-run without you and we look forward to our sation with audience members and artistic One Loss Plus. As part of the 25th Next feature films, and one is dedicated to continued dialogue in the years to come. peers from around the world in pre- and Wave Festival, BAM commissioned BAMcinématek, with repertory, foreign, post-performance talks produced by BAM songwriter Sufjan Stevens to create The and independent films and special guests Sincerely yours, Education & Humanities, just one element BQE, with original music, film, and live and events, including the third Sundance of the department’s many programs. hula hoopers. And BAM commissioned Institute at BAM. choreographer John Jasperse to create Karen Brooks Hopkins Over the past two years, BAM’s theater Misuse liable to prosecution, a provoca- As individuals and institutions weather PresidenT program saw turns on the stage by such tive, atmospheric work that used found economic market fluctuations, BAM iconic figures as Ian McKellen, Fiona and borrowed objects and posed cannot overemphasize the importance of Shaw, Patrick Stewart (in a production profound questions about the nature our endowment. We rely on the strength of Macbeth that moved to Broadway), of such commissions. and stability that hard work and careful and the incomparable cast of an origi- planning affords, and are grateful to all the nal production of Endgame, directed by New programming initiatives focused on early funders—and new donors—that con- Joseph V. Melillo Andrei Belgrader, which featured John capturing the energy and creative spirit of Executive Producer 4 5 BAM MISSION STATEMENT Board BAM’s mission is to be the preeminent, Brooklyn Academy of Music Chairman of the Board Donald R. Mullen Jr. progressive performing and cinema arts Alan H. Fishman Karen B. Peetz William A. Perlmuth center of the 21st century, engaging both Vice Chairman of the Board David L. Ramsay, M.D., M.Ed. William I. Campbell Bruce C. Ratner global and local communities. BAM Frances A. Resheske President Jonathan F.P. Rose Karen Brooks Hopkins Steven Sachs strives to create a distinctive environment Amy W. Schulman Secretary Timothy Sebunya for an inspirational and transformative Joseph V. Melillo Danny Simmons Jessica Smith aesthetic experience. Treasurer Joseph A. Stern Keith Stubblefield Jakob Trollbäck Nora Ann Wallace President Emeritus William Warren Harvey Lichtenstein Elaine Weinstein Hon. Franklin R. Weissberg Members Vaughn C. Williams, Esq. Tony Bechara Claire Wood Linda Chinn Andrew Zolli Henry Christensen III Roy Cosme Ex Officio Beth Rudin DeWoody Hon. David A. Paterson Charles M. Diker Hon. Michael R. Bloomberg Brendan J. Dugan Hon. Christine Quinn William Edwards Hon. Marty Markowitz Mallory Factor Hon. Kate D. Levin Ronald E. Feiner, Esq. Harvey Lichtenstein Richard E. Feldman, Esq. Lela Goren Steven G. Felsher Arana Hankin Jeanne Donovan Fisher Susan Kupferman Barry M. Fox Jamie Snow Markowitz Robert M. Greenberg G. Penn Holsenbeck Chairmen Emeriti Dr. Edison O. Jackson Neil D. Chrisman Derek Jenkins Seth Faison Mary Kantor Leonard Garment, Esq. Dan Klores I. Stanley Kriegel Honorary Trustees Edgar A. Lampert Robert L. Forbes François Letaconnoux Charles J. Hamm Kitty C. Linder Barbara B. Haws, C.A. Gary Lynch William Josephson Adam E. Max Stanley H. Kaplan James I. McLaren John Lipsky Martin F. Mertz Laurie Mallet Ahrin Mishan Cathy-Ann Martine John Morning Steven C. Parrish

6 7 STEVE REICH @ 70 UNDERGROUND Music by Steve Reich David Dorfman Dance Choreography by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Conceived and choreographed by David Dorfman Akram Khan Co-directed by Alex Timbers Featuring the London Sinfonietta Nov 14, 16—18 Oct 3, 5—7 LA TEMPÊTE (THE TEMPEST) THE END OF CINEMATICS By William Shakespeare Conceived, written and directed by Mikel Rouse Directed by Michel Lemieux, Victor Pilon, Denise Oct 4—7 Guilbault Translated into French by Normand Chaurette VIOLET FIRE: A MULTIMEDIA OPERA A 4D art production Composed by Jon Gibson; concept & libretto by Miriam Nov 15, 17 & 18 Seidel; directed by Terry O’Reilly Oct 18, 20, 21 STILL LIFE WITH COMMENTATOR: AN ORATORIO MYCENAEAN Composed by Vijay Iyer Written and directed by Carl Hancock Rux Libretto by Michael Ladd Oct 10, 12—14 Directed by Ibrahim Quraishi Dec 6—10 NINE HILLS ONE VALLEY Ratan Thiyam’s Chorus Repertory Theatre of Manipur HEDDA GABLER Oct 11—14 By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Heinrich Schmidt-Henkel DOGS Next Wave Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Berlin Choreography by Sarah Michelson Directed by Thomas Ostermeier Oct 18—21 Hedda Gabler, Nov 28—Dec 2 2006 Next Wave Festival IMPERMANENCE Festival. Photo: RED HOT + RIOT LIVE!: THE MUSIC AND Arno Declair 2006 Conceived, directed, and composed by Meredith Monk SPIRIT OF FELA KUTI Nov 1—5 (Amadou & Mariam, Cheikh Lô, dead prez, Keziah BAM’s 2006 Next Wave Festival defied Michelson’s Bessie Award-winning DOGS KAGEMI—BEYOND THE METAPHORS Jones, Les Nubians, Meshell Ndegeocello, Yerba Buena, Tony Allen, John Medeski) convention by presenting not only innova- featured not only richly textured dance, but OF MIRRORS Music director, Andres Levin Sankai Juku tive hybrid productions by young artists it also transformed the Harvey Theater into Produced by Yale Evelev & Paul Heck Directed, choreographed, and designed by Ushio Dec 1 & 2 and return visits by festival favorites, but a shape-shifting art installation; David Dor- Amagatsu also by featuring strikingly fresh takes on fman’s underground examined the com- Oct 24, 26—29 NEFÉS classic stories. It included two of Henrik plex facets of the Weather Underground’s A Piece by Pina Bausch THE WILD DUCK Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Ibsen’s plays (marking the Ibsen centenni- radical activism. The End Of Cinematics By Henrik Ibsen Dec 8—10, 12, 14—16 al): National Theatre of Norway, Oslo per- (Mikel Rouse) and Still Life with Com- National Theatre of Norway, Oslo Directed by Eirik Stubø DON JUAN IN PRAGUE formed The Wild Duck, directed by Eirik mentator: An Oratorio (Vijay Iyer, Michael Oct 25—29 Presented in association with the Strings of Autumn Stubø, with retro-hip, striking staging; and Ladd, Ibrahim Quraishi) experimented Festival in Prague and the Prague National Theatre TWELFTH NIGHT Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Berlin with theatrical invention combined with Adapted and directed by David Chambers from Mozart By William Shakespeare and Da Ponte’s Don Giovanni performing Hedda Gabler, directed by compelling, topical music. And the late Chekhov International Theatre Festival Conducted by Petr Kofron Directed by Declan Donnellan Thomas Ostermeier, a chilling, Bauhaus- Sekou Sundiata’s the 51st (dream) state Dec 13—16 Designed by Nick Ormerod modern take. Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night blended his spellbinding spoken word Presented in assocation with Cheek by Jowl was rendered in Russian and directed by performance with memorable songs. BAM Nov 7—12 Declan Donnellan (Chekhov International artists making welcome returns included THE 51ST (DREAM) STATE Theatre Festival); and 4D art staged the Steve Reich, whose 70th birthday was Conceived and written by Sekou Sundiata Bard’s The Tempest (La Tempête, directed feted with a dual bill of dance by another Directed by Christopher McElroen by Michel Lemieux, Victor Pilon, and favorite, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Presented in assocation with HARLEM STAGE/Aaron Davis Hall, Inc. Denise Guilbault). Don Juan in Prague and Akram Khan. Sankai Juku’s Kagemi Nov 8, 10 & 11 transformed the Mozart/Da Ponte opera displayed the company’s singular blend of into a delirious, eye-popping spectacle in contemporary butoh, and impermanence The Strings of Autumn Festival in Prague revisited Meredith Monk’s deep and multi- and the Prague National Theatre’s produc- faceted talents. Tanztheater Wuppertal tion, directed by David Chambers. Pina Bausch’s Nefés transported the ritu- als of Istanbul to the Opera House as only A signature of the Next Wave is the the masterful Bausch could. combination of genres, and 2006’s festival exemplified this. Choreographer Sarah 8 9 Ship in a View, Au Revoir Parapluie, 2007 Next Wave 2007 Next Wave Festival. Photo: Festival. Photo: Mario Del Curto Richard Haughton

2007 Sufjan Stevens, The BQE, 2007 Next Next Wave Festival Wave Festival. Photo: Denny Renshaw

BAM’s Next Wave Festivals are famous Several members of Europe’s crop of WILD CURSIVE CAST NO SHADOW for bringing performance to Brooklyn exciting young directors were included: THE FINAL CHAPTER OF CURSIVE: A TRILOGY Isaac Julien, Russell Maliphant Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan Nov 6, 8—10 from distant lands, but the 2007 festival TR Warszawa of Poland performed Choreography by Lin Hwai-min pushed that reputation farther than ever, Krum, directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski, Oct 2, 4—7 BORROWED LIGHT Choreography by Tero Saarinen with a generous dash of local talent as and Germany’s Thalia Theater brought KRONOS QUARTET: MORE THAN FOUR Music directed by Joel Cohen well. Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan Michael Thalheimer’s production of Lulu. With special guests Kimmo Pohjonen/Samuli Kosminen Performed by Tero Saarinen Company and The Boston Camerata performed the meditative Wild Cursive and James Thiérrée and his gifted troupe from and Erik Sanko Oct 3, 5 & 6 Nov 7—10 Pappa Tarahumara (Tokyo) brought Ship France performed Au Revoir Parapluie, in a View, full of dream/nightmare-like and Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company HOTEL CASSIOPEIA THREE By Ohad Naharin imagery. The Gate by Tan Dun (a New performed Three, choreographed by the Created and performed by SITI Company Written by Charles L. Mee Batsheva Dance Company Yorker born in China) was performed by incomparable Ohad Naharin. London’s Directed by Anne Bogart Nov 13, 15—17 Oct 9–13 the Brooklyn Philharmonic. Kronos Quartet Isaac Julien, visual artist, and Russell ONE LOSS PLUS performed More Than Four, including Maliphant, choreographer, collaborated on COMPAÑÍA NACIONAL DE DANZA Conceived and composed by Daniel Bernard Roumain exuberant compositions/performances by Cast No Shadow, a part of Performa 07. Choreography by Nacho Duato (DBR) Nov 14, 16 & 17 Finland’s Kimmo Pohjonen and Samuli Oct 16, 18—20 Kosminen, plus New York puppeteer/ New York creativity was also well repre- KRUM LULU composer Erik Sanko’s fanciful vision. Finn sented. John Jasperse choreographed the By Hanoch Levin By Frank Wedekind Thalia Theater, Hamburg arresting Misuse liable to prosecution; TR Warszawa Tero Saarinen choreographed the riveting Co-produced by Stary Teatr (Cracow) Directed by Michael Thalheimer Borrowed Light, influenced by the Shaker SITI Company performed Charles L. Mee’s Directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski Nov 27, 29, 30 & Dec 1 intoxicating meditation on Joseph Cornell, Oct 17—20 tradition, with live music by the Boston SHIP IN A VIEW Camerata. Hailing from Spain—Nacho Hotel Cassiopeia, directed by Anne Bogart. NEW VOICES FROM SPAIN Pappa Tarahumara Duato’s Compañía Nacional de Danza, Sufjan Stevens’ exuberant production of Buika, Oct 26 Directed and choreographed by Hiroshi Koike Macaco, Oct 27 Nov 28, 30 & Dec 1 in a visually spectacular program, as well The BQE featured hula hoopers in addi- as young talents Buika and Macaco (New tion to a full orchestra/band; and Daniel MISUSE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION AU REVOIR PARAPLUIE Directed by James Thiérrée Voices from Spain). Bernard Roumain (DBR) and collaborators John Jasperse Company Choreography by John Jasperse Dec 4—9, 11—16 performed One Loss Plus. Music by Zeena Parkins BAM and Brooklyn Philharmonic present Oct 31—Nov 3 THE GATE THE BQE Composed and conceived by Tan Dun Composed and performed by Sufjan Stevens Conducted by Michael Christie Nov 1—3 Produced by BAM Dec 5, 7 & 8

10 11 Grupo Corpo, The Hamburg Ballet, Benguelê and Breu, Death in Venice, 2007 2008 Spring Season. Spring Season. Photo: Photo: José Luiz Holger Badekow Pederneiras

Dance

Dance ranged from Hamburg Ballet’s DEATH IN VENICE NINA ANANIASHVILI AND THE STATE Death in Venice (choreographed by John A Dance of Death by John Neumeier BALLET OF GEORGIA A free adaptation of the novella by Thomas Mann Choreographers: George Balanchine, Alexei Ratmansky, Neumeier), a passionate tale told in The Hamburg Ballet Yuri Possokhov neo-classical ballet; to William Forsythe’s Feb 7—10, 2007 Feb 27, 29—Mar 2, 2008

Three Atmospheric Studies, a riveting tour THREE ATMOSPHERIC STUDIES Benguelê and Breu de force of dance/theater with remarkable A work by The Forsythe Company Grupo Corpo sound and lighting; Doug Varone’s feverish Directed by William Forsythe Choreographed by Rodrigo Pederneiras Feb 28—Mar 3, 2007 Mar 25, 27—29, 2008 Dense Terrain; and the 30th and 31st years of DanceAfrica, which has become DENSE TERRAIN DANCEAFRICA 2008 Doug Varone and Dancers Bridge to Cultural Rejuvenation & Enlightenment BAM’s longest running dance festival. Conceived, directed, and choreographed by Doug Varone Artistic Director Chuck Davis The crowd-pleasing Grupo Corpo (Brazil) May 16, 18—20, 2007 May 23—26, 2008 returned with Benguelê and Breu. BAM’s 30 YEARS OF DANCEAFRICA THE JOYCE THEATER PRESENTS legacy as an international destination for Remember! Honor! Respect! An African Odyssey ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER dance grew with a visit by prima ballerina Artistic director Chuck Davis AT BAM May 25—27, 2007 2 programs Nina Ananiashvili’s State Ballet of Georgia, Jun 3—8, 2008 and the triumphant return to BAM of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater presented by The Joyce Theater.

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The National, Brooklyn Next, 2008. Photo: Nicholas Burham Music &

Mos Def, Brooklyn Next, 2007. The Magic Flute. Photo: XX XX Photo: Johan Jacobs

Brooklyn Next (now known as Sounds Like tion of Domenico Cimarosa’s Il matrimonio BROOKLYN NEXT BAM and Brooklyn Philharmonic Present Brooklyn), focusing on musicians from segreto, performed by members of MOS DEF JOANNA NEWSOM with El Michels Affair, Feb 16, 2007 Featuring members of Brooklyn Philharmonic the borough, featured Mos Def, Gordon Brooklyn Philharmonic, conducted by with K’Naan, Feb 17, 2007 Conducted by Michael Christie Chambers, Soulive, Citizen Cope, and The Paul Goodwin, and produced by BAM. Jan 31 & Feb 1, 2008 GORDON CHAMBERS/ALICE SMITH National, while Mavis Staples showed April 2008 featured three different Feb 23, 2007 BROOKLYN NEXT why she’s an R&B legend in a one-night BAM-produced concerts of music by SOULIVE, with Noble Society, Feb 15, 2008 THE MAGIC FLUTE concert. Opera productions included Paul Simon: Songs from The Capeman, CITIZEN COPE, with Len Xiang, Feb 16, 2008 By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart THE NATIONAL, with My Brightest Diamond, artist William Kentridge’s production of Under African Skies, and American Tunes. Conducted by Piers Maxim Feb 22 & 23, 2008 The Magic Flute, with hypnotic, lush set Simon performed with different bands for Directed by William Kentridge A production of De Munt/La Monnaie LOVE IN HARD TIMES: designs, and Jonathan Miller’s interpreta- each program. Apr 9, 11, 13, 14, 2007 THE MUSIC OF PAUL SIMON Produced by BAM MAVIS STAPLES Songs from The Capeman, Apr 1—6, 2008 Jan 22, 2008 Under African Skies, Apr 9—13, 2008 American Tunes, Apr 23—27, 2008

14 15 Elaine Stritch, Alvin Epstein, and John Turturro in Endgame, 2008 Spring Season. Photo: Richard Termine

Kate Fleetwood and Patrick Stewart in Macbeth, 2008 Edward Scissorhands Spring Season. Photo: 2008 Spring Season. Manuel Harlan Theater Photo: Bill Cooper

Productions of Shakespeare included Bourne’s particular brand of stage magic EDWARD SCISSORHANDS MACBETH Watermill Theatre and Old Vic productions and kinetic wizardry. The Harvey Theater Mar 14—31, 2007 By William Shakespeare Chichester Festival Theatre of Propeller’s repertory presentation of The hosted two Beckett plays—National THE TAMING OF THE SHREW/ Directed by Rupert Goold Taming of the Shrew and Twelfth Night, Theatre of Great Britain’s production of TWELFTH NIGHT Feb 12—17, 19—24, 26—Mar 3—9, 11—16, bawdy, heartfelt productions featuring Happy Days, directed by Deborah Warner By William Shakespeare 18—22, 2008 Watermill Theatre (UK) and Old Vic productions all-male casts; and Cheek by Jowl’s and featuring Fiona Shaw; and Andrei by Propeller SIZWE BANZI IS DEAD Cymbeline, directed with characteristic Belgrader’s version of Endgame, with John Directed by Edward Hall By Athol Fugard, John Kani, Winston Ntshona Mar 17—Apr 1, 2007 The Baxter Theatre Centre concision by Declan Donnellan. Chichester Turturro, Max Casella, Alvin Epstein, and Directed by Aubrey Sekhabi Festival Theatre’s production of Macbeth, Elaine Stritch, produced by BAM. The CYMBELINE Apr 8, 10—13, 15—19, 2008 directed by Rupert Goold and starring South African team of Athol Fugard, John By William Shakespeare Directed by Declan Donnellan ENDGAME Patrick Stewart and Kate Fleetwood, drew Kani, and Winston Ntshona brought their Designed by Nick Ormerod Written by Samuel Beckett huge audiences, transferred to Broadway, play Sizwe Banzi Is Dead, by the Baxter May 2—12, 2007 Directed by Andrei Belgrader Produced by BAM and garnered six Tony Award nominations. Theatre Centre. HAPPY DAYS Apr 25—27, 29 & 30, May 1—4, 6—11, Edward Scissorhands showed Matthew By Samuel Beckett 13—18, 2008 National Theatre of Great Britain Directed by Deborah Warner Jan 8—13, 15—20, 22—27, Jan 29—Feb 2, 2008

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One of the four theaters of the BAM Rose Cinemas. Photo: Toby Wales

BAM Rose Cinemas continued to grow New French Films proved popular. Some tions. Special guests during the spring with more than 382,000 tickets sold and of the guests who hosted Q&As included included Larry Clark, David Byrne, Ed over $2.8 million in ticket revenue. This author Jonathan Lethem, animator Jan Lachman, Annie Leibovitz, Louis Garrell, was helped by a strong lineup of first-run Svankmajer, actors Bibi Andersson and John Turturro, and Luisa Williams. films such as Pan’s Labyrinth, Little Miss Javier Bardem, and Czech filmmaking Sunshine (which premiered in New York legend Jiri Menzel. at the 2006 Sundance Institute at BAM), First-Run Films No Country for Old Men, Juno, and There BAMcinématek broke box office records with a week-long salute to Jean-Luc Go- 2006 2007 2008 Will Be Blood. BAM Rose Cinemas con- A Prarie Home Companion dard’s anarchic Pierrot le fou. The African Notes on a Scandal There Will Be Blood tinues to reach larger audiences annually Wordplay Pan’s Labyrinth Persepolis as it reaches its tenth birthday in 2009, Diaspora and African Film Festivals both An Inconvenient Truth The Lives of Others The Band’s Visit returned with new work from the African A Scanner Darkly The Namesake The Counterfeiters bringing compelling independent and Scoop continent and beyond, and crowds flocked The Host Paranoid Park foreign new film releases to Brooklyn audi- Little Miss Sunshine Grindhouse Under the Same Moon ences while cultivating a world class reper- to Hungarian director Bela Tarr’s eight- World Trade Center After the Wedding Shine a Light hour Satantango. A centennial salute to The Illusionist Black Book Snow Angels tory film program with BAMcinématek. Half Nelson Killer of Sheep Planet B-Boy Brooklyn-born actress Barbara Stanwyck, The Science of Sleep The Valet Where in the World is BAMcinématek’s success included the and a month-long look at the unique work The U.S. vs. John Lennon Waitress Osama Bin Laden? A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints annual Afro-Punk Festival, a celebration of of Japanese director Shohei Imamura were Paris je t’aime Baby Mama The Last King of Scotland Away from Her The Visitor black rebellion through music, film, and favorites. Infamous Crazy Love Smart People visual art, including a special appearance Little Children La Vie en rose Then She Found Me Tribute was paid to some of cinema’s Borat Lady Chatterley Son of Rambow by former Black Panther Bobby Seale. Babel greatest directors with series devoted to Sicko Indiana Jones and the Surveys of films by director Sam Peckin- Volver Rescue Dawn Kingdom of the Crystal Skull pah and a tribute to great French Leading legends Max Ophuls and the 99-year- For Your Consideration Hairspray Sex and the City old Manoel de Oliveira, who visited for a Dreamgirls The Ten Reprise Men captivated audiences. A formidable White Christmas Death at a Funeral Mongol line-up featured a salute to Italian leading Q&A. Critic J. Hoberman took residence The Painted Veil No End in Sight ladies such as Anna Magnani and Sophia at BAM for a month with some of the 2 Days in Paris most compelling films he’s covered during Once Loren with the series Signore & Signore, The 11th Hour films chosen by actor/BAM Cinema Club his 30-year career. Tribute to IFC Films Eastern Promises Chair Paul Giamatti, a week-long engage- celebrated new releases from the intrepid In the Valley of Elah distributor; Best of Youth, focused on films Into the Wild ment of Wong Kar-Wai’s Fallen Angels, Darjeeling Limited and a series on Yugoslavian Black Wave. by some of Italy’s most promising young Lust, Caution directors; and Directors’ Fortnight at 40, Before the Devil Knows Your Dead The annual Pordenone Silent Film Festival No Country for Old Men featured silent films with live piano ac- an overview of the Cannes Film Festival’s Margot at the Wedding companiment, and New Czech Films and rival, included some most recent selec- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 18 Juno 19 Film preservationist Serge Bromberg Wong Kar-Wai’s As Tears Go By BAMcinématek Series & Guests New French Films The Cinematography of Ed Lachman Film critic Dennis Lim Cinematographer Ed Lachman Film critic Dave Kehr Director Larry Clark 2006 Film historian Elliott Stein Film critic Kent Jones Director/musician David Byrne Afro-Punk Festival Director Michel Spinosa Director James Spooner Béla Tarr Trilogy DanceAfrica Film Director Don Letts Stanwyck Redux Director St. Clair Bourne Pimps, Prostitutes, and Pigs: Shohei Imamura’s Japan Sundance Institute at BAM Actor Rony Clanton Sergei Parajanov’s Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors Creatively Speaking Two by Walter Hill Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela The Next Director: Marc Recha Director Thomas Allen Harris Best of 2006 Director Marc Recha Directors’ Fortnight at 40 Actor Luisa Williams Directors’ Fortnight Artistic Director Olivier Père Bad Guys, Badasses, and Other Mean Spirits: Great New Czech Films Villains in Cinema Ball of Fire: Barbara Stanwyck Centennial Director Jiri Menzel Actor Klara Issova Animation Around the World Generation Garrel Tribute to Ingmar Bergman Raising Hell: Sam Peckinpah Jean Genet on Film Actor Bibi Andersson Actor Pernilla August Leading Men of French Cinema DanceAfrica Author Jonathan Lethem

New York Korean Film Festival Pierrot! (Plus One) Gotham Awards Tribute to Javier Bardem Actor Javier Bardem The Best of NewFest Afro-Punk Festival Director Julian Schnabel Marcus Carl Franklin Activist Bobby Seale plays Woody in Todd Director James Spooner Haynes 2007 film The Fabulous Art of Surviving: Lech Kowalski The Cinema of Max Ophuls examining the life of Director Cinqué Lee Bob Dylan, I’m Not Jean-Claude Carrière’s Language of Film Director William Greaves An Evening with Kent Jones There. Photo courtesy Director D.A. Pennebaker Film critic Kent Jones of Photofest. Men Who Knew Too Much: Hitchcock & Jimmy Stewart Director Herbert Danska BAMcinématek Favorites: Antonio Gaudi J’aime le cinéma américain: agnès b. selects Signore & Signore: The Leading Ladies of Italian Cinema Pianist Donald Sosin Actor Ornella Muti Remembering Michelangelo Antonioni Fashion designer agnès b. Overlooked Aldrich 2008 An Independent Spirit: Monte Hellman Director’s daughter Adell Aldrich Valentine’s Day Dinner and a Movie: His Girl Friday Director Monte Hellman Animation Around the World Milos Forman’s Loves of a Blonde Pordenone Silent Film Festival Film preservationist Serge Bromberg Wiseman’s Wild Kingdom Sneak Preview: Black Magic Pianist Donald Sosin Director Dan Klores Singer Joanna Seaton Paul Giamatti Selects The National Selects: Broadcast News Made in (Brooklyn) NY New Crowned Hope Music group The National Director Jonas Mekas Theater director Peter Sellars Director Jennifer Dworkin Best of the African Diaspora Film Festival Director/writer Paul Auster Wong Kar-Wai’s Fallen Angels Director Frances-Anne Solomon Director Kirk Shannon-Butts Viva Pedro Hong Kong Film Tribute to IFC Films New Czech Films The New York Korean Film Festival Director Christophe Honoré, Director Jan Svankmajer Actor Louis Garrel Actor Ivan Trojan WWII Noir Gotham Girls Roller Derby Goes to the Movies Heroic Grace II: Shaw Brothers Return The Best of NewFest Gotham Girls Roller Derby skaters

The Next Director: Marco Tullio Giordana Yugoslavian Black Wave 30 Years of J. Hoberman Director Marco Tullio Giordana Director Karpo Godina Film critic J. Hoberman Film critic Jurij Meden Director Ernie Gehr Torino Cinema Actor/writer Buck Henry Director Daniel Gaglianone Director Milos Forman The Talking Pictures of Manoel de Oliveira Director Paul Morrissey Manoel de Oliveira Give Thanks for John Ford DuMaurier on Film The Saragossa Manuscript Czech Modernism: The 1920s to 1940s Brooklyn Close-Up Tomu Uchida: Discovering a Japanese Master The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser Director Al Santana Director Ishai Setton Best of Youth: New Italian Cinema 2007 Gotham Girls Roller Derby Goes to the Movies The Emotional Camera: Mikhail Kalatozov Creatively Speaking Gotham Girls Roller Derby skaters Jonathan Lethem Selects Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens The Best of the African Diaspora Film Festival Author Jonathan Lethem Photographer Annie Leibovitz Director Tim Alexander Director Ulu Grosbard Director Emily Blake John Turturro Selects: Angels with Dirty Faces Pordenone Silent Film Festival Actor John Turturro 20 Graham Greene Noir Pianist Donald Sosin 21 TAKEOVER 2008. Photo: Rahav Segev Sundance Institute at BAM

BAM threw open its doors for an all-night open house called Takeover. Featuring low priced all-access tickets, events occupied every nook and venue in the main building. Bands on the Opera House stage, special film series, DJs and dancing in BAMcafé, and strategically placed artworks drew packed houses and new and familiar faces.

Nov 3, 2007

Music—Opera House Sundance Institute at BAM completed its Heartless Bastards second and third festivals at BAM. Each Be Your Own Pet Dirty On Purpose year’s series included lively opening night The Exit festivities, including remarks by Sundance Antibalas president and founder Robert Redford, and featured film directors Garth Jennings Films—BAM Rose Cinemas Lindsay Lohan Mid-Career Retrospective (Son of Rambow) and Nanette Burstein (Mean Girls, Freaky Friday, The Parent Trap, (American Teen). A choice selection of I Know Who Killed Me) festival films screened, including David Burning Down the House Gordon Green’s Snow Angels, High Falls (Gimme Shelter, Ziggy Stardust and the Spider starring 2007 BAM Cinema Club Chairs from Mars, The Filth & the Fury, Stop Making Sense) Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard, When Animals Hug and Trouble the Water, directed by Carl (The Cat from Outer Space, World Without Sun, Deal and Tia Lessin. Short films took the and trailers and shorts starring animals) spotlight for a day, including discussions The Pusher Trilogy with Sundance curators about submitting DJs and Dancing—BAMcafé films for consideration. Special programs Ubiquita NYC (DJ Reborn, DJ Moni, DJ Selly) included play readings, concerts, musical with Vikter Duplaix and special guests theater performances, art projects, and more.

22 23 Between the Lines The Met:

A.L. Steiner and Peter Grimes, robbinschilds, during the 2008 Between the Lines, Spring season. 2007. Photo courtesy Live in HD Image courtesy of of A.L. Steiner Metropolitan Opera

Hadacol Christmas, part of Between the XX XX during the Lines, 2007. Photo 2008 Spring season. courtesy of the artist Photo: Chris Strong

BAM initiated some highly successful programs aimed at broadening audiences and Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD screened 2007 exploring new contexts and sources of cultural content. Between the Lines, a three-part high-definition live satellite feeds of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette series which took place in BAMcafé during the 2007 Next Wave Festival, merged readings, Met Opera performances in BAM Rose 2008 films, music, and multimedia performance. It was co-presented with A Public Space, a Cinemas. Each screening was preceded Verdi’s Macbeth Brooklyn-based literary quarterly, and curated by Brigid Hughes and Peter Conroy. by a brunch featuring a distinguished Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel speaker conducting an introductory Puccini’s Manon Lescaut 2007 Britten’s Peter Grimes discussion about the opera followed Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde Oct Nov Dec by a Q&A. Puccini’s La Bohème Authors: Authors: Authors: Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment Meehan Crist Samantha Hunt* Diana George Wells Tower Peter Orner Ander Monson* John Wray Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts Filmmakers: Filmmakers: Paul Chan Filmmakers: Brent Green Dantia Maur MacDonald Stephen G. Rhodes Sabrina Gschwandtner Andrew Neel and Elizabeth Neel A.L. Steiner and robbinschilds Mac Premo *Read works co-commissioned by BAM 24 25 BAM embraces the visual arts through BAMBILL COVER ARTISTS Kentridge? 2006. collaborations with artists, exhibitions, 2006 NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL: McDermott & McGough commissions, and the creation of prints 2007 SPRING SEASON: Melora Kuhn and special editions for fundraising pur- 2007 NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL: Robert Wilson poses through BAMart. Since the 1980s, 2008 SPRING SEASON: Eddie Martinez BAMart has exhibited hundreds of artists, including Louise Bourgeois, Chuck Close, 2007

and Wangechi Mutu. The public can NEXTNEXT VISUAL ART purchase exciting new work in support of Brooklyn Next Art: Selections from the Kentler BAM through the annual spring BAMart Flatfiles Silent Auction featuring art by hundreds Variations in Black & White Captured: Ten Pratt Institute Photographers of emerging and established artists, as Ago! Amée!!: A DanceAfrica Retrospective (with well as BAM’s Photography Portfolios and MoCADA) print editions by artists including William Kentridge and Lorna Simpson. In conjunc- SPECIAL PROJECTS/EVENTS tion with the Next Wave Festival, curator Pulse New York Contemporary Art Fair 3rd Annual BAMart Silent Auction Dan Cameron (Yukie Kamiya co-curated in William Kentridge Print Editions: Music Box 2006) selected unique artworks installed Tondo and Bird Catcher throughout BAM, often in unexpected places. NEXT WAVE ART

In 2007, Leo Villareal’s festive window 2008

installation Stars illuminated BAM’s arched EXHIBITIONS windows. BAMart often shows work by Brooklyn Next Art: The Jazz Photographs of Brooklyn artists, including students. Local Fran Kaufman partners included Red Hook’s Kentler Morgan O’Hara: Live Transmissions Brooklynartproject.com: Connected Unconscious International Drawing Space; artist and Exposure Checks: Polaroids and Images by BAM trustee Danny Simmons curated that Ed Lachman show and others. Nearby MoCADA hosted Talking with Pictures (with MoCADA) exhibitions in conjunction with the annual Sundance Institute at BAM: New Frontier Art DanceAfrica festival. And installations dur- Daniel Rozin: Snow Mirror Graffiti Research Lab: L.A.S.E.R. TAG ing Sundance Institute at BAM included an interactive one by Daniel Rozin in Media Fusion (with Weeksville Heritage Center) the Leonard Natman Room, and Graffiti Research Lab’s laser graffiti on BAM’s SPECIAL PROJECTS/EVENTS Art:21 Screening & Reception exterior.

4th Annual BAMart Silent Auction

BAM Photo Portfolio III

Mikhail Baryshnikov, 2004, a piece by Robert Wilson.

26 27 Bonga and the Vodou Drums of Haiti. Photo: James Hercule

Shae Fiol, BAMcafé Live, and Shrine for the Black Sounds Like Brooklyn. BAMcafé Live Madonna. Photo Photo: XX XX. courtesy of the artists

BAMcafe Live hosts an eclectic mix of In the second year of BAM’s Brooklyn BAMcafé Live 2006 December live music on weekends, including artists Next, two weekends were curated by the DC Acidophilus Suphala whose work relates to programs on the Brooklyn-based Black Rock Coalition, Jelly October Fabulous Entourage Ismail Lumanowski & The New York Gypsy All-stars mainstage or in the cinemas. Additional NYC, and Soul Summit DJs. BAMcafé Live Anna Dagmar Slavic Soul Party highlights included BAMcafé’s participa- hosted its third year of performances with Coba Oratai Ensemble Ezra Reich Tamar Raqs Winter Solstice Hafla tion in Red Hot + RIOT LIVE!, a tribute to Sundance Institute at BAM; participated in Somi Dr. Israel & Dreadtone International Fela Kuti. BAMcafé Live was also part of the Brooklyn MaQam Festival, presented Slow Six New Andalucia Charanga Soleil the inaugural Brooklyn Next (now Sounds in conjunction with Brooklyn Arts Council; Peace By Piece Z’s Like Brooklyn); Galapagos Art Space guest and hosted two nights for the URB ALT BAMcafé Live 2007 November curated for one weekend. BAMcafé Live Festival. Attendance for BAMcafé Live Gutbucket January hosted performances as part of Sundance grew steadily over these two years. Audi- Afroyorker Shakers n’ Bakers Special Night with Magdalena Gomez—Fred Ho Tribute Institute at BAM, curated by noted com- ence diversity by race, gender, and age is Uncle Moon Ben Neill’s XIX Wunmi poser Peter Golub, plus two evenings for reflected at BAM most strongly at BAMcafé Pete Francis & The Flyers Anti-Social Music BAM’s annual Afro-Punk Festival. The café Live performances. Trio Tragico Sam Bardfeld: The Soul Cycle DJ Ian Friday/Manchildblack hosted its first dedicated dance parties Funk Buddha Hip-Hop Holiday Wunmi Edison Woods which set record attendance, including The Emperor Adichie Paula Jeanine & American Ghazal Ladies of Ubiquita NYC (BAM Takeover Akoya Afrobeat 07), and the Liquid Sound Lounge 15th Anniversary Party.

28 29 Music Is The Weapon—Kobo Town & Souljazz Orchestra BAM CAFé LIVE Music Is The Weapon—Charanga Soleil & Karlex Night of the Cookers Malika Zarra Liquid Sound Lounge DJ Jeannie Hopper & Jay February Moisturizer Rodriquez Life In A Blender October New Genius Music Gallery—Mark Lesseraux & BRC—Apollo Heights/Juneteenth BAMcafé Live Next Wave 25th Anniversary— Jeremiah Hosea Bonga and the Vodou Drums of Haiti Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters New Genius Music Gallery—Everett Bradley BRC—Shrine for the Black Madonna/Jungli Jen Shyu & Jade Tongue ACO Composers OutFront! presents Ned McGowan BRC—Earl Greyhound/Sonny Boy Muthawit Brooklyn Next—Galapagos guest curator: Hungry March Grady Tate May MOVIMIENTO featuring Mireya I. Ramos Band, Bindlestiff Family Cirkus w/DJ Tikka Masala CMJ Music Marathon—The Citizens and The Epochs The Dana Leong Band Brooklyn Next—Galapagos guest curator: Art Jam CMJ Music Marathon—Pillow Theory and The Smyrk guillermo brown featuring BiLLLL$ featuring Earl Dax, Jennifer Miller, Radio Wonderland, La Vita Williams Guitar Duo Dynasty Handbag, Bora Yoon, DJ Bill Coleman, Daisy BAM Jam—Jef Lee Johnson, Ronny Drayton, and Spurs & The Fuckerettes November Marvin Sewell JuCa Junk “KAT” & Modiano + Austin Willacy March Tonolec Brian Jackson ACO Presents Composers OutFront!: Andrew McKenna Lee TAKEOVER: Ubiquita NYC WITH Vikter Duplaix The Earthman Experience featuring DJ Hard Hittin Harry Steinhart Jewish Heritage Festival—Hip Hop Hafla Chanda Rule Sundance Institute at BAM: Purim Party Brasil Guitar Duo Anthony de Mare Kaiku BAM Jam—The Maria Project Anvil Live! Steinhart Jewish Heritage Festival—ASEFA Licorice Susan Cagle Funk Buddha Hip-Hop Holiday June Prince 30/50: Strictly 4 Da Headz w/The BRC Orchestra Lascivious Biddies Olu Kneebody Sundance Institute at BAM: Chien du Faïence Shae Fiol with demax & the n9s December Melomane ACO Presents Composers OutFront!: Min-Xiao Fen’s Gifrants Kristin Mainhart Pipa Trio Chandlar Beatboxer Entertainment The NewCookers Dr. Madd Vibe (Angelo Moore) Sarah Renfro Sunny Jain Collective and TABOO URB ALT Festival— The Muthawit Orchestra + Brandee April Roughstars Younger, Faith, and Brig Feltus, New Mellow Edwards Tamar Raqs Winter Solstice URB ALT Festival— The Muthawit Orchestra + V. Jeffrey Sean Altman Jeremiah Smith, and Tenderhead Anat Fort Trio Dawn Drake Brazz Tree Letha Harris and Anthony Dixon Pistolera Everett Bradley BAMcafé Live 2008 Nineveh Road Deborah Bond January Nora York: Furtiva Lagrima May Anna Fiszman & Marc Landesberg w/Felili Onaje Allan Gumbs Dirk Quinn Band Bryan Vargas & Ya Esta Chris Bergson Band Pillow Theory w/The Smyrk Black Rock Coalition’s Children of the Revolution Faith w/The Dustbin Brothers Soul Cycle The Citizens w/Lumatic Brian Jackson February Gokh-Bi System Black Rock Coalition—Rachid is Rasalus and Honeychild Coleman June Brooklyn Philharmonic: the youngbloods Sundance Institute at BAM: Chris Rob Ljova and the Vjola Contraband Nadir P.T. Walkley and The Adventures of Track Brooklyn Next/Black Rock Coalition—Power Douglas with Rabbit with Bradford Reed Dragons of Zynth and Kyp Malone of TV On The Radio, Rhythm Republik performs Sign ‘O’ the Times CX KIDTRONIK Tamar Raqs. Photo Sussan Deyhim Brooklyn Next—JellyNYC: White Rabbits with EFFI courtesy of the artist Kono Michi BREIST and Miss Fairchild Russell Taylor with Lenora Jaye Brooklyn Next—Soul Summit Music: Strafe, DJ Spinna SISTA FACTORY—Shae Fiol with Shu Brooklyn Next—Soul Summit Music: Danil Wright SISTA FACTORY—St. Juste w/Russell Taylor Black Rock Coalition Residence: Earthdriver and Swear Afro-Punk Festival— Cutlery, Bear in Wolf Fur, Ellul, DJ on Your Life Taylor McFerrin Afro-Punk Festival—Mighty Fine, Tiombe Lockhart, March Swivel Maya Azucena Brooklyn’s MaQam (Brooklyn Arts Council) September Maritri Jill Cunniff The Quavers SiLyA Jeffrey Gaines SISTA FACTORY— The Family Stand/Renee Neufville Haale SISTA FACTORY—Lizz Fields and Jeremy James Michelle Amador Scott Sharrard Angela Johnson Jesus H. Christ and The Four Hornsmen of The 30 Apocalypse April 31 BAM RHYTHM & BLUES SENIOR CINEMA

FESTIVAL AT METROTECH 2006

Some Like It Hot 2006 Watermelon Man Willie Colón Uptown Saturday Night Amadou and Mariam The Radiators 2007 The Spinners The Taking of Pelham One Two Three Tortured Soul Mildred Pierce Billy Paul Cotton Comes to Harlem

The Day the Earth Stood Still 2007 The Jerk Ashford & Simpson St. Louis Blues Booker T. & the MG’s with special guest Sharon Jones Lizz Wright 2008 Andy Palacio & the Garifuna Collective His Girl Friday Ledisi The Fortune Cookie Robert Glasper with special guest DJ Logic Jungle Fever

Toumani Diabaté’s Symmetric Orchestra James Cotton Blues Band and the Carolina Chocolate BAMboo! HALLOWEEN Drops BLOCK PARTY Double Bill: Eric Roberson and Chrisette Michele The Itals BAM TICKET ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

2008 BAM ABOUT BROOKLYN 2008 BAMboo! block Lionel Loueke Trio with Somi Partners: party. Photo by XX XX Otis Clay and Ryan Shaw Embora Studio The Skatalites DJ Moni Great musicians and cinema classics filled The annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Orchestra Baobab Chez Bushwick

BRIC Studio BAM’s stages and screens indoors and Martin Luther King, Jr., produced in BROOKLYN TRIBUTE TO out, as BAM presented free and accessible cooperation with the office of the Brooklyn Events: DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival

programming. The annual BAM Rhythm Borough President and CUNY’s Medgar Backyard Couture at Harriet’s Alter Ego 2007 & Blues Festival at MetroTech spanned Evers College, celebrated the achieve- LAVADance/Music’s Paradise Project Musical guests: genres, featuring electrifying pioneers and ments and struggles of the Civil Rights Rutha Harris DANCEAFRICA BAZAAR AND rising stars of R&B and world music in Movement through musical tributes Black Rock Coalition Orchestra PUBLIC PROGRAMS The Full Effect Gospel Ministries Mass Choir DanceAfrica Master Classes

downtown Brooklyn. Other outdoor events featuring freedom songs, spirituals, and Hip-Hop Performance Artist Will Power included the popular DanceAfrica Bazaar, black liberation anthems. Featured guests DanceAfrica Artists—Willie Torbert (2006) and Speakers: D. Lammie Hanson (2007)

a global marketplace featuring over 250 included Rutha Harris and Mavis Staples. U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer COMMUNITY RECEPTIONS AND EVENTS Former Governor Eliot Spitzer vendors celebrating the tastes, fashions, In conjunction with the opera house 51st (dream) state community dinner at Le Grand Dakar Lieutenant Governor David A. Paterson restaurant, with guest artist Sekou Sundiata and cultures of the African Diaspora, and tribute, BAM presented film screenings Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo Still Life with Commentator listening party, with guest BAMboo, the annual Halloween block par- and the community exhibition Picture the Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg artists Vijay Iyer, Mike Ladd, and Ibrahim Quraishi New York City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn ty with street performers, carnival games, Dream featuring a series of portraits and Twelfth Night reception co-hosted by Fort Greene based Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes and costume contests. In the Senior Cin- collages of Dr. King created by neighbor- cultural organization UrbanGlass Film screening: American Blackout One Loss Plus reception

ema series, nearly 2500 moviegoers 65 hood children. Sizwe Banzi Is Dead reception and older enjoyed free matinee screenings Picture the Dream community art exhibition: Dr. King portraits created by children from the Rush Education BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BAM partnered with local businesses of film classics and concession treats. Program based in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn and organizations to present a variety of 2008 Next Wave Festival and Spring Season Featuring Mavis Staples (musical guest & featured Mavis Staples. New York City Mayor speaker) with performances by Gary Anglin and the Photo by Elena Olivo Michael R. Bloomberg, intimate community events. Committed to Voices of CCC 2009 Tribute to Dr. providing outreach services for audiences Martin Luther King Remarks by: Jr. Photo by Scott and artists, the institution continued BAM E. Smith U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer about Brooklyn. The program publicizes Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Brooklyn-based venues and artists via Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz BAM’s website and weekly email. BAM Deputy Borough President Yvonne J. Graham New York City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn also provides hundreds of community Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes leaders and groups with complimentary tickets to performances, film screenings, Film screening: At the River I Stand and networking receptions through its Picture the Dream community art exhibition: collages by Brooklyn New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) outreach initiatives and Ticket Assistance residents 12 and under Program (TAP). 32 33 Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation pro- Daughters of the Dust Commentators: David Pleasant and vided an arts and humanities curriculum Marquetta L. Goodwine (Queen Quet) to students who performed in DanceAfrica. Spring 2007 With Folger Shakespeare Library, BAM Real Women Have Curves offered an intensive summer institute in Commentator: Marinievas Alba teaching Shakespeare. Mask Commentator: Stephanie Zacharek with BAM partnered with New York University Dacia Washington to provide complimentary BAM tickets to Tsotsi NYU students, supplemented by humani- Commentator: Byron Hurt ties programs, including a master class Sundance Institute at BAM War/Dance with actor Patrick Stewart, to increase Commentators: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine, comprehension of contemporary perform- and Stephen Rwangyezi ing arts. BAMfamily programs included the KABAM FILMS (GRADES K-7): concerts Brooklyn Kids Rock! and Dan SCREENING IDENTITY Zanes and Friends, as part of Brooklyn Next which highlighted the emerging field Fall 2006 Searching for Bobby Fischer of bands for and by children. The perenni- Commentator: Josh Waitzkin

Event: XX XX ally sold-out BAMkids Film Festivals, Spring 2007 Photo: XX XX two-day film marathons, included live Because of Winn-Dixie musical performances. Commentators: Francesca Burgess, Danielle Quisenberry, and Leese Walker BAM’s Department of Education & and Ceesay Kujabi and the Bachinab. Ad- Humanities is dedicated to increasing the ditional student audience exclusives were BAMkids Film Festival: Selected Shorts EDUCATION 2006—2007 Commentator: Eric Weil understanding and appreciation of the arts Poetry 2007 and 2008: Expression in PERFORMANCES both for young people and for BAM’s adult the Right Direction, and special musical ART RESIDENCIES AND audiences. In its Education programs, performances by So Percussion and Arturo Fall 2006 MASTER CLASSES BAM’s goal is to provide to students the O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra as part underground AfricanDanceBeat David Dorfman Dance same caliber of groundbreaking, challeng- of Brooklyn Next. In addition to live perfor- AfricanMusicBeat Red Hot + RIOT LIVE! ing work from around the world that it mances, BAM’s unique film literacy series, The Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti Brooklyn Reads offers to adults, with curricula that address featuring classic films focused on historical Spring 2007 Master Dance Classes with Chuck Davis important artistic, social, and political or social issues followed by discussions So Percussion Shakespeare Teaches Students issues. In 2006—07, BAM served 187 with experts, was presented each year. As The Taming of the Shrew schools and 22,500 students, teachers, in BAM’s live performances for students, A Watermill Theatre and Old Vic Production by Propeller AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS and parents, and in 2007—08, 216 each class attending a screening received Twelfth Night Courtroom Drama schools and 24,600 people. The depart- an in-school, pre-screening workshop and A Watermill Theatre and Old Vic Production by Propeller DanceAfrica Education Program; ment presents an innovative series of per- the teachers were given customized Edward Scissorhands Collaboration with Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Matthew Bourne Corporation formances, films, and artist-in-residence study guides. Dancing Into the Future: programs: Generation BAM for Poetry 2007: Expression in the Right Direction BAM continued workshop-based artist- Steve Colman high school students, kaBAM for elemen- Young Critics Institute in-residence programs for students and/ Rha Goddess tary and junior high students, BAMfamily Nuttin’ But Stringz Young Film Critics or teachers. These include Shakespeare Kesed Ragin performances, and the BAMkids Teaches for teachers and students; after- Tahani Salah PROFESSIONAL Film Festival. Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS school workshops for high school students, Universes Students attended matinees of mainstage Young Critics, Young Film Critics, and Hosted by Queen GodIs Shakespeare Teaches Teachers productions: underground, Twelfth Night, Arts & Justice (formerly Courtroom 30 Years of DanceAfrica: Ndere Troupe (Uganda) African Dance and Music with Chuck Davis Edward Scissorhands, One Loss Plus, Drama); and the new Dancing into the GENERATION BAM FILMS Customized Professional Development Workshops Sizwe Banzi is Dead, Macbeth, End- Future choreography lab. Other in-school BAMFAMILY game, and more. Each class received an residencies included Brooklyn Reads in (GRADES 8-12): in-school, pre-show preparation workshop which students learn to read, write, and SCREENING IDENTITY Spring 2007 BAMkids Film Festival, with music and animation from a BAM teaching artist, and engaged perform poetry; and residencies in African Fall 2006 performances by Gustafer Yellowgold Whale Rider in post-performance discussions with dance and music (AfricanDanceBeat, and Commentator: Ataahua Papa BrooklynNext the artists. The department presented AfricanMusicBeat). Chuck Davis, founder/ Brooklyn Kids Rock! Raising Victor Vargas With Astrograss, Audra Rox, and Toxic Muffin performances just for student audiences artistic director of DanceAfrica, offered Commentators: Peter Sollett and Eva Vives with 34 of DanceAfrica visiting companies Ndere master classes, and BAM and Bedford Dacia Washington 35 Paul Simon and Philip EDUCATION Glass in conversation. Photo by Scott E. Smith BAMFamily Book Brunch: Jazz KABAM FILMS (GRADES K-7): Walter Dean Myers and Christopher Myers Musicians: äj (Andrea and James Rohlehr) SCREENING INSPIRATION EDUCATION 2007—2008 Fall 2007 October Sky PERFORMANCES Commentator: Roy Lee Cooke Fall 2007 Spring 2008 One Loss Plus Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) Akeelah and the Bee Commentators: Francesca Burgess, Tamela Aldridge, and Ship in a View Elena Mulroney Pappa Tarahumara BAMkids Film Festival: Selected Shorts Spring 2008 Commentators: David Levy and Barbara Parks What is Latin Jazz? Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra The Secret Garden Commentators: Elena Mulroney and Alexa Polmer Macbeth Chichester Festival Theatre ART RESIDENCIES AND Poetry 2008: Expression in the Right Direction Humanities MASTER CLASSES Kahlil Almustafa DJ Captain Planet AfricanDanceBeat Vanessa Hidary AfricanMusicBeat Zora Howard Baruch “Baba” Israel and Leslie “ButtaFlySoul” Taylor Brooklyn Reads BAM’s Humanities programs are an oppor- death with a discussion on Ibsen’s legacy La Bruja Master Dance Classes with Chuck Davis tunity for audiences to enrich their experi- with scholars and artists (including director Janine Simon Urbintel (Akil Dasan, Anthony Morales and Leslie Shakespeare Teaches Students ence of BAM productions by listening to Eirik Stubø), and included performances “ButtaFlySoul” Taylor) and engaging in discussion with artists in of contemporary dance, theater, and pup- Hosted by Queen GodIs AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS the Next Wave Festival and Spring Season. petry inspired by Ibsen. A panel discussion Sizwe Banzi Is Dead Arts and Justice Over this period, 39 BAMdialogues— of Brooklyn artists, presenters, and critics The Baxter Theatre Centre DanceAfrica Education Program: Q&As with BAM artists moderated by helped launch the new Brooklyn Next Collaboration with Bedford Stuyvesant Endgame other artists, critics, or scholars—and five series. Epic Journeys, in conjunction with Directed by: Andrei Belgrader Restoration Corporation BAMtalks, panel discussions and conver- the presentation of Cast No Shadow, DanceAfrica 2008: Bridge to Cultural Dancing Into the Future Rejuvenation & Enlightenment sations on topics relevant to the season’s convened visual artist/filmmaker Isaac Young Critics Ceesay Kujabi and the Bachinab (The Gambia) productions, were offered. Julien, choreographer Russell Maliphant, Young Film Critics artist Shirin Neshat, and PERFORMA’s GENERATION BAM FILMS BAMdialogues included discussions after (GRADES 8-12): SCREENING PROFESSIONAL RoseLee Goldberg to discuss geographic DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS David Dorfman Dance’s underground exploration, identity, and globalized world LITERARY ADAPTATIONS about the political activism of the 1960s Folger/BAM Shakespeare Summer Institute culture. In the Spring Season 2008, a Fall 2007 Weather Underground; a conversation BAMtalk entitled Theater in South Africa: October Sky Shakespeare Teaches Teachers between director Declan Donellan (Cymbe- Commentator: Roy Lee Cooke with Vernice Miller The New Millennium assembled actors/ Customized Professional Development Workshops line) and playwright Tony Kushner; one on Hamlet playwrights from Sizwe Banzi Is Dead— art and spirituality between Borrowed Light Commentator: Michael Almereyda BAMFAMILY John Kani and Winston Ntshona—with collaborators Tero Saarinen, choreographer, Oliver Twist Spring 2008 scholars/artists to discuss how theater has Commentator: Ned Eisenberg and Joel Cohen (Boston Camerata’s artistic 10th Annual BAMkids Film Festival changed in South Africa since apartheid, Spring 2008 With live performances by Care Bears on Fire and Tiny director) moderated by Meredith Monk; a moderated by Anne Cattaneo. Paul Simon Masters of Today conversation between actor Fiona Shaw, Pan’s Labyrinth and Philip Glass discussed art, life, and Commentator: Stephanie Zacharek Dan Zanes and Friends director Deborah Warner, and Anne Bogart Dan Zanes the creative process in a BAMtalk marking Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes (SITI Company) on the set of Happy Days; Paul Simon’s residency at BAM: Love in Commentators: Byron Hurt and Monifa Akinwole-Ban- BAMfamily Book Brunch: The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Professor James Shapiro (Columbia dele with Samara Gaev Brian Selznick with Guy Klucevsek Hard Times—The Music of Paul Simon. Musician: Muhamadou Salieu Suso University) with Patrick Stewart and other Sundance Institute at BAM cast members of Macbeth. BAM’s Eat, Drink & Be Literary series, FLOW: Love of Water presented in partnership with the National Commentators: Irena Salina, Yvette Tomlinson, and The BAMtalk “Re-imagining Ibsen for Deborah Lapidus Book Awards, brought major authors to the 21st Century” was held in conjunc- BAMcafé for intimate dinners, readings, tion with the production The Wild Duck, and discussions. Authors included Zadie marking the centennial of the playwright’s 36 37 BAMTALKS Lulu Michael Thalheimer with Tom Sellar HUMANITIES Brooklyn Next Robert Elmes, Amy Linden, Matthew Morgan, Darrell The Gate McNeill Tan Dun and Michael Christie Smith, Fran Lebowitz, and Chinua Achebe. Fall 2006 Larry Blumenfeld, moderator BAMTALKS The evenings begin with a buffet and live BAMDIALOGUES EAT, DRINK & BE LITERARY Epic Journeys music. Author readings are followed by Isaac Julien, Russell Maliphant, Shirin Neshat The End Of Cinematics Presented in partnership with the National Book Awards RoseLee Goldberg, moderator interviews about their creative process Mikel Rouse with John Schaefer Authors: and artistic themes, then an audience Mycenaean SPring 2008 Francine Prose Q&A and book signing. The BAMfamily Carl Hancock Rux with Karin Coonrod Pete Hamill BAMDIALOGUES Book Brunch is a junior version of Eat, Nine Hills One Valley Michael Cunningham Happy Days Ratan Thiyam with Sudipto Chatterjee Drink & Be Literary, designed for children Jonathan Franzen Fiona Shaw and Deborah Warner with Anne Bogart Cynthia Ozick Violet Fire: A Multimedia Opera eight to twelve and their families. In 2007, Zadie Smith Macbeth Jon Gibson, Terry O’Reilly, Miriam Seidel Sandra Cisneros Rupert Goold with Oskar Eustis the program featured author Walter Dean with Jill Jonnes and Alan J. Friedman Myers and illustrator Christopher Myers Gary Shteyngart Macbeth impermanence Kurt Andersen Patrick Stewart and cast with James Shapiro and their book Jazz, and in 2008 the Meredith Monk with Joseph V. Melillo Moderators: Benguelê and Breu guest was Brian Selznick, the author/ the 51st (dream) state Jessica Hagedorn Rodrigo Pederneiras with Barbara Browning illustrator of The Invention of Hugo Sekou Sundiata and cast with Laura Flanders Brigid Hughes Sizwe Banzi Is Dead Cabret, who also screened some of underground Musicians: John Kani and Winston Ntshona with Anne Cattaneo Georges Méliès silent films that inspired David Dorfman Dance with äj (Andrea and James Rohlehr) David Kyuman Kim and Bernardine Dohrn Alex Solomon Endgame his unique book, accompanied by the Jawole Willa Jo Zollar Loren Stillman and Scott Lee Andrei Belgrader, Max Casella, Alvin Epstein, Elaine live accordion of Guy Klucevsek. Randy Martin Rubin Kodheli, Alex Hamlin, and Ryan Ferreira Stritch, John Turturro with Robert Brustein Carl Riehl La Tempête (The Tempest) Il matrimonio segreto Scott Pearson Michel Lemieux, Victor Pilon, Denise Guilbault Jonathan Miller with Marc Scorca Stephen Saperstein with Ellen Lampert-Greaux David Abeles BAMTALKS Hedda Gabler Rubin Kodheli, Andrea Fisher, and Liberty Ellman Theater in South Africa: The New Millennium Thomas Ostermeier with Una Chaudhuri Steinhardt Jewish Heritage Festival at BAM Awam Amkpa, Daniel Banks, Nadia Davids, John Kani, Still Life with Commentator: An Oratorio Emerging Jewish Writers Panel Mannie Manim, Winston Ntshona Vijay Iyer, Michael Ladd, Ibrahim Quraishi Shalom Auslander Anna Cattaneo, moderator with Limor Tomer Jennifer Gilmore Paul Simon and Philip Glass: A Conversation Aaron Hamburger Don Juan in Prague Rachel Kadish EAT, DRINK & BE LITERARY David Chambers with Arnold Aronson Alana Newhouse, moderator Presented in partnership with the National Book Awards BAMTALKS Authors: Re-Imagining Ibsen for the 21st Century Fall 2007 George Saunders Marvin Carlson, Eirik Stubø, Joan Templeton BAMDIALOGUES Deborah Eisenberg Live excerpts from contemporary performances Wild Cursive André Aciman inspired by Ibsen Lin Hwai-min with Anna Kisselgoff Fran Lebowitz Laurence Maslon, moderator Peter Carey Kronos Quartet: More Than Four Shalom Auslander Spring 2007 Kimmo Pohjonen, Samuli Kosminen, and Erik Sanko Paul Muldoon BAMDIALOGUES with John Schaefer Chinua Achebe Hotel Cassiopeia Death in Venice Moderators: Anne Bogart and Charles L. Mee John Neumeier with Anna Kisselgoff Harold Augenbraum Edward Hirsch Three Atmosphereic Studies Compañía Nacional de Danza Bradford Morrow William Forsythe with Kendall Thomas Nacho Duato with Valerie Gladstone Aoibheann Sweeney Edward Scissorhands Misuse liable to prosecution Musicians: Matthew Bourne with Wendy Perron John Jasperse and Zeena Parkins with Gus Solomons jr. Sojourner The Taming of the Shrew Cast No Shadow Eric Kurimski Twelfth Night Isaac Julien and Russell Maliphant with José Muñoz Rubin Kodheli and Ryan Ferreira Edward Hall with Ron Rosenbaum Scott Pearson Borrowed Light Carl Riehl The Magic Flute Tero Saarinen and Joel Cohen with Meredith Monk Steven Saperstein and Nick Loss-Eaton William Kentridge with Dan Cameron Three The Browning-Gilchrest Duo Cymbeline Ohad Naharin with Wendy Perron äj (Andrea and James Rohlehr) Declan Donnellan with Tony Kushner One Loss Plus Dense Terrain Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) with Toni Blackman Doug Varone with Suzanne Carbonneau Ship in a View Hiroshi Koike with Carol Martin 38 39 of BAM, organizes exhibits in conjunction The original Opera House during the with seasonal programming, and oversees Sanitary Fair, 1864 projects of institutional importance such as oral histories and executive documen- tation, including the completion of the Harvey Lichtenstein Oral History Project, which documents the 32-year career of Lichtenstein, the institution’s previous president and executive producer.

History

The strong need for a formal BAM archives was first identified in 1995 when a search for records, photographs, and other materi- als in conjunction with major institutional events revealed that items of historical value were scattered in various locations Cloud Gate Dance throughout BAM buildings and New York Theatre, Songs of City, and in serious danger of being lost the Wanderers, 2000 forever. In response, BAM created the archives to both collect and preserve these materials and make them available to students, scholars, cultural organizations, historians, artists, press representatives, and BAM staff. Judith Jamison in Alvin Ailey’s Prodigal Prince, 1968. Photo: Construction at BAM in 1996 uncovered Sigrid Estrada more forgotten boxes, and in 1997 the Brooklyn Public Library gave the archives externally. Staff members access it as a Hamm Archives Center materials dating back to the Civil War. resource for exhibitions, research, and Archival holdings include BAM’s adminis- The Hamm Archives Center, named for publications. The Hamm Archives also trative records; lectures from nineteenth- Charles and Irene Hamm in 2007, docu- documents BAM’s early history as a major century intellectuals such as Ralph Waldo ments BAM’s astonishingly rich 150-year Brooklyn gathering place for cultural and Emerson; thousands of photographs; and history. The Hamm Archives offers the op- community events, including presidential performance playbills from shows featuring portunity to explore BAM’s unique heritage speeches and a sanitary fair in 1864. the likes of Sarah Bernhardt, Edwin and and witness innovation across three centu- The fair, held at the Academy’s original John Wilkes Booth, Enrico Caruso, Isadora ries. Thousands of photographs, programs, Montague Street location, raised funds for Duncan, Martha Graham, Merce Cun- articles and reviews, and printed items the United States Sanitary Commission to ningham, and Philip Glass. The materials such as posters and brochures reflect the support the troops, selling donated goods held in the Hamm Archives offer insight evolution of modern performance. Board and providing entertainment. on the development of the institution, the minutes, correspondence, and other The Hamm Archives houses a particularly changing face of New York City, and the administrative and production papers track strong collection reflecting contemporary evolution of the performing arts in the the trajectory of the US’ oldest performing performance from the last 40 years, United States. arts institution. especially from the flagship Next Wave For more information or to access the The Hamm Archives Center preserves and Festival and Spring Season. Many of the collection, please contact the Hamm makes available materials of enduring artists who have performed at BAM have Archives at [email protected]. historical value, dating back to the 1860s. become legends of performance, and Selected materials are being digitized items from their early appearances chart Major support for the Hamm Archives to ensure wider, long-term access. The their ascendance and demonstrate the Center comes from Charles J. & Irene F. Hamm Archives fulfills approximately 600 significance of the institution’s support. Hamm and the Leon Levy Foundation. 40 requests annually from within BAM and The Hamm Archives also provides tours 41 Terrence Caldeira Programs Andrew Nicholas BAM STAFF Marlon Desouza Adam Sachs Interactive Designer Alvina Dixon Membership Coordinator David Baker Aubrey Gravesande Aiste Jankauskaite Design Studio Supervisor Karen Brooks Hopkins Nathan Gelgud Crew Chief Sven Shuffler Membership Assistant Anna Hurley President Box Office Manager/ Cyrus Similly Teonia Smith Britta Faust-Burak Design Assistant Joseph V. 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McGinty Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Hardy Monroe Mendelsohn Research Axel Stawski Lisabeth During and Ross Poole Julie Meister Charlotte Herzele Richard J. & Gloria E. Moylan Lauren & Sabrina Steel Yoni Epelbaum Roger & Robin H. Meltzer (E) John & Diana Herzog Steve Mushkin Oliver M. Stevens Joan & Peter Faber Lee & Suzanne Miller (E) The William Talbot Hillman National Foundation for Julie E. Stocker Andrea K. Fallek Marsha Miro Foundation Jewish Culture Leila Straus Pauline & Lawrence Feldman Francine Monaco Barbara Hoffman Jerry A. Nelson Elizabeth F. Stribling Michael B. First & Leslee Snyder Michael & Ginger Montel Joel & Lily Hoffman Jim Nelson Elizabeth Strickler & Mark T. Gallogly Charles H. Fish (E) Maria Montoya Frank Holozubiec Stephen Nelson Steven B. Tanger Ann K. Ford & Nicholas P. Frabotta (E) Norma & Randy Moore H. Michael Howell (E) Matthew Nemeth & Tricia Kissinger Mr. & Mrs. Willard B. Taylor Forum Strategies & Martin Morgan Steve Hudson & Victoria Burke Carol Netzer Karen N. Tell Communications LLC Mr. & Mrs. Bart Mosley Patrick Hughes Michael Newhouse John & Narcissa Titman Friars Foundation Philip Murphy IBM The Nielsen Company Coralie S. Toevs Bart Friedman Jane & Dwight K. Nishimura Ipsos MMI, Inc. Michael & Elizabeth O’Brien Sean Toole Wayne Froud Carol Netzer Scott Irwin Sally & Thomas G. Ord Beth M. Uffner Ann W. Gaffney & Bronson Binger Jeremy Nussbaum & Charline Spektor The Jane Henson Foundation Ilana Pachter & William Wynn Vanetta Vancak Samuel Gandy David & Janet Offensend Linda & Lawton Johnson Jean Pagliuso & Tom Cohen Bernardette Vaskas Ellen Gesmer & Alan Hyde Nicole Paisner T. Radey Johnson & Jane Platt Sandra Parker & Wendy Parker Ford Suzanne Vega Claude Ghez Mark H. Palermo Andrea Kaliski-Miller & George Miller Monique Parsons Law Offices of Claudia Wagner John N. & Gillett Gilbert Susan Palm Randolph & G. Miller Jonakait Peco Foundation Joan Waricha James Gill Thomas & Dominique Alfandre Alexander Jutkowtiz Nancy Pedot Jessica Warren Michael Gilsenan Palmer Natalia Kanem Donald Pels & Wendy Keys Lisa C. Wassong Peter Glass Friederike & Mitchell Penberg Alex & Ada Katz Jonathan Penn Janet C. Waterhouse Michael and Deborah Goldberg Joseph Piacentile John L. Kelly Penn, Schoen & Berland Laurie & David I. Weiner Kenneth V. Handal & Mary F. Golden Edward & Annie Pressman Susan Kille & Thomas W. Sawyer Associates, Inc. Charlene Magen Weinstein Rhonna Goodman Elise J. Pustilnik Helen Kim-Borders Alexandra & Frederick Peters David F. Wertheimer Elizabeth Gouger Howard Pyle & Kirsten Johnson Micheline Klagsbrun & Ken Carl E. Podwoski & Virginia Lovejoy Walter J. Wilkie Douglas Gray & Leslie Koch Peter & Susan G. Restler Grossinger Erin Pond Barbara Wilks Sheila Grether The Rockefeller Group Little Johnny Koerber John M. Powers Carolyn Ellis Wise & H.L. Wise Warren L. Habib & Alexis Walk Richmond Hills High School Susan & Alan Kolod Deborah & Richard Previdi Betsy Witten Patrick Hahn The Alvin J. Rockwell Charitable Svetlana Kondratieva Sandra Pierson Prior Carole A. Wolf Nadia Hamdi Trust Jayme Koszyn & Thomas O’Handley Elise & Jerome Pustilnik Barbara & David Zalaznick Hauni Richmond, Inc. John S. Rockwell Hugh & Betsy Lamle Mr. & Mrs. David Puth Michael Zimmer The Haupt Foundation, Inc., Charles & Lauren Rosen Robin & Edgar Lampert Lisa M. Quiroz Pavel Zoubok & Paul A. Baglio Jr. in memory of Stuart Haupt Steve & Rory Rothman John & Judith H. LaRosa Martin & Anna Rabinowitz Steven Hayes Marvin Ross-Greifinger Lazard Freres & Company Elizabeth & Kirk Radke $1,000 or more Cheryl Heller Melissa Bowen Rubin & Joshua Anne R. Lee Brett Redfearn Stefan & Jan Abrams Judith M. Hoffman Rubin Helena Lee & Richard Klapper Ruth Reichl Mark Almeida & Theresa Galvin Betty Lou Hudson Mina B. Samuels & David Foster Heidi Levine (E) Frances Resheske Sarah Jean Avery IBM International Foundation Michael Schober Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Lopez Joumana Rizk Sean Baldwin Leah Ife Joyce Pomeroy Schwartz Louise Braveman Architect Matthew Rogers Andrea Barbieri Izze Sparkling Jus Harold & Myra Shapiro Family Legg Mason Connie & Ted Roosevelt Martin Baumrind James W. Jackson Foundation David Lerner Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish The Bay and Paul Foundations, Inc. Joseph Jacobs Leonard Shaykin John Levy & Victoria Westhead W. Bradley Rubenstein Barbara Becker Steven Miles Jacobson & Susan Lori Shepard Anjali Lewis Margaret Ruff Patricia A. Bell Putterman Kristen Siebecker Jeffrey & Karin Miller-Lewis Thomas A. Russo & Georgina T. Carol Bellamy Amy & David M. Jaffe Lawrence & Susan Sills Kandace Lombart Russo Alan & Leslie Beller Jonathan Kass & Merrill Lynch Barbara Simmons Edward & Ilene Lowenthal Thomas Ryan Sean Benson Howard S. & Mary Bryde Kelberg Sire Partners Aari Ludvigsen & Barbara Bette & Richard Saltzman Alan Berenbaum & Eileen Lach Susan Kellman Mitchell C. & Sandy Sockett Gaines Kirsten Sandberg Stephanie Bernheim Robert Kelly Richard & Mimi Somerby John Lipsky & Zsuzsanna S. Karasz Banco Santander S.A. John W. Bernstein & Diana Davenport Timothy Kennon Susan Sonnenblick Matthew & Andrew Lustig Catherine Saraniti John H. & Penelope Biggs Steven Kossak Andre Spears & Anne Rosen Richard Lynn & Joseph Evall Margaret Sarkela Jeffrey Blair and Marc Scorca 52 Joan & Albert Kronick Wendy & Tom Stephenson 53 BAM Statements of Financial Position As of June 30, 2008 & 2007

ASSETS 2008 2007 Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $8,165,250 $2,550,491 Marketable securities, at market - 209,161 Due from The City of New York 1,634,914 1,073,057 Accounts and other receivables 344,467 258,549 Due from BAM Endowment Trust 957,836 24,850 Pledges receivable 11,436,114 6,596,634 Prepaid expenses and other current assets 626,077 750,987

Total current assets $23,164,658 $11,463,729

Non-current assets: Pledges receivable - net 16,831,262 8,155,592 Property and equipment - net 4,841,932 2,854,221 Investment in real estate - 197,800 Beneficial interest in BAM Endowment Trust 77,549,492 71,054,464

TOTAL ASSETS $122,387,344 $93,725,806

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS LIABILITIES: Accounts payable and accrued expenses $2,503,158 $2,658,367 Deferred revenue 320,391 1,090,760

TOTAL LIABILITIES $2,823,549 $3,749,127

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

NET ASSETS Unrestricted: General operations 33,448 (252,419) Invested in property and equipment 4,841,932 2,854,221

Total unrestricted 4,875,380 2,601,802 Temporarily restricted 43,379,704 26,010,423 Permanently restricted 71,308,711 61,364,454

TOTAL NET ASSETS $119,563,795 $89,976,679

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $122,387,344 $93,725,806

BAM’s financial statements are audited by Marks Paneth & Shron LLP. The summarized Statements of Financial Position as of June 30, 2008 and 2007, and Statements of Activi- ties for the years ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 were derived from BAM’s financial state- ments. The complete audited financial statements are available at www.guidestar.org, or by writing to the NYS Charities Bureau at 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10005.

54 55 BAM Statements of Financial Position For the Years Ended June 30, 2008 & 2007

2008 Temporarily Permanently 2007 Temporarily Permanently Unrestricted Restricted Restricted 2008 Total Unrestricted Restricted Restricted 2007 Total

REVENUE:

Support: Special events revenue $1,774,319 $341,798 $ - $2,116,117 $1,348,307 $733,428 $ - $2,081,735 Less direct special event expenses (906,487) - - - (827,765) - - (827,765) Special events, net 867,832 341,798 - 2,116,117 520,542 733,428 - 1,253,970 Appropriations from The City of New York 4,414,110 15,000 - 4,429,110 4,365,362 - - 4,365,362 New York State 82,130 113,248 - 195,378 376,549 884,434 - 1,260,983 Federal government 5,660 45,000 - 50,660 333,995 50,000 - 383,995 Private sector 10,321,496 27,150,012 - 37,471,508 8,525,959 9,698,546 - 18,224,505 Distribution from BAM Endowment Trust 2,200,808 - - 2,200,808 1,940,896 - - 1,940,846 Net assets released from restrictions 5,093,470 (5,093,470) - - 5,997,386 (5,997,386) - -

Total Support $22,985,506 $22,571,588 - $46,463,581 $22,060,689 5,369,022 - $27,429,711

Earned Revenue: Performance and co-presenter income $10,126,890 - - $10,126,890 $5,855,753 - - $5,855,753 BAM Rose Cinema 2,348,673 - - 2,328,673 2,284,227 - - 2,284,227 Rentals, BAMart sales, interest - - and other income 3,303,447 57,719 3,361,166 2,188,592 60,691 2,249,283 Total Earned Revenue $15,779,010 - $57,719 $15,836,729 $10,328,572 - $60,691 $10,389,263

TOTAL REVENUE $38,764,516 $22,571,588 $57,719 $62,300,310 $32,389,261 $5,369,022 $60,691 $37,818,974

EXPENSE: Program services $31,409,592 - - $31,409,592 $25,996,065 - - $25,996,065 Management and general 2,266,585 - - 2,266,585 2,292,647 - - 2,292,847 Fundraising 4,266,251 - - 4,266,251 3,493,389 - - 3,493,389

TOTAL EXPENSE $37,942,428 - - $37,942,428 $31,782,301 - - $31,782,301

RESULTS FROM OPERATIONS BEFORE DEPRECIATION $822,088 $22,571,588 $57,719 $24,357,882 $606,960 $5,369,022 $60,691 $6,036,673 Depreciation and amortization expense (359,309) - - (359,309) (332,059) - - (332,059)

Net assets released from restriction for BAM 1,810,799 (1,810,799) - - - Annex Increase in beneficial interest - (3,391,508) 9,886,538 6,495,030 - 6,905,531 6,805,194 13,710,725 in BAM Endowment Trust CHANGE IN NET ASSETS 2,273,578 17,369,281 9,944,257 29,587,116 274,901 12,274,553 6,865,885 19,415,339

Net Assets, Beginning of Year 2,601,802 26,010,423 61,364,454 89,976,679 2,326,901 13,735,870 54,498,569 70,561,340 As Previously Stated Prior Period Adjustment ------

Net Assets, Beginning of Year - Restated $2,601,802 $26,010,423 $61,364,454 $89,976,679 $2,326,901 $13,735,870 $54,498,569 $70,561,340

NET ASSETS - END OF YEAR $4,875,380 $43,379,704 $71,308,711 $119,563,795 $2,601,802 $26,010,423 $61,364,454 $89,976,679

56 57 Timothy Ingrassia, Chair of the BAM ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BAM ENDOWMENT TRUST Endowment Trust.

To the BAM family:

I was elected chair of the BAM Endow- Our primary goals for the endowment are Further strengthening our endowment is ment Trust (BET) Board of Trustees in to continue growth through investment critical to the success and future of BAM. 2007 and succeeded the devoted Irwin returns, to preserve capital through Great institutions are built on the stability Lainoff, who joined the BET Board in prudent investment allocations, and to provided by large endowments, so the 2002, and served as its chair from 2005 significantly raise the endowment corpus BAM endowment has become a until he passed away in 2007. through new gifts. cornerstone of the institution’s strategic vision. It provides the financial security Irwin was a smart, no-nonsense, and Over the two-year period from July 1, critical for long-term planning in the face inspired chair for the BET Board. His 2006 to June 30, 2008, the endow- of volatile markets and fluctuating funder expansive understanding of investment ment earned 12.5%; the endowment’s commitments. strategy, his love for Brooklyn and his great total net assets including pledges were warmth of spirit were tremendous assets to $77,549,492 as of June 30, 2008. With help from many leaders in our BAM our BAM family. His guidance was produc- family, BAM has been working on a new tive and appreciated, and he is missed by As a result of investment earnings, the campaign for expansion of the endow- all of us. BAM Endowment Trust was able to ment to the $110 million level, which will make income distributions to BAM— ensure BAM’s financial stability and secure I wish to express my deepest thanks to my $1,940,896 in FY2007 and $2,200,808 BAM’s programming for the 21st century fellow trustees on the BET Board—Susan in FY2008—to benefit BAM programming and beyond. L. Baker, Henry Christensen III, Dinyar S. and operations. The distribution covered Devitre, Doug Gouglass, Alan H. Fishman, 5.9% and 5.6% respectively of the operat- I hope you will join me in supporting the Elizabeth Holtzman, James I. McLaren, ing budgets, which helped significantly, BAM endowment and achieving our ambi- BET Board Vice Chair Norman Peck, R. particularly in these challenging economic tious goals for the future of BAM. Edward Spilka, and Nora Ann Wallace. times, but we hope to be of even greater Their support and their input on invest- assistance in the future. Sincerely, ment issues are greatly valued.

Timothy Ingrassia Chair, BAM Endowment Trust

A-1 A-2 about the bam endowment trust BAM ENDOWMENT TRUST The mission of the BAM Endowment Trust (BET) is to maintain, BOARD OF TRUSTEES BAM Endowment Trust Chair manage, and augment the endowment for Brooklyn Academy Timothy J. Ingrassia of Music (BAM) for the purpose of supporting the programs, Vice Chair operations, and facilities of BAM in the long term. Norman L. Peck Great institutions are built on great endowments, and at Treasurer Keith Stubblefield BAM, a growing endowment is the foundation for expansive Members programming that continues to set new standards for artistic Susan L. Baker Henry Christensen III, Ex Officio daring and excellence. The endowment provides the financial Dinyar S. Devitre underpinning to launch new artistic initiatives, plan for future William A. Douglass Elizabeth Holtzman years, seize opportunities for institutional advancement, and James I. McLaren R. Edward Spilka confront unanticipated challenges. BAM sincerely thanks Nora Ann Wallace those listed below and all contributors who have made Alan H. Fishman, Ex Officio gifts to the BAM Endowment Trust.

$5,000,000 and above The Jessica E. Smith and Kevin R. Planned Giving—BAM Angels Richard B. Fisher & Jeanne Donovan Fisher Brine Charitable Trust BAM Angels recognizes individuals who have included BAM in their wills or arranged other The Howard Gilman Foundation The Irene Diamond Fund planned gifts benefiting BAM. For more information contact Denis Azaro in the BAM Plan- The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation The Charles & Valerie Diker Dance Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund ning Office at 718-636-4138, x2. Endowment Fund for Community, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Educational, & Public Affairs William Randolph Hearst Programs Endowment for Education and Denis Azaro Harvey Lichtenstein Humanities Programs Estate of Bettina Bancroft Phyllis Holbrook Lichtenstein $1,000,000 and above Alex Hillman Family Foundation Robert & Joan Catell Scott C. McDonald Altria Group, Inc. / Next Wave Forward Fund Carole & Irwin Lainoff Neil D. Chrisman Evelyn & Everett Ortner Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Maxwell Family Fund in Community Mr. & Mrs. Henry Christensen III Frank J. & Adeline Pannizzo Emily H. Fisher Funds, Inc. Mallory Factor Estate of William Boss Sandberg Judith R. & Alan H. Fishman Estate of Madison S. Finlay Estate of Harriet L. Senz The Ford Foundation Fund to $100,000 and above Estate of Richard B. Fisher Estate of Sidney Shanker Support Collaborative Creativity Michael Bailkin, Marvin Levine, Judith R. & Alan H. Fishman Estate of Toni Mendez Shapiro Among U.S. Artists Jesse Masyr, David Stadtmauer Estate of Rita Hillman Lynn M. Stirrup Independence Community Foundation Estate of Madison S. Finlay William Josephson Alex Wagman The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Francena T. Harrison Performance Charlotte & Stanley Kriegel Judge Franklin R. Weissberg Fund For Opera & Music-Theater Fund Edgar A. Lampert Bruce C. Ratner Estate of Rita K. Hillman The Peter Jay Sharp Fund for Opera and Theater Independence Community Bank The SHS Foundation Stephanie & Tim Ingrassia The Starr Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Edgar A. Lampert The Peter Jay Sharp building on Lafayette Annie Leibovitz & Studio $500,000 and above Avenue. Photo: Leo Burnett, USA Andrew Nicholas The Campbell Family Foundation James McLaren & Lawton Fitt The Devitre Fund Sarah G. Miller & Frank L. Coulson Michael Bancroft Goth Endowed Annual The Morgan Stanley Community and Performance Fund Educational Fund Charles J. & Irene F. Hamm J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated Diane & Adam E. Max The Jerome Robbins Foundation, Inc. Mary & Jim Ottaway Jr. in honor of May & Samuel Rudin Family Ruth Blackburne Ottaway Foundation Rockefeller Brothers Fund Mr. & Mrs. Ame Vennema Jonathan F.P. & Diana V.C. Rose Verizon Communications Martha A. & Robert S. Rubin The Isak and Rose Weinman Estate of William Boss Sandberg Foundation in honor of Madame Nora Ann Wallace & Jack Nusbaum Lilliana Teruzzi The Norman & Rosita Winston Foundation $250,000 and above A-3 The Bohen Foundation As of January 1, 2009 A-4 BAM ENDOWMENT TRUST Statements of Financial Position As of June 30, 2008 & 2007

ASSETS 2008 2007 Cash and cash equivalents $12,739,551 $3,192,525 Interest receivable 9,215 7,526 Pledges receivable 11,981,049 11,660,747 Subtotal noninvestments 24,729,815 14,860,798

Investments: Select Equity Group Asset Management 6,343,110 7,626,012 Iridian Private Business Value Equity Fund, L.P. 8,470,087 8,714,133 Neuberger Berman Straus Group 7,670,475 8,644,350 Sire Partners, L.P. 10,561,042 10,143,243 Berens Capital Fund, Ltd - 565,204 Satellite Overseas Fund, Ltd 5,740,939 5,999,019 OZ Overseas Fund II, Ltd 6,513,545 6,322,249 Janus Advisor Forty Fund 5,625,525 3,133,062 Janus Adviser Intech Risk-Managed Growth Fund 2,803,879 3,020,855 Francis Fisher Tree & Watts Fund - 2,021,670 Pooled Income Fund 104,307 110,537 Subtotal investments 53,832,909 56,300,334

TOTAL ASSETS $78,562,724 $71,161,132

LIABILITIES: Accounts payable $17,345 $42,516 Due to the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Inc. 957,836 24,850 Pooled income fund liabilities 38,051 39,304

TOTAL LIABILITIES $1,013,232 $106,670

COMMITMENTS

NET ASSETS Unrestricted – board discretionary $7,689,461 $8,489,902 Temporarily restricted - pooled income fund 196,649 2,787,716 Permanently restricted 69,663,382 59,776,844

TOTAL NET ASSETS $77,549,492 $71,054,462

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $78,562,724 $71,161,132

BET’s financial statements are audited by Marks Paneth & Shron LLP. The summarized Statements of Financial Position as of June 30, 2007 and 2006, and Statements of Activities for the years ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 were derived from BET’s financial statements. The complete audited financial statements are available at www.guidestar.org, or by writing to the NYS Charities Bureau at 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10005.

A-5 A-6 BAM ENDOWMENT TRUST Statements of Financial Position For the Years Ended June 30, 2008 & 2007

2008 Temporarily Permanently 2007 Temporarily Permanently Unrestricted Restricted Restricted 2008 Total Unrestricted Restricted Restricted 2007 Total

REVENUES AND OTHER SUPPORT

Contributions $125,000 $ - $9,886,538 $10,011,53 $ - $ - $6,805,194 $6,805,194 Interest and dividends 304,396 238,066 - 542,462 361,788 311,994 - 673,782 Miscellaneous income 3,115 2,457 - 5,572 579 499 - 1,078 Change in pooled income fund - 1,253 - 1,253 - 1,557 - 1,557

Total revenues and other support 432,511 241,776 9,886,538 10,560,825 362,367 314,050 6,805,194 7,481,611

Net assets released from restrictions 2,200,808 (2,200,808) - - 1,940,896 (1,940,896) - -

TOTAL REVENUES AND GAINS $2,633,319 ($1,959,032) $9,886,538 $10,560,825 $2,303,263 ($1,626,846) $6,805,194 $7,481,611

EXPENSES

Distribution - The Brooklyn Academy $2,200,808 - - $2,200,808 $1,940,896 - - $1,940,896 of Music, Inc. Investment fees 423,988 - - 423,988 365,041 - - 365,041 Audit, insurance and filing fees 21,868 - - 21,868 27,650 - - 27,650

TOTAL EXPENSES $2,646,664 - - $2,646,664 $2,333,587 - - $2,333,587

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS ($13,345) ($1,959,032) $9,886,538 $7,914,161 ($30,324) ($1,626,846) $6,805,194 $5,148,024

CHANGE IN UNREALIZED GAINS ON (1,763,022) (1,401,885) - (3,164,907) 3,111,743 2,690,944 - 5,802,687 INVESTMENTS - REALIZED GAINS ON INVESTMENTS 975,926 769,850 - 1,745,776 1,481,988 1,278,023 2,760,011

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS (800,441) (2,591,067) 9,886,538 6,495,030 4,563,407 2,342,121 6,805,194 13,710,722

Net assets - beginning of year 8,489,902 2,787,716 59,776,844 71,054,462 3,926,495 445,595 52,971,650 57,343,740

NET ASSETS - END OF YEAR $7,689,461 $196,649 $69,663,382 $77,549,492 $8,489,902 $2,787,716 $59,776,844 $71,054,462

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