BAM 2018 2 1ANNUAL REPORT 0 8 BAM’s mission is to be the home for adventurous artists, audiences, and ideas. 3—5 DanceMotion USASM, 32–33 GREETINGS Membership, 34—35 President & Board Chair Letter, 4 36—43 BAM Campus, 5 WHO WE ARE 6—35 BAM Board, 37 WHAT WE DO BAM Supporters, 38–41 2017 Next Wave Festival, 7–9 BAM Staff, 42–43 2018 Winter/Spring Season, 10–11 44—46 BAM Rose Cinemas, 12–17 NUMBERS First-run Films, 13 BAM Financial Statements, 45–46 BAMcinématek, 14–15 BAMcinemaFest, 16 47—50 HD Screenings, 17 THE TRUST BAMcafé Live | Also on BAM’s Stages, 18 BET Chair Letter, 48 BAM Hamm Archives, 19 BET Financial Statements, 49–50 Digital Media, 20 Education, 21–23 Humanities, 24–26 Visual Art, 27–28 Community, 29–31 Report covering July 2017—June 2018 2 TKTKTKTK Cover: 2017 Next Wave | Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch in The Rite of Spring | Photo: Stephanie Berger GREETINGS 3 TKTKTKTK Greetings2017 Next Wave | Olivier Py Sings Les Premiers Adieux de Miss Knife | Photo: Rebecca Greenfield Hello to friends new and old! The most recent year brought many Gabriel Kahane, Hofesh Shechter Company, in addition to screenings, featured engaging Chefer, Suzy Davis, Alexa Davidson Suskin, changes to BAM, but, at its core, Suzanne Bocanegra, and Rashaun Mitchell/ talks and special events with directors and Lorraine Lynch, and Emma Wolfe. we continue to grow as a home for Silas Riener/Charles Atlas. New productions collaborators, and first-run features entertain adventurous artists, audiences, and ideas. came from near and far, including Matthew audiences of all ages and interests. We thank Mayor Bill de Blasio and the New After 36 years at BAM, Executive Producer Aucoin’s opera Crossing; new dances by York City Department of Cultural Affairs, led by Joseph V. Melillo relinquished his position Olivier Dubois/Ballet du Nord and Cynthia In total, BAM’s programs draw approximately Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl. We also salute at the end of 2018; programs chosen by Oliver; and intimate music/theater works by 700,000 people annually and are delivered the New York City Council, including Majority Joe run through June 2019. Incoming Rithy Phan/Him Sophy and Rachel Dickstein/ through an operating budget of more than Leader Laurie A. Cumbo, Council Speaker Corey Artistic Director David Binder assumes the Ripe Time. $50 million. Of course all this wouldn’t be Johnson, Finance Committee Chair Daniel curatorial reins beginning with 2019 Next possible without the tireless work by all Dromm, Cultural Affairs Committee Chair Jimmy Wave. This handover marks the close of Fresh takes on classics have long been of BAM’s employees, to whom we give Van Bramer, the Brooklyn Delegation of the an active period of leadership change, as staples of Winter/Spring seasons, and 2018 our deepest thanks. As we write, work is Council, and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Katy became president in 2015 and Adam was no exception. The Royal Shakespeare underway nearby on Fulton Street to create L. Adams. We are deeply grateful to our civic board chair in 2017. Company presented King Lear; Maly Drama the BAM Strong, a building complex that leaders for their wise counsel and support of Theatre performed Schiller’s Love and includes the Harvey Theater with a renovated our mission. The 2017 Next Wave met the high bar Intrigue; and crowds flocked to a month-long larger lobby, new elevator, terrace, art set by prior seasons, and began with run of Bristol Old Vic’s Long Day’s Journey gallery, and more —all intended to provide We hope to see you often during David Binder’s Pina Bausch’s Café Müller/The Rite Into Night, starring Lesley Manville and a more amenable, accessible, and satisfying first Next Wave! of Spring, first seen at BAM in 1984. Jeremy Irons. Annual traditions continued visitor experience. With best wishes, Perennial favorites also included Bill with the Martin Luther King, Jr. tribute, T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, Kronos RadioLoveFest, and DanceAfrica. Additional We salute departing board members Mallory Quartet, James Thierrée, Big Dance events that celebrated community included Factor, Sarah Robertson, Andrew Zolli, Theater, and Toneelgroep Amsterdam/ Everybooty, R&B at MetroTech, BAMboo! and and Gina Argento, and sadly acknowledge Katy Clark, BAM President Ivo van Hove. It featured artists who have BAMkids programs, and an impressive roster the passing of Patricia Michels, Henry developed strong followings including of talks and literary events. The wide-ranging Christensen III, and Bill Perlmuth. At the same time, we welcome new trustees Natalia repertory film series at BAM Rose Cinemas, Adam E. Max, BAM Board Chair 4 GREETINGS | Executives’ Letter Photo of Katy Clark and Adam E. Max by Elena Olivo THE BAM CAMPUS THE COUNTRY’S OLDEST PERFORMING ARTS INSTITUTION SERVES AS AN ANCHOR FOR THE BROOKLYN CULTURAL BAM Harvey Theater | Photo: Elena Olivo Gesture Performing Dance, Dance Performing Gesture, 2012 by José Parlá DISTRICT Stars by Leo Villareal, BAM Howard Gilman Opera House Fisher Building | Photo: Francis Dzikowski Photo: BAM Hamm Archives BAM HARVEY BAM PETER JAY THEATER FISHER SHARP BUILDING 651 Fulton Street 321 Ashland Place 30 Lafayette Avenue BAM Harvey Theater Judith and Alan Fishman Space BAM Howard Gilman Opera House Campbell Lobby Rita K. Hillman Studio BAM Rose Cinemas Steinberg Screen Geraldine Stutz Gardens Lepercq Space (BAMcafé) Max Leavitt Theater Workshop Hillman Attic Studio Samuel H. Scripps Stage Dorothy W. Levitt Lobby Peter Jay Sharp Lobby Hillman Penthouse Studio Diker Gallery Café Natman Lounge 5 GREETINGS | The BAM Campus WHAT WE DO What We Do 2017 Next Wave | HOME | Photo: Julieta Cervantes 6 TKTKTKTK The In 33 events, the 2017 Next Wave Spectacular physical theater artists Festival—the 34th—offered premieres by James Thierrée/Compagnie du Hanneton artists new to BAM balanced by recent performed La grenouille avait raison, and classic works by beloved returning and Cynthia Oliver—who has performed artists. Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch several times at BAM—presented her performed the elemental works Café first choreographic work here, Virago- Müller/The Rite of Spring, first at BAM in Man Dem, among many other notable 1984, while American Repertory Theater events. Characteristic of the Next Wave, featured Matthew Aucoin’s moving new performances often defied categorization opera based on Walt Whitman’s war and audiences’ expectations, providing journal, Crossing. memorable theatrical moments. 7 TKTKTKTK 2017 Next Wave | The Principles of Uncertainty | Photo: Rebecca Greenfield Next Wave 2017 NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL My Lai | Photo: Richard Termine Crossing | Photo: Richard Termine La Grenouille Avait Raison | Photo: Max Gordon Virago-Man Dem | Photo: Julieta Cervantes SEP 14—24 OCT 3—7 OCT 11—15 OCT 25—28 CAFÉ MÜLLER A LETTER TO MY NEPHEW SAUDADE BOULDERS AND BONES THE RITE OF SPRING Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY ODC/Dance In association with New York Live Arts Pina Bausch Choreography by Brenda Way and Conceived and directed by Bill T. Jones OCT 12—14 Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch KT Nelson LA GRENOUILLE AVAIT OCT 3—8 RAISON (THE TOAD KNEW) OCT 25—28 SEP 20—23 CROSSING By James Thierrée VIRAGO-MAN DEM OLIVIER PY SINGS LES Composed, written, and conducted by Compagnie du Hanneton Cynthia Oliver PREMIERS ADIEUX DE Matthew Aucoin MISS KNIFE American Repertory Theater Directed by Diane Paulus OCT 18—21 OCT 27 & 28 SEP 27—30 /PEH-LO-TAH/ ROAD TRIP MY LAI OCT 4—7 By Marc Bamuthi Joseph/The Living Word Bang on a Can All-Stars Project Music by Michael Gordon, David Lang, Kronos Quartet, Rinde Eckert & MON ÉLUE NOIRE (MY Directed by Michael John Garcés and Julia Wolfe Vân-Ánh Võ BLACK CHOSEN ONE): Choreography by Stacey Printz Directed by Michael Counts Music by Jonathan Berger SACRE #2 Composed by Tommy Shepherd Libretto by Harriet Scott Chessman Ballet du Nord NOV 1—4 Choreography by Olivier Dubois OCT 18—21 BAM and Performa 17 present SEP 27—30 BUFFER THE PRINCIPLES OF MEMENTOS MORI Created by Manual Cinema UNCERTAINTY OCT 11—14 Conceived and directed by Xavier Cha A collaboration between John Heginbotham RICHARD III and Maira Kalman By William Shakespeare NOV 2—4 Dance Heginbotham Translation and adaptation by Marius von STATE OF SIEGE Mayenburg Schaubühne Berlin Théâtre de la Ville, Paris Directed by Thomas Ostermeier By Albert Camus Directed by Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota 8 WHAT WE DO | 2017 Next Wave Festival 2017 NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL 17c | Photo: Rebecca Greenfield The Fountainhead | Photo: Richard Termine Letter to My Nephew | Photo: Stephanie Berger Tesseract | Photo: Robert Altman NOV 7—11 NOV 15—18 NOV 29—DEC 2 DEC 12—16 MAN TO MAN A BILLION NIGHTS ON EARTH HARUKI MURAKAMI’S SLEEP FARMHOUSE/WHOREHOUSE: Adapted by Naomi Iizuka Created by Thaddeus Phillips AN ARTIST LECTURE BY By Manfred Karge Directed and devised by Rachel Dickstein In collaboration with Steven Dufala Translated by Alexandra Wood and Ripe Time SUZANNE BOCANEGRA Wales Millennium Centre STARRING LILI TAYLOR NOV 16—18 Directed by Lee Sunday Evans NOV 8—11 JOHN CALE: THE VELVET NOV 30—DEC 2 AROUNDTOWN UNDERGROUND & NICO 8980: BOOK OF TRAVELERS DEC 13—16 David Dorfman Dance Presented in association with Wordless Music Gabriel Kahane Conceived and directed by David Dorfman TESSERACT 50th Anniversary of The Velvet Underground Charles Atlas / Rashaun Mitchell / DEC 6—10 & Nico Silas Riener NOV 9—11 Curated by John Cale HOME Members of Wordless Music Orchestra By Geoff Sobelle GRAND FINALE DEC 15—17 Hofesh Shechter Company John Cale’s 75th Birthday Celebration Presented in association with Cambodian Living Arts Choreography and music by DEC 6—9 Hofesh Shechter Music by John Cale BANGSOKOL: A REQUIEM Wordless Music Orchestra and Chorus SUDDENLY FOR CAMBODIA BGV Music Choral Group The Cameri Theatre of Tel-Aviv NOV 14—18 Directed and designed by Rithy Panh Based on stories by Etgar Keret Music by Him Sophy 17C NOV 28—DEC 2 Directed by Zvi Sahar, PuppetCinema Libretto by Trent Walker Big Dance Theater THE FOUNTAINHEAD Conceived and choreographed by Based on the book by Ayn Rand Annie-B Parson Toneelgroep Amsterdam Directed by Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar Directed by Ivo van Hove 2017 Richard B.