The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is thrilled to announce its Fall 2025 and Next Wave programming, featuring an eclectic and expansive lineup of dance, music, theater, visual art, family-friendly events, holiday performances, and more.
This year’s Next Wave features iconic artists who BAM has celebrated many times over, along with newer talents whose work will define the decades to come. By showcasing local, national, and global creators’ genre-spanning works, Next Wave offers a panoramic view of contemporary innovation—and illuminates the shared inspirations and aspirations that bring artists and audiences together.
Dambudzo bynora chipaumire kicks off this year’s Next Wave in October followed by Natalia Lafourcade, Eiko Otake and Wen Hui’s What Is War, Caroline Guiela Nguyen’s LACRIMA, Richard Move’s Martha@BAM—The 1963 Interview, Juliana F. May’s Optimistic Voices, Andrea Voets’ FOR REAL, Hanif Abdurraqib’s poetry series I Guess It Was My Destiny To Live So Long, Leslie Cuyjet’s For All Your Life, Richard Foreman’s What to wear, and a season-long exhibition, Franklin Furnace’s 50th Anniversary, which celebrates the revered avant-garde collective’s contributions over the past five decades.
Alongside Next Wave, BAM will present talks and film screenings that uplift new and refreshed works from Arundhati Roy, Linton Kwesi Johnson, and Peter Brook.
In a holiday performance like no other, the season includes an extraordinary opportunity to experience William Christie / Les Arts Florissants’ Messe de Minuit and Pastorale de Noël.
Rounding out the season are the annually anticipated BAMboo!, the Best of BAMkids Film Festival, and a film program featuring eclectic repertory screenings and series alongside new releases.
“My goal was to put together a season that focused on women artists. Some, like Martha Graham, are iconic, while others making their BAM debuts also represent a long lineage in what is known as ‘downtown dance’” says BAM Artistic Director, Amy Cassello. “Through our performances, films, free community programs, school-time matinees, and beyond, we believe that our purpose is to challenge, provoke, and connect. BAM continues to support New York-based art makers in all forms while presenting provocative international work.”
“We are proud to present this season of ground-breaking performance,” says BAM’s Interim CEO, Tamara McCaw. “Ensuring that we remain an accessible and equitable home serving artists, audiences, and members of our community could not happen without our incredible supporters. BAM deeply thanks our donors, our civic leaders, and elected officials for their unwavering commitment to BAM and the arts.”
Tickets are on sale now at bam.org for BAM’s Fall Season.
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