Performances

Ongoing

Music, dance, and other creative actions bring the BAMPFA space to life.

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  • Anthony Braxton

  • Ethan Philbrick

  • Shawl-Anderson Dance Center

  • Post:Ballet

  • Ricardo Aleixo. Photo: Rafael Motta

  • SKYNSUIT

  • Upcoming
    Films
  • Upcoming
    Events
  • Selected
    Objects
  • Past
    Films
  • Past
    Events

Upcoming Events

  • Sunday, February 16, 5 PM

    AB West 8+1: Braxton75

    The AB West 8+1 ensemble performs the music of Anthony Braxton, one of the most revered figures in contemporary music.

    BAMPFA

    Programmed by Alix Blevins

  • Saturday, March 7, 5 PM

    Ethan Philbrick: 10 Meditations in an Emergency

    Beginning with text from Frank O’Hara’s Meditations in an Emergency, this performance for cello, voice, and recorded sound doubles as a series of meditation exercises for living through modernity’s ongoing emergencies.

    BAMPFA

    Programmed by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo

  • Sunday, March 8, 2 PM

    Performance: Shawl-Anderson Dance Center

    Shawl-Anderson Dance Center presents its teen performance groups, who have worked with professional choreographers to create distinctive works highlighting the young dancers’ skills and technique.

    BAMPFA
  • Sunday, March 22, 5 PM

    Chris Duncan and Anne Lesley Selcer: The Eye Must Be Sun

    A sound and language performance emerging from poet Anne Lesley Selcer and artist Chris Duncan’s mutual obsession with the transformative power of the sun.

    BAMPFA

    Programmed by Alix Blevins

  • Thursday, April 2, 6 PM

    Performance: Post:Ballet

    Post:Ballet presents Mine Is Yours and Yours Is Mine, a pair of quartets that explore the complexities of sharing in relationships.

    BAMPFA
  • Friday, April 10, 5 PM

    Performance: Ricardo Aleixo

    Brazil-based poet and sound and visual artist Ricardo Aleixo performs an experience of poetry, sound, and movement.

    BAMPFA
  • Sunday, April 26, 5 PM

    Guta Galli and Anne Lesley Selcer: The Mouth Is Still a Wild Door

    Poet Anne Lelsey Selcer teams with artist Guta Galli on a new performance piece exploring enclosure and its opposite.

    BAMPFA

    Programmed by Alix Blevins

  • Sunday, May 10, 5 PM

    SKYNSUIT, Dia Dear, DVVSK, and Peekaboo Jenkins: Little Strangers

    Edie Fake’s Little Strangers establishes the content and provides the title for a new collaborative work by performance and movement artists Dia Dear, SKYNSUIT (Bashir Naim and Shamu Azizam), and DVVSK, accompanied by cellist Peekaboo Jenkins.

    BAMPFA

Past Events