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
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  • Upcoming
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  • Past
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Past Events

  • Grex
    Saturday, June 13, 7 PM

    Duets in Social Distance

    We present videos by five cohabitating couples, who are also musical collaborators, created during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Videos premiere Saturday, June 13 at 7 PM

  • Sunday, May 10, 5 PM

    CANCELED: 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

    All film screenings and public programs at BAMPFA have been temporarily canceled. Learn more

  • Sunday, April 26, 5 PM

    CANCELED: 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

    All film screenings and public programs at BAMPFA have been temporarily canceled. Learn more 

    Programmed by Alix Blevins

  • Friday, April 10, 5 PM

    CANCELED: Performance: Ricardo Aleixo

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

    BAMPFA

    All film screenings and public programs at BAMPFA have been temporarily canceled. Learn more

  • Thursday, April 2, 6 PM

    CANCELED: 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

    All film screenings and public programs at BAMPFA have been temporarily canceled. Learn more

  • Sunday, March 22, 5 PM

    CANCELED: 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

    All film screenings and public programs at BAMPFA have been temporarily canceled. Learn more

    Programmed by Alix Blevins

  • 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
  • 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

  • Chris Jonas
    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, January 18, 5 PM

    Daniela Gesundheit: Alphabet of Wrongdoing

    Snowblink’s Daniela Gesundheit presents her new musical project exploring ceremonial Jewish prayer songs and blessings.

    BAMPFA