Brooklyn Ballet and Jasmine Mans perform live dance and poetry as part of the Shamrock Festival of Poets 2022, based in Munich, Germany. 

The livestream will be posted on www.schamrock.org and on Facebook Live. 

Brooklyn Ballet youth dancers perform in Brooklyn's largest and oldest street festival! 

Brooklyn Ballet’s signature style fuses ballet and street dance. Pop up duet, solos, and trios choreographed by Audrey Borst, Michael Fields, Bobby Major, Aoi Ohno, Lynn Parkerson, and Ladell Thomas will be performed by Brooklyn Ballet’s stellar dancers. 

Brooklyn Ballet's Take Ballet to the Streets! student performance features Brooklyn Ballet School dancers, led by Brooklyn Ballet Assistant Director, Alison Mixon. 

Brooklyn Ballet is also offering sample dance classes all day. To see the full schedule of events, click here. 

PERFORMANCE DATE
Saturday, June 11 at 3pm

All events are free to the public!

Brooklyn Ballet's 2022 Spring Program, Sonic Relief, features choreography by Lynn Parkerson, Brooklyn Ballet Founding Artistic Director, alongside other new works, in an unprecedented evening of dance that bridges ballet and street dance with culture, activism and history.

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DATES & TIMES
Thursday, March 24 at 7:00 p.m.
Friday, March 25 at 7:00 p.m. Free Beer Friday!
Saturday, March 26 at 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 26 at 7:00 p.m. with Q and A panel discussion
Sunday, March 27 at 3:00 p.m.

DANCERS
Audrey Borst, Courtney Cochran, Michael “Big Mike” Fields, Rasha Guerrier, Miku Kawamura, Bobby “Anime” Major,  Sira Melikian, Aoi Ohno, Christine Sawyer, Ladell “Ocean” Thomas, Akiko Tokuoka

Photo: Laylah Amatullah Barrayn

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New York’s only culturally inclusive production, The Brooklyn Nutcracker transforms familiar Nutcracker characters and scenes to represent the diverse traditions and vibrant culture of melting pot Brooklyn. From the landscape of the old Dutch Brooklyn to the iconic Flatbush Avenue, the production is fresh and full of virtuosity and celebrates the borough we call home.

NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES IN CONVERSATION WITH TA-NEHISI COATES
POETRY BY JASMINE MANS
PERFORMANCE BY BROOKLYN BALLET
LAUNCH OF THE 1619 PROJECT: A NEW ORIGIN STORY
CO-PRESENTED BY BAM, GREENLIGHT BOOKSTORE, AND THE LIT. BAR

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones ​comes to BAM to celebrate the book launch of The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story. She’ll be joined in conversation by award-winning author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates and the program will feature a reading by poet Jasmine Mans and a performance by Brooklyn Ballet.

The expansion of the award-winning essay series from The New York Times Magazine is a groundbreaking work of journalism that reframes our understanding of American history by placing slavery and its continuing legacy at the center of our national narrative. With the publication date set for a day later, attendees will be some of the first to receive their copies of this innovative work that weaves together essays, poems, and works of fiction.