BAM: Next Wave Festival

Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival, founded in 1983 by impresario Harvey Lichtenstein, gathered performances in which genres mixed and traditions were upended. Events held in downtown lofts were given larger venues at BAM. Choreographers, directors, artists and musicians now had access to bigger audiences. This book surveys the festival’s performances by genre, with photos and ephemera from BAM’s archive and a chronology of performances.The first festivals included New York artists Trisha Brown, Philip Glass, Bill T. Jones, Laurie Anderson, Robert Rauschenberg, Lucinda Childs and Robert Wilson.
ISBN 9780999297100. Print Matters Productions, Inc.. hb. 336 pages, 208 colour, 37 b&w. 22.9 x 27.9 cm.
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