Next Wave

Next Wave 2026 brings bold productions from artists who have presented work at BAM for decades, alongside thrilling creations by artists whose work comes to our stages for the first time. Working in dance, music, poetry, theater, film, movement, memoir, puppetry, and opera, they all create original, individual, and uncompromising art. What they share in common is an emphasis on time: how history is made, how legacy is formed, and how the past informs and shapes the present and future.