“I love talking about BAM,” Karen Brooks Hopkins, its former president, said. Her memoir highlights, fundraising strategies and memorable productions, including “Einstein on the Beach” in 1984. Martha Swope, The New York Public Library
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A poster advertising what Hopkins called Laurie Anderson’s “masterpiece”.
BAM Hamm Archives
WNYC “ALL OF IT”
Former BAM President Pens Memoir
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NEW YORK TIMES
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Diana’s visit helped the opera sell out its entire five-night run. Meanwhile, someone stole
the toilet seat from her private dressing room (the culprit was never found).
Tim Graham Library via Getty Images
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Promotional image of Beatrice Libanoti and Lutz Förster in the Tanztheater
Wuppertal Pina Bausch production “Arien,” 1985.
Photo by Ulli Weiss courtesy Pina Bausch Foundation.
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Program for “Arien” by Pina Bausch at the 1985 Next Wave Festival at BAM.
Image courtesy of BAM Hamm Archives.
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May 5, 2022
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May 26, 2022
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