BAAD! - The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance

Home of Arthur Aviles Typical Theatre & the Bronx Dance Coalition


841 Barretto Street, Bronx, NY 10474 - 718-842-5223 for tix and information.

 

NEXT UP @ BAAD!

 

HAPPY 2012

Thanks for making 2011 a memorable year for us!

 

 

GET TOUGH!
GET BAAD!

February 3-10, 2012
A
FREE SERIES OF QUEER AFFIRMING, EMPOWERING FILMS AND EVENTS.

 

Friday Feb. 3 at 8PM 
I CAN’T THINK STRAIGHT

Tala, a London-based Jordanian of Palestinian origin, prepares for an elaborate wedding with her Jordanian fiancé, when she encounters a timid Leyla, a young British Indian woman. Tala comes from a spirited Christian family; whereas Leyla’s strong Muslim upbringing could not be more different from each other but the attraction is immediate and soon both women reveal their feelings for each other.  Directed by Shamim Sarif.

 

Saturday, Feb. 4 at 8PM 
THE IRON LADIES

Humor and fierceness abound in The Iron Ladies, a comedy that tells the true story of a Thai male volleyball team that competes in the national championships with a team consisting mostly of gays, transvestites and transsexuals.  Directed by Youngyooth Thongkonthun.

 

Friday, Feb. 10 at 8PM
UNDERTOW

Undertow is an award-winning, extraordinary Peruvian drama that's part Brokeback Mountain, part Ghost.  On the beautiful Peruvian coastline, a married fisherman expecting his first son struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover, a handsome painter. Through a series of events he’s forced to deal with the consequences of their actions and accept who he really is, even at the risk of losing the people that he loves. Directed by Javier Fuentes-León.

 

Saturday Feb. 11 at 8PM
EL CALENTITO

Presided over by motherly transsexual Antonia, Madrid’s El Calentito is a hot spot for gays, lesbians, bisexuals, straights and “try-anything” sexuals in the politically conservative climate of the Franco regime. The pansexual vibe and punk rock bands appeal to virginal but rebellious teenager Sara set to perform with a band, but the 1981 uprising occurs causing a thrilling night of wild, uninhibited celebrations explode. Director Chus Gutierrez calls upon her own experiences in a girl band during La movida Madrileña for this engaging exploration of the other side of Transition.

 

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Sunday, February 19, 2012  /  6-9pm

Bronx Dance Coalition Pot Luck Dinner!

The Bronx Dance Coalition brings together the Bronx Dance community to discuss:

How do we develop as a community and what do we need to move our

companies, organizations and artists to the next level?

Facilitated by Paloma McGregor.

 

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BAAD!Ass Women 2012 - March

 

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ONGOING DANCE CLASSES

AND WORKSHOPS @ BAAD!

 

 

Saturdays, 9:30-11am/$7 per class

CAPOEIRA DANCE CLASSES WITH “BRONX” of GINGA MUNDO

Bronx native Moses McCarter and Sasha McCarter lead a class for dancers of all levels in this amazing folk dance that ritualizes movement from martial arts, African dance and acrobatics. Guaranteed to get your blood pumping and your body moving.

 

 

For more info on classes please call

718 842 5223

 

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CALL FOR ARTISTS…

 

BAAD! is ACCEPTING PROPOSALS

FOR 2012 FESTIVALS AND EVENTS!!!

 

 

BAAD!Ass Women Festival (March 2012)
Submission Deadline – December 19, 2011

 

BOOGIE DOWN DANCE SERIES (MAY 2012)
Submission Deadline – January 31, 2012

 

OUT LIKE THAT! (JUNE 2012)
Submission Deadline – February 24, 2012

 

BlakTino Performance Series (October 2012)
Submission Deadline – June 30, 2012

 

We are looking for works in all performance disciplines,
film and visual art (for art talks and slide presentations)
that are empowering to women, people of color and
the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender community.

 

Call 718-842-5223 for info and application or e-mail rice-gonzalez@usa.net.

Most performances take place Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm

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Crowned “a funky and welcoming performance space” by The New York Times, BAAD! is an art, performance and workshop space that presents cutting-edge and challenging works by established, evolving and emerging choreographers, playwrights, poets, musicians and visual and performing artists that are empowering to women, Latinos and people of color and the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community. BAAD! is home to Arthur Aviles Typical Theatre and the Bronx Dance Coalition.  BAAD! presents four annual festivals, BAAD! ASS WOMEN, THE BOOGIE DOWN DANCE SERIES, OUT LIKE THAT! and the BlakTino Performance Series.  BAAD! was co-founded by Arthur Aviles and Charles Rice-Gonzalez in 1998.

 

BAAD and AATT received support from the

The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

The New York Community Trust

Mertz Gilmore Foundation

The Lambent Foundation Fund of the Tides Foundation

The Simon Bolivar Foundation

The New York State Council on the Arts

Councilwoman Carmen Arroyo

The Bronx Council on the Arts

And

Individual donors. 

 

 

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YOU CAN HELP KEEP IT GOING BY MAKING A DONATION TO BAAD! ONLINE

JUST CLICK AND VISIT http://www.bronxacademyofartsanddance.org/donations.htm

 

OR THROUGH NETWORK FOR GOOD AT

https://npo.networkforgood.org/Donate/Donate.aspx?npoSubscriptionId=1000852

 

OR YOU CAN MAIL A DONATION TO:

BAAD! P.O. BOX 740082, BRONX NY 10474

 

…ALSO YOU CAN SHOP FOR YOUR BAAD! ASS WOMEN PANTIES, BAAD! BASEBALL CAPS, T-SHIRTS, TOTE BAGS AND MORE AT OUR ONLINE STORE. CHECK IT OUT! http://www.bronxacademyofartsanddance.org/store.htm

 

 

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Contact us
BAAD! - The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, Home of Arthur Aviles Typical Theatre
Arthur Aviles – Artistic Director – arthuraviles@gmail.com
Charles Rice-Gonzalez – Executive Director – rice-gonzalez@usa.net
Carlo Quispe – Program Manager – CarloBAAD@gmail.com

All events at BAAD!

Call 718-842-5223 for more info or visit

www.BronxAcademyOfArtsAndDance.org

 

BAAD! is at 841 Barretto St., Bronx, NY 10474
(in the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx)

Take #6 Train to Hunts Point Avenue.
Cross underneath Bruckner Expwy to 1st block, Garrison Avenue.
Make right on Garrison and go 2 blocks to Barretto Street. 
Make left on Barretto to 841.

 

Updated 1/6/2012