​ 2474 Westchester Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461  718-918-2110

​​ Home of Arthur Aviles Typical Theatre and The Bronx Dance Coalition

TWENTY-THREE PORTRAITS FOR A POSITIVE TRANSGENDER IMAGE

For Michael Michelle Lynch the show felt like validation: “It does my heart proud to be up on this wall. There’s not enough of this—in the Bronx, in Brooklyn, in Manhattan, in Queens, where a trans kid can come and see themselves and grow and live." - SIMONE MCCARTHY, NY CITY LENS

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PERFORMANCE

OUT LIKE THAT! FESTIVAL

JUNE 4-22 

BAAD!’s Out Like That! Festival is the Bronx’s only LGBTQ performing arts festival going strong for 17 years. This year we present a mix of shared programs and evening-length performance by NY-based and visitng queer artists.

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SEPT-DEC

BOOGIE DOWN DANCE SERIES

APRIL 24 - MAY 31 

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This year, the series returns with Okwui Okpokwasili and her "Bessie" award-winning performance Bronx Gothic. 

IN NEW HOME, BRONX DANCE ACADEMY SEEKS TO STEP UP ITS PRESENCE

"After 14 years in Hunts Point, where he [Arthur Aviles] and Charles Rice-Gonzalez, a fellow founder, were at the vanguard of a migration of artists who reinvigorated the area, the group was priced out of its space in the historicBanknote Building. Without missing a beat, it landed in an even more historic location last year, a Gothic Revival stone chapel on the grounds ofSt. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Westchester Square." - DAVID GONZALEZ, NYTIMES 

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A BAAD! TAKE ON WOMEN'S MONTH

For 16 years now, the Bronx Academy of Arts & Dance (BAAD!) has celebrated Women’s History Month with its annual BAAD! Ass Women Festival. - ISABEL ANGELL, RIVERDALE PRESS

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This year's festival features new work by emerging choreographers, films, a James Baldwin reading series, and world premieres by Open Call resident artists in partnership with Pepátian, an organization supporting contemporary multi-disciplinary art by Latino and Bronx-based artists.

LATINOS SPEAK OUT ABOUT LACK OF DIVERSITY IN NYC ARTS, CULTURAL GROUPS

Charles Rice-Gonzalez, Executive Director of the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance said, "We were doing our thing before this survey came out, and we will continue doing our thing in the future. Our space is run by people of color, and our programming reflects that." - RAUL A. REYES, NBCNEWS

SEE YOU AT...

BAAD! SUMMER SERIES

This summer BAAD! stays cool with residencies, dance adventures, performances, and summer round activities. For the latest updates follow us on Facebook @BAADBronx. 

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