Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is a multi-disciplinary arts center located in Brooklyn, New York. For more than 150 years, BAM has been the home for adventurous artists, audiences, and ideas, engaging global and local communities. With world-renowned programming in theater, dance, music, opera.
The Education team seeks three highly qualified and experienced Teaching Artists who specializes in teaching African and African Diasporic dance or percussive techniques. This role will facilitate DanceAfrica in the Classroom (DAFINC), composed of in-school pre-show preparatory workshops, residencies, and public workshops for Pre-K through 12th-grade participants during the 2024-2025 academic year.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Facilitate a one-time or a sequential series (ie. residency) of in-person or virtual workshops
- Attend Master Classes facilitated by leading African/Diasporic artists and/or cultural knowledge specialists from our yearly DanceAfrica’s focus country
- Participate in multi-day curriculum development meetings with fellow BAM teaching artists to develop step-by-step lesson plans, in alignment with Education’s other lesson plans
- Communicate with school administrators and teachers to determine workshop schedule, residency content, and other pertinent information regarding residency participants/students.
- Participate orientation/ planning/reflection meetings with BAM staff and school partners
- Attend relevant BAM performances
- Submit online post-workshop reflection form following workshop(s)
- Support program assessment and evaluation development and procedures
- Assist with the planning and coordination of student culminating events
- Attend Teaching Artist gather sessions, DanceAfrica workshop observations, professional development, and other various meetings