My experience attending BAM was a little frustrating at first. Leaving the 96th St. Baruch dorms at 5:45 should have landed me at the BAM steps at around 6:30. Thanks to an electric outage on the Manhattan bridge and train traffic at Canal, I got stuck on the nonmoving Q train for about 30 minutes. Once the train finally pulled into a station, it was already 6:45 and there was no sign of the train moving ahead. I made the decision to quickly run to the 6 train and later transfer to the 5. After sprinting to BAM from the Atlantic station, I finally arrived at 7:10 as everyone was entering the building. Getting up to the balcony seats involved a squished elevator and steep steps.
Once we were seated and the lights were out the show began. I was honestly confused by the first act. The setting reminded me of the coffee shop or maybe a restaurant. It seemed like the girl with the black hair wanted to be with the guy in the blue button down but a man was not allowing them to be together. It also looked like the kid in the suit was protecting the couple from obstacles or dangers of running into the chairs. The dancing seemed to be a mix of ballet and interpretive dancing.
The second part was more interesting because it involved more people and it was more of a ballet. There was a lot more interaction and emotion between the dancers. There wasn’t much color throughout. This piece was also more aggressive and Both of the pieces were a little hectic and had several things going on at the same time. It was sometimes difficult to keep up with everything. Both also had a lot of repetitive movements.
