Brooklyn Academy of Music Announces Winter/Spring Season

Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images John Turturro.

A new production of Ibsen's “Master Builder” and a repertory program from the Trisha Brown Dance Company with two New York premieres are among the Brooklyn Academy of Music's 12 theater, dance, music and opera programs during its winter/spring season, announced on Wednesday. The Ibsen play will include John Turturro and is to be directed by Andrei Belgrader.

The programs, which run from Jan. 17 to June 9, were announced by Joseph V. Melillo, executive producer of the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The season also includes live music events, artist talks, literary programs, the BAMkids Film Festival, a BAMfamily launch party and visual art exhibition s.

“The 2013 Winter/Spring Season features a rich array of international productions as well as exciting new work from artists close to home,” Mr. Melillo said in a statement listing the new programs. “We welcome back Peter Brook, Trisha Brown, William Christie, the Royal Shakespeare Company, John Turturro, and Andrei Belgrader, Bryce and Aaron Dessner, Sufjan Stevens and Chuck Davis. Making BAM debuts are Nico Muhly, Moisés Kaufman and Tectonic Theater Project and the Royal Ballet of Cambodia.”

The season also features a number of Academy-produced engagements, Mr. Melillo noted, including a return of the Crossing Brooklyn Ferry festival, a celebration of contemporary music from North Africa and the Middle East, called “Mic Check,” as well as the return of the Academy's longest-running program, DanceAfrica.

Among the theater highlights are the the Laramie Cycle from Tectonic Theater Project. It includes “The Laramie Project,” and “The Lar amie Project: Ten Years Later,” directed by Moisés Kaufman and Leigh Fondakowski and running Feb. 12-14. “The Master Builder,” the Ibsen drama, will run May 12-June 9.

“Les Yeux et l'âme” and “I'm going to toss my arms - if you catch them they're yours,” are two New York Premieres from Trisha Brown running Jan.30 â€" Feb 2. Presented as part of the citywide “Season of Cambodia” festival, the Royal Ballet of Cambodia presents “The Legend of Apsara Mera.” Choreography is by Princess Norodom Buppha Devi in collaboration with Proeung Chhieng and Soth Somaly, on May 2-4.

DanceAfrica's 2013 incarnation marks its thirty-sixth year. Under the artistic direction of Chuck Davis, performers include Umkhathi Theater Works (Zimbabwe), BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble and others. Sweet Honey in the Rock will join in a special opening celebration. It runs May 19 & May 24 â€" May 27.

Winter/spring season tickets go on sale Nov. 19 to the general public (Nov. 12 for Friends of BAM and Nov 16 for season ticket holders of the 2012 winter/spring Season). Single tickets for winter/spring engagements The Suit, The Laramie Cycle, and Trisha Brown Dance Company go on sale to the general public Dec. 17 (Dec. 10 for Friends of BAM); the remaining engagements go on sale Jan. 14 (Jan. 7 for Friends of BAM). To purchase tickets online visit BAM.org or contact ticket services at (718) 636-4100.