Events

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts’

60^th Anniversary Winter/Spring Season

Tickets now on sale for Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Lunar New Year Celebration,

Jim Henson’s Dinosaur Train Live, Moscow City Ballet, and more!

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College continues its 60^th Anniversary Season of music, dance, theater, and family programming for 2014-15, reflecting the multicultural diversity of Brooklyn. The line-up features award-winning performances from Jamaica, Russia, Canada, South Africa, and China as well as the United States, including both Brooklyn premieres and returning favorites. Tickets can be purchased at BrooklynCenter.org or by calling the box office at 718-951-4500 (Tue-Sat, 1pm-6pm).

“Brooklyn Center’s 60^th Anniversary Season will help usher in a new era for our organization. From acrobats to ballet, Latin jazz to rocking a cappella, and classic drama to family musicals, we will take our audiences on an adventure that celebrates our past and looks toward our bright future,” says Jon Yanofsky, the Director of Brooklyn Center. “The dazzling array of performances will bring artists from all over the country and the world to the Whitman stage for a season of incredible music, breathtaking dance, and colorful family performances.”

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts’ 60^th Anniversary Winter/Spring 2015 Season includes:

• Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company’s Lunar New Year Celebration: Year of the Sheep
• Ladysmith Black Mambazo
• The Beauty of Ballet (co-presented with the School of American Ballet)
• The Klezmatics’ Woody Guthrie’s Wonder Wheel Tour
• The Golden Dragon Acrobats
• Moscow City Ballet’s Don Quixote
• National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica
• Enchantment Theatre Company’s The Adventures of Harold and the Purple Crayon
• Montana Repertory Theatre’s The Great Gatsby
• A cappella sensation Take 6
• Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Eric Carle Favourites
• Eighth Annual National Grid Earth Day Celebration
• Marcia Griffiths: Electric Slide and More
• Jim Henson’s Dinosaur Train Live: Buddy’s Big Adventure
• Eddie Palmieri’s Latin Jazz Septet
• Dallas Children’s Theater Company’s The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley