Performing in the Streets

All performances from 5:30pm-7:00pm at Albee Square (Fulton St & Bond St) and the Renaissance Plaza (between Jay St and Adams St, next to the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge)

 Friday, June 1:   BAM presents: Andre Lassalle and Premonition
Location: Albee Square - 5:30pm to 7:00pm

The Jimi Hendrix-inspired power rock band Andre Lassalle and Premonition-featuring guitarist Lassalle, drummer LaFrae Sci, bassist Aalics Bronson, and vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mikel Banks-brings its free-form style of rock, blues, and funk to Downtown Brooklyn.

Friday, June 8:   Irondale Ensemble Project
Location: Renaissance Plaza - 5:30pm to 7:00pm

Members of the Irondale Ensemble, the resident acting company at the Irondale Center, will perform improvisational scenes based on suggestions from the audience. Watch out, you may get drafted onto the "stage."

Friday, June 8:   Brooklyn Ballet
Location: Albee Square - 5:30pm to 7:00pm

Brooklyn Ballet's Company and Youth Ensemble present "Take Ballet to the Streets!" which will include excerpts from Brooklyn Ballet's Pop-Up, Hip-Hop Nutcracker, plus a special Coney Island surprise.

Friday, June 15:   Modern-Day Griot Theatre Company
Location: Renaissance Plaza - 5:30pm to 7:00pm

Performance that explores multiple narratives telling the same story and how audience perceptions change.

Friday, June 15:   BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn presents: Nation Beat
Location: Albee Square - 5:30pm to 7:00pm

Fusing Brazilian and Gulf Coast musical traditions, Brooklyn's own Nation Beat will rock the stage with their bold and colorful sounds

Friday, June 22:   Mark Morris Dance Group
Location: Albee Square - 5:30pm to 7:00pm

Mark Morris Dance Group's Student Company will present "Mermaid," a fun and quirky new work choreographed by John Heginbotham set to John Harbison's Gatsby Etudes.

Friday, June 22:   White Bird Productions
Location: Renaissance Plaza - 5:30pm to 7:00pm

Dedicated for over 20 years to exploring the urban environment, White Bird Productions presents an original piece by its resident young theater company, Rudy's. SLOW DOWN is a site-specific piece developed for Renaissance Plaza. You're late for your subway, court date, meeting, or school. So don't stop, until we stop you.

Friday, June 29:   ActNow Foundation
Location: Albee Square - 5:30pm to 7:00pm

ActNow's "Artist on the Square" will include Improv Theater, Music, and Spoken Word performances from local emerging artists.

Friday, June 29:   ISSUE Project Room presents: Michelle Amador
Location: Renaissance Plaza - 5:30pm to 7:00pm

Michelle Amador is a Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter dedicated to and inspired by the transformational nature of voice and song. Often using repeated phrases and minor changes in vocal intonation and rhythm in a seemingly standard song format, her performances invite the listener to observe time, words, intention and relationship to one another.