BKBXKIDS!
BKBXKIDS! aims to inspire unplugged creativity in children and families with joyful, movement-based storytelling.
We celebrate the power of shared imaginative experience and challenge audiences to explore new ways to create, connect, and communicate.
WHY ARE BLACK PEOPLE BEING HURT, HERE IN AMERICA?
THIS IS REGAN’S QUESTION.
In BKBXKids! Asks Why, Regan will use her own experience to guide us. This sticky question transforms into a wide space for exploration and lays the groundwork for conversations that can continue between kids and their loved ones everywhere. We hope the show creates an accessible entry point that centers imaginative play, full body engagement, and joyful curiosity. All ages are welcome; the piece aims at 4th grade as a center-point but can be accessed by everyone. (The separation between kids and adult work is a rather artificial invention, wouldn’t you say?)
“Our students were so engaged and awed by your performances! I know that this is going to be something they remember for a long time!”
– Dara Coppolone, Music Teacher
Since the show, the classrooms have been able to incorporate themes of how we communicate without using words into their daily routines, and have also used mime as a jumping off point for storytelling.”
– Elizabeth Hartline, Education Director Bank Street Head Start
BKBX is supported by A.R.T./New York, The Puffin Foundation, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, National Endowment for the Arts, Brooklyn Arts Council, NYSCA, Lower Manhattan Community Council, and the Emma Sheafer Fund.