Alvin ailey american dance theater ailey spirit program

The audience is invited into the work and the performers—as they are—are celebrated as enough. The Ailey company has typically performed it with either an all-female or all-male cast. It is currently being performed by an all-female cast.

Alvin Ailey choreographed his signature solo Cry as a birthday present for his dignified mother and created the dance on his stunning muse, Judith Jamison. Jamison could both be considered the archetypal Ailey woman — a role that has been passed on to all the women in the Ailey ranks to whom Ms. Jamison has taught this solo.

In her autobiography Dancing Spirit , Ms. Produced by Lauren DeFilippo. Michael Kantor is executive producer. Search Query Show Search. Support KPBS. Watch Live. Show Search Search Query. Give Now. The night would bring a world premiere, archival footage of one of Mr. After all, Ailey is a dance company that does not exist in a creative bubble but was born out of the Civil Rights Movement.

The hour-long show, which is on view here through June 18 , opened with an interview from given by Ailey himself on his youth in Depression-era Texas, a time of rampant racism. I consider all of those dances to be political in some sense and a little bit romantic.

I mean Blues Suite is a reflection of that time and the anger, the problems but the romance—the fact that black people get through and we have grown.

That we as a black people have made something fantastic in spite of all these things that have been put up against us. So that permeates my work. All ticket prices are subject to change based on demand. Purchase early to lock in prices and the best seats! All ages and abilities are welcome, from families to experienced dancers! This powerful and stirring reinvention of a beloved favorite is celebrated the world over for its Grammy Award-winning score and the thrilling energy and passion of Irish and international dance.

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