Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Best of 20 Years
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Dec 13, 2009
Closed Dec 31, 2009
Opened Dec 13, 2009
Closed Dec 31, 2009
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Over the last twenty years, Judith Jamison has commissioned or revived nearly 100 works, providing unparalleled opportunities for choreographers both renowned and newly discovered. This season, a "Best Of 20 Years" program features highlights from popular ballets she has brought to or revived in the Ailey repertory, representing a wide range of styles and voices that have contributed to the Ailey canon.
Among the dances represented in this program are Ronald K. Brown's Grace, Donald McKayle's Rainbow Round My Shoulder and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar's Shelter.
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In today's times, a 20th anniversary of any sort is not to be taken lightly, and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is giving due praise to the milestone of Judith Jamison's tenure as the company's artistic director in its current City Center season with such events as performances of Jamison's Hymn featuring live appearances by Anna Deavere Smith (starting on December 16). But perhaps the centerpiece of the celebration is the newly created
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Best of 20 Years, featuring excerpts from 13 different pieces commissioned or revived by Jamison over the past two decades.
What makes the often-enticing (if somewhat choppy) program of particular interest to thea[...]