Alvin Ailey®
American Dance Theater

JUDITH JAMISON, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Masazumi Chaya, ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

presented by
Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey

 

November 13 - 16, 2008

the newly renovated Midland Theatre

YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THIS AILEY!

 

GO IN GRACE
NEW WORK BY HOPE BOYKIN
WITH LIVE MUSIC BY SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK!

Company member Hope Boykin weaves a gentle, affecting tale of community, family and growth that illustrates the African proverb "it takes a village to raise a child." To a score composed and performed live by Grammy Awward-winning female vocal ensemble Sweet Honey In The Rock, Boykin casts the dancers and singers as members of a society who unite to move a young girl forward in wisdom and grace.

Sweet Honey In The Rock possesses a stunning vocal prowess that captures the multifaceted sounds of blues, spirituals, traditional gospel hymns, rap, reggae, African chants, hip hop, ancient lullablies and jazz improvisation.

 

FESTA BAROCCA
NEW WORK BY ITALIAN CHOREOGRAPHER
MAURO BIGONZETTI

Acclaimed Italian choreographer Mauro Bigonzetti, praised for his fresh and inventive sensibility, brings his distinctly European flair to the Ailey repertory for the first time.  With a highly dramatic style, complex partnering and seamless integration of classical and modern styles, Bigonzetti showcases the Ailey dancers' emotional intensity and technical prowess.

 

50TH ANNIVERSARY HIGHLIGHTS

This brand new program features excerpts from many of Alvin Ailey's most popular and balived ballets.  Spanning each decade of Ailey's phenominal career, fromthe dance that launched the Company in 1958 to his final piece thirty years later, this stunning retrospective demonstrates the tremendous range and resonance of one man's genius.  Discover rearely-seen gems and revisit favorite works, including the puintessential masterpiece Revelations in its entirety.

 

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