Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrates 66 years as one of America’s most famous and beloved companies, bringing the African American experience and dance traditions to the world’s stages. ”Nothing prepares you for the totality of Alvin Ailey: the aural, visual, physical, spiritual beauty…Heaven…Everywhere you looked: sensory pleasure…” (The New York Times) These powerhouse “dancers will set the stage on fire” (Chicago Sun-Times) with two different programs of new works and classics, including Ailey’s masterpiece, Revelations, performed on Program A, Friday, March 21, 2025. Friday, March 21 Sacred Songs by Matthew Rushing (2024-25 world premiere), music by Du’Bois A’Keen Finding Free by Hope Boykin (2024-25 world premiere), music by Matthew Whitaker Revelations by Alvin Ailey, music: traditional spirituals Saturday, March 22 CENTURY by Amy Hall Garner, music by Ray Charles, Count Basie, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Many Angels by Lar Lubovitch (2024-25 world premiere), music by Gustav Mahler Grace by Ronald K. Brown (2024-25 new production), music by Duke Ellington, Peven Everett, Fela Anikulapo Kuti
Ages: age 6 and up
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