Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Founded in New York in 1958 at the height of the civil rights movement, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is today a globally renowned cultural institution, designated a Cultural Ambassador to the World by the United States Congress in 2008. The company’s choreographic style, which blends modern dance, ballet, jazz and African and Caribbean traditions, combines to create a form of lyrical, athletic expression that knows no borders, although it is deeply rooted in the African American experience. Presenting two programmes: the first dominated by iconic choreography by its founder, and the second featuring recent creations by Medhi Walerski, Judith Jamison, Lar Lubovitch, Jamar Roberts, the company shows the beauty and resilience of the human spirit.

Programme A: Alvin Ailey's Legacy
(14, 16, 17 (19:00 h) october)

14 october

NIGHT CREATURE (fragments)

Music by Duke Ellington (1889-1974)

Choreography by Alvin Ailey

Restaging: Masazumi Chaya

Costume design: Jane Greenwood

Costume design: Barbara Forbes

Lighting design: Chenault Spence

CRY (complete)

Music by Alice Coltrane (1937-2007), Laura Nyro (1947-1997) and Chuck Griffin (1968)

Choreography by Alvin Ailey

Costume design: A. Christina Giannini

Lighting design: Chenault Spence

REVELATIONS

Traditional music

Choreography by Alvin Ailey

Décor and costume design: Ves Harper

Costumes for Rocka my Soul redesigned by Barbara Forbes

Lighting design: Nicola Cernovitch

16, 17 october (19:00 h)

NIGHT CREATURE (fragments)
A SONG FOR YOU

Music and lyrics by Leon Russell (1942-2016)

Choreography by Alvin Ailey

Voice: Donny Hathaway

Costume design: Ursula Reed

Lighting design: Shirley Prendergast

CRY (fragment)
GRACE

Musica by Various artists

Choreography by Ronald K. Brown

Rehearsal associate: Arcell Cabuag

Costume design: Omatayo Wunmi Olaiya

Lighting design: Tsubasa Kamei

REVELATIONS

Programme B: New works
(15, 17 (12:30 h), 18 october)

BLINK OF AN EYE

Música by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), performed by Itzhak Perlman

Choreography by Medhi Walerski

Staging: Valentina Scaglia

Costume design: Medhi Walerski

Costume recreation: Jon Taylor

Original lighting design: Nicole Pearce

A CASE OF YOU

Música by Joni Mitchell (1943), performed by Diana Krall

Choreography by Judith Jamison

Staging: Clifton Brown

Costume design: Jon Taylor

Lighting design: Al Crawford

MANY ANGELS

Música by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

Choreography by Lar Lubovitch

Choreography assistant: Katarzyna Skarpetowska

Costume design: Harriet Jung, Reid Bartelme

Lighting design: Clifton Taylor

Scenic design: Lar Lubovitch

SONG OF THE ANCHORITE

Music by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), performed by Avishai Cohen, Yonathan Avishai, Barak Mori and Ziv Ravitz

Choreography by Jamar Roberts

Costume design: Jon Taylor y Jamar Roberts

Lighting design: Yi-Chung Chen

Scenic design: Joseph Anthony Gaito

REVELATIONS