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Berkeleyside - Lost Music From Alvin Ailey’s Unabridged Version of ‘Revelations’ Inspired This Ballet Coming to Berkeley

Berkeleyside - Lost Music From Alvin Ailey’s Unabridged Version of ‘Revelations’ Inspired This Ballet Coming to Berkeley

More than 35 years after his death, Alvin Ailey still has revelations to share. With its opening “I Been Buked” tableau of arms stretching up to heaven, the choreographer’s iconic ballet “Revelations” is arguably the most beloved and frequently performed work in the modern dance canon. It turns out that the 30-minute version of the ballet that concludes most Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) performances is only half of the story.

WABE - 'We resurrected lost pieces and gave them new life': Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to Atlanta

WABE - 'We resurrected lost pieces and gave them new life': Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to Atlanta

Since 1976, Atlanta has prided itself on being the second home to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Each February, the extraordinary dancers showcase thrilling new works and audience favorites at the Fox Theatre. This year’s performances are Feb. 12-16. Choreographer Hope Boykin and Alvin Ailey interim artistic director Matthew Rushing recently joined Lois Reitzes on “City Lights” to share more about this season’s offerings.

PBS - American Masters - Alicia Graf Mack on Honoring the Past and Future of Dance

PBS - American Masters - Alicia Graf Mack on Honoring the Past and Future of Dance

Alicia Graf Mack has been entrusted with carrying the torch of ballet and modern dance into the future. As a dancer, she has battled through adversity to perform alongside artists like Beyoncé, John Legend and Andre 3000. As a teacher, she has helped bridge the past into the future, educating new generations of students.

Portia - Alvin Ailey: The Joy Of Judith Jamison

Portia - Alvin Ailey: The Joy Of Judith Jamison

In this tribute to legendary dancer and choreographer Judith Jamison, Portia sits down with Alvin Ailey rehearsal director Ronni Favors and Alvin Ailey dancer Vernard Gilmore to celebrate Jamison’s contributions and to discuss how the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater carries on her legacy of artistic excellence.

NPR - Lost Songs From Alvin Ailey's 'Revelations' Find Voice In New Piece

NPR - Lost Songs From Alvin Ailey's 'Revelations' Find Voice In New Piece

When Alvin Ailey's seminal dance work Revelations was first performed in 1960, it was about twice as long as the version that's now been seen by millions of people around the world. The company that bears the late choreographer's name is revisiting this history with a new piece set to fresh interpretations of the songs that were removed.

Interview - “If You Can Walk, You Can Dance”: Inside the Whitney Museum’s Alvin Ailey Retrospective

Interview - “If You Can Walk, You Can Dance”: Inside the Whitney Museum’s Alvin Ailey Retrospective

In 1949, as legend has it, Alvin Ailey, then a young gymnast, followed school buddy and fellow future dance icon Carmen de Lavallade to the famed Lester Horton “Dance Theater” on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. It was a simple gesture that would lay the groundwork for the future of American concert dance. After Horton’s unexpected death, Ailey took over the Horton company for a while before starting the eponymous Alvin Ailey Company in New York, forming a beautiful, long and deeply intersectional lineage that incorporated dance, art, and innumerable interconnected histories culminating in the very first exhibit of the archival record of the Alvin Ailey Company, a show five years in the making and currently on view at The Whitney Museum of American Art.

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CBS News - "Hail and Farewell": A tribute to those we lost in 2024

Dancer and choreographer Judith Jamison had her own divine grace on stage. As the former artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, she could communicate through movement what poets do in words. "We just happen to be very blessed because we've been given the gift of dance," she said in 1991.

The New York Times - A Muse and a Leader Embodied Power and Poise

The New York Times - A Muse and a Leader Embodied Power and Poise

The ovation lasted for almost 10 minutes. The solo that prompted it was only six minutes longer. Before the premiere of Alvin Ailey’s “Cry” in 1971, Judith Jamison was hardly an unknown quantity. But after it, she was a singular sensation, a headliner, the embodiment of poise and power. From then on she was unofficially America’s most celebrated Black female dancer — maybe even the world’s.

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