WHEN I graduated from Juilliard in 1994, I joined a dance touring company and started flying a lot. Since I never flew a lot before, it was really exciting to me. Now, as artistic director for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, I’m flying so much it’s tough to keep track of all the places we go.
A civil rights icon is now dancing onstage in New York City: Odetta. As part of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's New York City Center residency, the African-American musician and activist, who notably sang at the historic 1963 March on Washington, is portrayed onstage in a new work called Odetta, choreographed by Matthew Rushing.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's new season with Artistic Director Robert Battle and choreographer Matthew Rushing.
It would seem the timing could hardly be more apt for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's new civil rights-themed piece, "Odetta," a tribute to the late folk singer often referred to as the voice of the civil rights movement.
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