Fox 5 - Alvin Ailey's Revelations
Anna Gilligan hit the dance floor for a class on 'Revelations,' the signature choreographic work of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
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The New York Times - Forgotten Score Opens an Unexplored World
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater showed that a popular song, no matter how beloved, can kill a dance, and that a forgotten score can inspire a choreographer to explore an unfamiliar world. Continuing its season at the David H. Koch Theater on Wednesday, the company bookended two works by its founder -- "Night Creature," led by a beaming Hope Boykin, and "Revelations" -- with a restaging of a duet and a new production of a powerful group work.
The New York Times - Hearing A Call, And Heeding It
When a choreographer creates a work for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, it can seem that only one option exists: try to make another "Revelations."
San Francisco Chronicle - Alvin Ailey Lives Up To Potential
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has been making annual visits to UC Berkeley since 1968, first under its founder and then after his death in 1989; under his successor, Judith Jamison; and since 2011 under former dancer Robert Battle.
San Fransico Chronicle - Moses’ Debut With Alvin Ailey Dance Something To Be Relished
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has been making annual visits to UC-Berkeley since 1968, first under its founder and then after his death in 1989, under his successor, Judith Jamison, and since 2011, under former dancer, Robert Battle.
San Francisco Chronicle - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Robert Moses Brings A New Spirit To The Company
Back in 2010, when Robert Battle was announced as the next artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (only the third director in the company's 57-year history) everyone seemed to have one pressing question: What new choreographers would he tap to work with Ailey's awe-inspiring dancers?
The Boston Globe - An Uplifting ‘Odetta’ From Alvin Ailey
We can always count on Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to be lively, colorful, and entertaining. But Thursday’s opening night Celebrity Series performance was that and much more, offering Ailey’s rousing “Revelations” on a slate with the Boston premiere of Matthew Rushing’s stirring new “Odetta” and Israeli-born Hofesh Shechter’s provocative “Uprising,” which is having its company premiere this season.
Windy City Live - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to Chicago as part of an 18-city tour.
Chicago Sun Times - ODETTA A New Masterpiece For Alvin Ailey
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is back in town for its annual season at the Auditorium Theatre, and it has brought with it a new masterpiece: Matthew Rushing’s “Odetta.”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Ailey Company Shows The Power Of History To Inspire
It's said that Odetta, American folk singer-songwriter and activist, was so meticulous when researching traditional black prison songs that she once tried to break rocks with a sledgehammer to understand how convicts felt when singing those songs.