Watching Matthew Rushing and Renee Robinson in Revelations, I was laughing and crying at the same time. I could weep because of his soft undulations in "Wade in the Water," and laugh with the way she flutters her fan at the other women in the last section.
Members of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater perform 'Revelations' nearly as often as ordinary people brush their teeth. This magnificent work, created by Alvin Ailey in 1960, is a dance on land and in water, a journey through African-American spiritual music and, for dancers, an act of reverence for the generations that came before.
The most exciting news I heard this week was that Barack took Michelle and the kids to see the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater for their inaugural night out.
No matter how many times the dancers of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater perform "Revelations," it evokes tears with its blend of grace and spiritual rapture.