Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Program II: Excerpts from New Works
Hope Boykin (left). Photo by Mark Mann; Jamar Roberts (right). Photo by Andrew Eccles
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Floor 3, Theater
January 22–23 at 5 pm
January 24 at 5 pm, 7:30 pm
January 25*–26 at 2 pm, 5 pm
*Audio description will be available for the performance on January 25 at 2 pm.
Presented as part of the Edges of Ailey exhibition, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to the Whitney to present new works by Company veterans Hope Boykin and Jamar Roberts. In Finding Free, Boykin along with composer and pianist Matthew Whitaker examine the challenges and restrictions throughout life’s peaks and valleys that propel the journey forward. This insightful work uses Boykin’s movement-language and Whitaker’s jazz- and gospel-influenced score to explore personal freedoms. For Al-Andalus Blues, Jamar Roberts journeys back in time to the Golden Age of Al-Andalus on the Iberian Peninsula, evoking the north African Moors who inhabited the land prior to the Christian Reconquista. The music of Roberta Flack and Miles Davis’s Sketches of Spain sets the tone for this abstract ensemble piece.
Program
Excerpts from Finding Free
Excerpts from Al-Andalus Blues
Runtime is approximately 30 minutes.
Excertps from Finding Free
2024
Choreography by Hope Boykin
Music by Matthew Whitaker
Costumes by Jon Taylor
Excerpts from Al-Andalus Blues (excerpts)
2024
Choreography by Jamar Roberts
Music by Miles Davis and Roberta Flack
Costumes by Jermaine Terry
Lighting by Brandon Sterling Baker
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Founded by Alvin Ailey in 1958 and forged during a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater uplifts the African American experience while transcending boundaries of race, faith, and nationality with its universal humanity. Recognized as a "vital American Cultural Ambassador to the World," it is one of the most acclaimed dance companies worldwide. Having performed in more than seventy countries on six continents, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater continues to bring joy to audiences everywhere while upholding Ailey’s legacy for future generations.