Alvin Ailey City Center Dance Theater Season Review
The article praises Alvin Ailey City Center Dance Theater for growth and maturation during a spring three week run. It highlights new repertoire from Katherine Dunham and John Parks, solo works by Judith Jamison, and powerful performances by Masazuma Chaya and Sara Yarborough. It notes strong design elements by John Pratt and Roube Ter Arutuma with George Crumb music, concluding that the season offered a balanced, evolving program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Redel
Alvin Adley
City Center Dance Theater
Katherine Drnham
United States
John Pratt
Jed
Sara Yarborough
Judith Jarmison
Africa
Jamison
Ms Jameson
John Parks
Mall
Mr Parks
Icarus
Masazuma Chaya
Dudley Willams
Mr Willams
Mr Chaya
Mathis
Cain
Abel
George Crumb
Roube Ter Arutuma
Donald McKayle
Auley
Alvin Ailey City Center Dance Theater
Avant Gardist Rudy Perez Shapes Dance Theater Vision
Rudy Perez discusses his hybrid works mixing dancers and non dancers in large groups called people works. He defends integrity over theory, aims to involve audiences and plans a company to work with dancers exclusively while reflecting on avant garde challenges and peers like Graham and Weidman.
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Peter Levitan
New York
Barnard
Rudy Perez
Rudy
Apo
Graham,Cunningham and
Hawkinds
Hus
Charles Weidman Pioneer in Dance
Charles Weidman a legend of Modern Dance presented his Xmas Oratorio at the Dance Uptown series. He helped shape modern dance from its experimental roots in the 1930s with peers like Ted Shawn Doris Humphrey and Martha Graham. His theme driven choreography links movement to social issues and the evolution of dance as an art form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudy
Martha Graham
Denis Shawn
Charles Weidman
Danza Redel
Weidman
Ted Shawn
Doris Humphrey
United States
Charles Wexdman
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