Alvin Ailey’s highly structured yet fluid compilation of stunning solos, duets and group work which reflects the formal, meditative mood of Miloslav Kabelac’s music. Walter Terry of the Saturday Review writes that Streams "is a stunning group work built chiefly on diagonal lines and evoking the title in abstract form through varying speeds, eddyings, flowings, racings, and floatings, all related to moods of jubilance, sadness, acceptance, and glee." While there is no story told in the work, Alvin Ailey arouses different thoughts and feelings through the movement and the music. They invoke images and sensations inspired by various bodies of water, from gentle brook to turbulent ocean, which correlate to the changing tides within us.
"[Streams] is full of the careless pulse and careful design that characterize Ailey at his best."
- Clive Barnes, The New York Times
"A non-representational but profoundly evocative piece, Streams seemed to say something about the struggle of living at its most noble and most lucid."
- Claudia Crutcher, The Washington Daily News