About Best Of 20 Years
Description
Over the last twenty years, Judith Jamison has commissioned or revived nearly 100 works, providing unparalleled opportunities for choreographers both renowned and newly discovered. The “Best Of 20 Years” program features highlights from popular ballets she has brought to or revived in the Ailey repertory, representing a wide range of styles and voices that have contributed to the Ailey canon. Among the dances represented in this program are Ronald K. Brown’s Grace, Donald McKayle’s Rainbow Round My Shoulder and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar’s Shelter.
The program includes selections from:
The Stack-Up (1982)
Choreography by Talley Beatty
Music by Various Artists
Grace (1999)
Choreography by Ronald K. Brown
Music by Duke Ellington (“Come Sunday”); club/house music
North Star (1987)
Choreography by Lar Lubovitch
Music by Philip Glass
Following the Subtle Current Upstream (2000)
Choreography by Alonzo King
Music by Zakir Hussain, Miguel Frasconi, Miriam Makeba
Shelter (1992)
Choreography by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
Music by Junior Wedderburn
Frames (1992)
Choreography by Dwight Rhoden
Music by Various Contemporary
Bad Blood (1984)
Choreography by Ulysses Dove
Music by Laurie Anderson
In/Side (2009)
Choreography by Robert Battle
Music sung by Nina Simone ("Wild is the Wind")
Rainbow Round My Shoulder (1959)
Choreography by Donald McKayle
Music: Traditonal
Jukebox for Alvin (1993)
Choreography by Garth Fagan
Music by Antonin Dvorak, Taj Mahal, Keith Jarrett,
Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespear
Lettres d’Amour (1998)
Choreography by Redha
Music: Various Artists
Polish Pieces (1996)
Choreography by Hans van Manen
Music by Henryk-Mikolaj Górecki
The Winter in Lisbon (1992)
Choreography by Billy Wilson
Music by Dizzy Gillespie & Charles Fishman
Dance at the Gym (1991)
Choreography by Donald Byrd
Music by Mio Morales
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