with Sarita Allen

Saturday, December 4, 2021  |  2:00-3:30pm ET

Please note that this workshop will take place at the Ailey Studios in-person but is also available to stream for an online workshop fee.

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Join world-renowned dancer, former Ailey Company member, and Extension instructor, Sarita Allen for a special workshop learning the choreography from Alvin Ailey’s Blues Suite. 

Blues Suite is often documented as Mr. Ailey’s first masterpiece, where he had found his own miraculous voice as a creative artist presenting real people on the concert dance stage, defining his choreographic genius. As Jennifer Dunning wrote in her book Alvin Ailey: A Life in Dance, "[Blues Suite] is set in a 'sporting house.' The characters are the men and women who frequent the place, drinking, dancing, and flirting to the music of the blues over the course of a night that ends with the early morning sounds of a train and church bells."

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Learn More about Sarita Allen >

Learn More About Blues Suite >

Watch an Excerpt of Blues Suite >

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