The Corner

The Corner

Set to music by Donny Hathaway, Frederic Chopin, and rapper Common, Kyle Abraham’s The Corner blends contemporary hip-hop and post-modern movement with several nods to classical ballet, dramatically depicting an urban social interaction that recreates life on ‘the corner.’

Ailey II’s Christopher Taylor & company in Francesca Harper’s 'Freedom Series', photo by Erin Baiano
Freedom Series Francesca Harper
iley II's Kali Marie Oliver in Francesca Harper's Luminous. Photo by Nir Arieli
Luminous Francesca Harper
Ailey II's A. Jordan, T. Strickland, M. van den Heuvel in Alvin Ailey's lRevelationsl, photo by Nir Arieli
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Ailey II's A. Jordan, T. Strickland, M. van den Heuvel in Alvin Ailey's lRevelationsl, photo by Nir Arieli
 Revelations (Ailey II) Alvin Ailey
Ailey II's Maya Finman-Palmer in Judith Jamison's Divining. Photo by Nir Arieli
Divining (excerpt) Judith Jamison
Ailey II's Brena Thomas and Christopher Taylor in William Forsythe's 'Enemy in the Figure', photo by Erin Baiano
Enemy in the Figure (excerpt) William Forsythe
Ailey II's Kali Marie Oliver and Andrew Bryant in Alvin Ailey's 'The Lark Ascending', photo by Nir Arieli
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Ailey II's Kali Marie Oliver and Andrew Bryant in Alvin Ailey's 'The Lark Ascending', photo by Nir Arieli
 The Lark Ascending (Ailey II) Alvin Ailey
Ailey II in Alvin Ailey's Blues Suite
Ailey Highlights Alvin Ailey
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