This propulsive work by in-demand choreographer Aszure Barton accentuates the vitality and physical prowess of the Ailey company. Driven by the dancers’ passion, skill and collective power, the work was created over a developmental process with the entire Company. The percussive score, composed by Curtis Macdonald, is infused with the infectious energy and heart that she observed in her initial encounters with the Ailey dancers.
Barton’s exhilarating new work, her first commission for Ailey, celebrates and challenges the dancers with its markedly intricate rhythmic patterns and mercurial structure. A much sought-after dance maker whose choreography ranges from Baryshnikov to Broadway, Barton has a style that is “vulnerable and feisty, brightly adept yet peculiar, witty and impetuously wild” (Dance magazine).
Support for this production was provided by The Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey - Sara & Bill Morgan New Works Endowment Fund and Michele & Timothy Barakett.
This production was made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Members of the Company in LIFT, photo by Paul Kolnik
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Members of the Company in LIFT, photo by Paul Kolnik
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Members of the Company in LIFT, photo by Paul Kolnik
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Members of the Company in LIFT, photo by Rosalie O'Connor
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Lift
Choreography: Aszure Barton
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Credit Photo: Paul Kolnik
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nyc 212-362-7778, photo by Paul Kolnik
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Linda Celeste Sims and Jamar Roberts in LIFT, photo by Paul Kolnik
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LIFT embodies an atmosphere and energy created by our time spent together in collaboration. I feel very welcomed by the Ailey family and am honored to be working with such a wonderful group of artists.
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