An Evening with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Dazzling brash and dynamic yet equally graceful and poetic. DIVINING was Judith Jamison's first major work as a choreographer for Ailey evoking a strong feeling for African tribal ritual is set to hauntingly rhythmic drum music. REVELATIONS often describes as the company's signature tune has become an American classic. It expresses Ailey's intense feelings for his roots with Ailey's vivid "blood memories" of the blues spirituals gospel music ragtime and folk songs as well as the hard life of the Southern black during the Depression. Set to Modern Jazz THE STUCK-UP takes place in modern-day Harlem about the cruel reality of urban street life as a young man is destroyed by drugs. CRY choreographed by Alvin Ailey in 1971 for Judith Jamison is one of his most famous pieces. Created as a birthday present for his mother it is Ailey's tribute to black women and inspires moving emotions with its portrayal of struggle anger and most importantly its feeling of celebration.