And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Robert battle is the artistic director of the famed alvin aily American Dance theater since its founding in 1958. The aily company has gone too to perform for millions all over the world. The company on tour and if you are in the l. A. Area and can catch them through sunday at the dorothy channel pavilion you will not be disappointed. First a look at a clip of Kyle Abrahams untitled american which makes its west coast premiere tomorrow night dont try to fight dont let me go youve gone too far from what i know i lost my heart in the dark with you father, father, why you let me go i never have a greater appreciation for the human body than when im sitting if audience watching ailey on stage. Yes, i feel the same way. It is a beautiful thing. I feel the same thing. The wings are on stage. It takes me back to first time i saw that kind of beauty live and in person. Yeah. It was life changing. So youve been there alm
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Robert battle is the artistic director of the famed alvin aily American Dance theater since its founding in 1958. The aily company has gone too to perform for millions all over the world. The company on tour and if you are in the l. A. Area and can catch them through sunday at the dorothy channel pavilion you will not be disappointed. First a look at a clip of Kyle Abrahams untitled american which makes its west coast premiere tomorrow night dont try to fight dont let me go youve gone too far from what i know i lost my heart in the dark with you father, father, why you let me go i never have a greater appreciation for the human body than when im sitting if audience watching ailey on stage. Yes, i feel the same way. It is a beautiful thing. I feel the same thing. The wings are on stage. It takes me back to first time i saw that kind of beauty live and in person. Yeah. It was life changing. So youve been there alm
Sadler's Wells hasn't seen the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater company since 2019 and, from the audience reaction, you could tell straightaway that everyone is pretty glad they're back. It's a feeling that builds throughout the evening culminating in the joy that is Ailey's own masterpiece Revelations, created astonishingly in 1960 just two years after he formed the company (still the foremost African-American dance company in the US) and still as fresh a daisy today. It is the very definition of a classic but more of that later. This season there are four programmes over 12 nights: Modern Masters, Ailey Classics, 21st Century Creations and, first up, Contemporary Voices. This in itself is an indication of the breadth and versatility of this company. Their range is exceptional – from ballet to jazz, Martha Graham to hip hop – there's nothing you can throw at them they can't handle. The first programme began with Are You in Your Feelings? choreographed b