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Ailey II _ WHERE THERE ARE TONGUES, ROAD TO ONE, THE HUNT, REVELATIONS

WHERE THERE ARE TONGUES (2018)
choreography: Bradley Shelver
music: Lo Cor De La Plana
costume design: Mark Eric Rodriguez
lighting design: Josh Monroe
part I – Fanfarneta
wykonanie: zespół Ailey II dance: The Company
part II – L’enfant de Dieu
dance: The Men
część III part III – La Vielha
dance: The Women
part IV – Jorns de Mai
dance: Arianna Salerno, Marcus Williams (17th November)
Grace Bergonzi, Leonardo Brito (18th November)
part V – Farandola
dance: The Company
part – La Libertat
dance: Alisha Rena Peek, Kyle H. Martin, Grace Bergonzi, Antuan Byers (17th November)
Alisha Rena Peek, Kyle H. Martin, Arianna Salerno, Marcus Williams (18th November)
part VII- La Noviota
dance: The Company
duration: 27 min

South African-born Bradley Shelver’s high-energy „Where There Are Tongues” is inspired by the idea that we are all in this world together, succeeding or failing as a collective. The rhythmically complex music, by French a cappella group Lo Còr De La Plana, couples with Shelver’s quirky style to make dance theater that will set pulses racing.

intermisssion – 15min

ROAD TO ONE – excerpt (2017)
choreography: Darrell Grand Moultrie
music: Olivier Davis, Spark, Kenji Bunch, Ezio Bosso
costume design: Mark Eric Rodriguez
lighting design: Lauren Parrish
dance: Corrin Rachelle Mitchell, Grace Bergonzi, Amarachi Valentina Korie (17th November)
Arianna Salerno, Caroline Theodora Dartey, Alisha Rena Peek (18th November)
duration: 8 min

What legacy will you leave behind? Darrell Grand Moultrie’s „Road To One” passionately embraces the journey we all take to find meaning in our lives and eventually pass it on to the next generation. Inspired by a mentor who introduced him to the arts at a young age, Moultrie pays it forward with the Ailey II dancers, creating a high-energy ensemble work that uses elegant, modern movement with a contemporary edge.

THE HUNT (2001)

choreography: Robert Battle
music: Les Tambours du Bronx
costume design: Mia McSwain
lighting design: Burke Wilmore
dance: Leonardo Brito, Antuan Byers, Carl Ponce, Cubero, Kyle H. Martin, Marcus Williams, Marcel Wilson, Jr
duration: 14 min

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Artistic Director Robert Battle’s athletic work for six men reveals the predatory side of human nature and the primitive thrill of the hunt. A thundering percussion soundtrack by Les Tambours du Bronx drives the explosive movement that runs the gamut from modern sports to the rituals of the gladiators.
intermisssion – 15min

REVELATIONS (1960)
choreography: Alvin Ailey
music traditional
décor and costumes: Ves Harper
costumes for „Rocka My Soul” redesigned: Barbara Forbes
lighting design: Nicola Cernovitch
part I – Pilgrim of Sorrow

„I Been ‘Buked”,music arranged: Hall Johnson*, dance: The Company
„Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel”, music arranged: James Miller+, dance: Antuan Byers, Arianna Salerno, Caroline Theodora Dartey
„Fix Me, Jesus”, music arranged: Hall Johnson*, dance: Amarachi Valentina Korie, Marcus Williams
part II – Take Me to the Water
„Processional / Honor, Honor”, music adapted and arranged: Howard A. Roberts, dance: Carl Ponce Cubero, Grace Bergonzi, Marcel Wilson, Jr., Leonardo Brito
„Wade in the Water”, music adapted and arranged: Howard A.Roberts / „Wade in the Water”, sequence: Ella Jenkins „A Man Went Down to the River”, original composition: Ella Jenkins
dance: Alisha Rena Peek, Kyle H. Martin, Corrin Rachelle Mitchell
„I Wanna Be Ready”, music arranged: James Miller+, dance: Marcus Williams
part III – Move, Members, Move
„Sinner Man”, music adapted and arranged: Howard A. Roberts, dance: Marcel Wilson, Jr., Antuan Byers, Carl Ponce Cubero
„The Day is Past and Gone”, music arranged: Howard A. Roberts, Brother John Sellers,dance: The Company
„You May Run On”,music arranged: Howard A. Roberts oraz Brother John Sellers, dance: The Company
„Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham”, music adapted and arranged: Howard A. Roberts, dance: The Company
duration: 36 min

Using African-American spirituals, song-sermons, gospel songs and holy blues—Revelations fervently explores the places of deepest grief and holiest joy in the soul. Alvin Ailey said that one of America’s richest treasures was the cultural heritage of the African-American —”sometimes sorrowful, sometimes jubilant, but always hopeful.” This enduring classic is a tribute to that heritage and to Ailey’s genius.
Since its premiere in 1960, the ballet has been performed continuously around the globe, transcending barriers of faith and nationality, and appealing to universal emotions, making it the most widely-seen modern dance work in the world.

Used by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner.
Used by special arrangement with Galaxy Music Corporation, New York City.

All performances of Revelations are permanently endowed by a generous gift from Donald L. Jonas in celebration of the birthday of his wife, Barbara,and her deep commitment to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.