Harriman-Jewell Series: Bringing the Best of the Performing Arts to Kansas City

thu nov 13 08: 7:30 p.m.

midland by amc, k.c.

program
50TH ANNIVERSARY HIGHLIGHTS
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This new program features excerpts from many of Alvin Ailey’s most popular and beloved ballets. Spanning each decade of Ailey’s phenomenal career, from Blues Suite, the dance that launched the Company in 1958, to Opus McShann, his final piece thirty years later, this stunning retrospective demonstrates the tremendous range and resonance of one man’s genius.

Excerpts from Blues Suite (1958), Streams (1970), Choral Dances (1971), Mary Lou’s Mass (1971), The Lark Ascending (1972), Hidden Rites (1973), Night Creature (1975), Phases (1980), Landscape (1981), For “Bird” – With Love (1984), Caverna Magica (1986), Opus McShann (1988), Cry (1971), and Revelations (1960) in its entirety.

The Ailey Company sparked a love affair with Kansas City at its 1968 Series debut. Now, 40 years later, the Company returns to the Series under the artistic direction of Judith Jamison, in cooperation with Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey.

previous performances in 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, and jointly with
The Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey in 1984, 1986, and 2004

AAADT dancer Linda Celeste Sims; photo by Andrew Eccles

links:

AAADT website

Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey website

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