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• The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is considered one of the world's most renowned dance companies
• 2 programmes, 1 experience: For these guest performances, the New York-based company presents 2 programmes shown in rotation
• Both combine iconic classics with contemporary works and showcase the ensemble's full artistic range
• Experience this breathtaking performance on the power of modern dance live in Zurich

Programme A: Ailey Legacy

• An evening filled with timeless energy and spiritual depth
• «Night Creature» opens in a jazzy, playful tone, brimming with vitality
• «A Song for You» reveals an emotional homage to vulnerability and expressiveness
• «Cry (Part 3)» presents a moving chapter from Ailey's famed solo for his mother
• «Grace» takes you on Ronald K. Brown's dynamic journey bridging spirituality and pulsating rhythms
• «Revelations» presents Ailey's glorious masterpiece of hope, pain and redemption as the pinnacle of modern dance

Programme B: New Works

• Fresh voices, new impulses, impressive diversity
• «Blink of an Eye» opens Medhi Walerski's captivating perspective on movement and time
• «A Case of You» delights with Judith Jamison's poetic duet choreography set to Joni Mitchell
• «Many Angels» unfolds Lar Lubovitch's finely crafted elegy set to the music of Mahler
• «Song of the Anchorite» presents the powerful contemporary choreography of Jamar Roberts
• «Revelations» forms the crowning finale as a legendary masterpiece

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater ranks among the most renowned dance companies in the world. Since its founding in 1958 by the visionary choreographer Alvin Ailey, the ensemble has embodied a virtuosic expressive power and a thrilling fusion of modern dance, jazz, spirituals, and African American culture. Ailey's guiding vision was to «bring dance back to the people». Recognized as one of the most transformative choreographers of the 20th century, his works continue to move audiences across the globe to this day. The formative experiences of his Texas childhood, his collaboration with Lester Horton in Los Angeles, and the energy of Broadway forged an unmistakable choreographic voice that made dance history. In founding the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, he created an artistic home that places diversity, empowerment, and profound human themes at its very core. His 1960 masterpiece «Revelations» on hope, pain, and redemption stands as a pinnacle of modern dance and forms the vibrant heartbeat of every Ailey performance.

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1 hour before the start

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Venue
Theater 11
Thurgauerstrasse 7
8050 Zurich

Organiser
Act Entertainment
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