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FESTIVAL OF DANCE 69-70 i k! The Brooklyn Academy of Music presents

THE ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER

A REPERTORY COMPANY OF AMERICAN DANCE

Thursday, November 27, 1969

DUDLEY WILLIAMS JUDITH JAMISON

KELVIN ROTARDIER

CONSUELO ATLAS GEORGE FAISON MICHELE MURRAY

RENEE ROSE LINDA KENT SYLVIA WATERS

JOHN MEDEIROS HARVEY COHEN WILLIAM HANSEN

Artistic Director ALVIN AILEY

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BLUES SUITE

Choreography: Alvin Ailey Music: Traditional Decor and Costumes: George Faison Lighting: Nicola Cernovitch

"'Been down so long

Getting up don't cross my mind . . . When you see me laughing I'm laughing to keep from crying ..."

From the fields and barrelhouses of the southern Negro sprang the blues-song of lost love, despair, protest and anger-hymns to the secular regions of his soul.

Good Morning Blues THE COMPANY

Long Time . KELVIN ROTARDIER and THE COMPANY

Mean 01' Frisco DUDLEY WILLIAMS, GEORGE FAISON, HARVEY COHEN, WILLIAM HANSEN, JOHN MEDEIROS

House of the Rising Sun JUDITH JAMISON, RENEE ROSE, LINDA KENT

Backwater Blues ...... MICHELE MURRAY, GEORGE FAISON or CONSUELO ATLAS, KELVIN ROTARDIER

In the Evening ...... HARVEY COHEN, JOHN MEDEIROS, WILLIAM HANSEN, KELVIN ROTARDIER

Yancey Special THE COMPANY

Slow Drag-Going to Chicago THE COMPANY

Sham DUDLEY WILLIAMS, THE COMPANY

Good Morning Blues THE COMPANY

INTERMISSION NOVEMBER 1969 / BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC / 7

THRENODIES

(A Ballet for Five Women)

Choreography: Richard Wagner Music: Tadeusz Baird Costumes and Scenery: Lar Lubovitch

1. Outside, the moonlight, cold and sad like me

RENEE ROSE

2. Looking away, under the moon, I fall deeper and deeper LINDA KENT

3. A night without you is like a river during high tide MICHELE MURRAY II

4. I think of your caresses ... I must not cry CONSUELO ATLAS

5. In the evening I rock my love on two moonbeams JUDITH JAMISON

Baird's essential lyricism is revealed in this setting of six love poems of the young poetess Malgor Zata Hiller.

Ballet Commissioned by the Harkness Ballet.

INTERMISSION

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THE ROAD OF THE PHOEBE SNOW

Choreography: Talley Beatty Music: Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn Lighting: Nicola Cernovitch

The Phoebe Snow is a train of the Lackawanna Railroad Line which still passes through the mid-western section of the United States, Legend has it that its name came from a meticulous lady named Phoebe Snow who travelled this line dressed in white satin and lace and looked out on the surrounding countryside with high disdain. Talley Beatty, the choreographer of this work, played as a child near the railroad tracks upon which the Phoebe Snow passed. This ballet deals, first abstractly, then dramatically, with some incidents that may have happened on or near these railroad tracks.

Prologue THE COMPANY

Quintet SYLVIA WATERS, LINDA KENT, JUDITH JAMISON, RENEE ROSE, MICHELE MURRAY

Quintet . DUDLEY WILLIAMS, GEORGE FAISON, JOHN MEDEIROS, KELVIN ROTARDIER, HARVEY COHEN

Solo DUDLEY WILLIAMS (or GEORGE FAISON)

Trio MICHELE MURRAY, HARVEY COHEN, SYLVIA WATERS (or LINDA KENT)

Quartet JUDITH JAMISON (or CONSUELO ATLAS), RENEE ROSE, DUDLEY WILLIAMS, (or GEORGE FAISON), JOHN MEDEIROS

Trio MICHELE MURRAY, GEORGE FAISON, DUDLEY WILLIAMS

First Duet JUDITH JAMISON (or CONSUELO ATLAS), KELVIN ROTARDIER

Second Duet SYLVIA WATERS, GEORGE FAISON, (or LINDA KENT, DUDLEY WILLIAMS)

Epilogue ...... THE COMPANY

(Program subject to change) NOVEMBER 1969 / BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC / 11

STAFF FOR THE ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER

Administrator: Ivy Clarke Production Manager: William Hammond Repertory Lighting: Gene Lowery

Director of Wardrobe: E. Huntington Parker Office Administrator: Adeline Sorace Graphics: Joy Jackson Costumes for "Revelations" by Matthew Cameron, Jenny Washington and Terry Leong; for "Blues Suite" by George Faison, William Taylor and Maurice Williford

Shoes by Capezio, Selva, A. S. Beck

Tights by Capezio

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The Alvin Ailey Dance Theater has for several years been the "dance company in residence" at Clark Center for the Performing Arts of the West Side Young Women's Christian Associa- tion in New York City, an organization dedicated to the encouraging and furthering of young people in the performing arts. Mr. Ailey wishes to extend his heart-felt thanks to this organization for all the assistance Clark Center has provided in the preparation of the programs.

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MEMBERS OF THE CAST DUDLEY WILLIAMS - scored a major SYLVIA WATERS - studied in New York critical and audience success in the Ailey City at the New Dance Group, Ballet Arts company's recent Broadway season at the and at the Martha Graham Studio. Gradu- Billy Rose Theater. He has appeared both ate of Juilliard School of Music. She has at home and abroad with the major modern danced in Europe with productions of dance companies of our time. Mr. Williams "Black Nativity" and "Black New World". is a graduate of the High School of Per- In Europe she has also danced with forming Arts and he has also attended the Maurice Bejart, Michele Deacombey, Milko Juilliard School of Music. He has been a Sparenblek and on numerous television leading member of the Ailey company specials. since 1954. Mr. Williams has been named JOHN MEDEIROS - a graduate of Boston the Dancer of the Year by AGMA 1969. Conservatory of Music, he has danced in concert with the ballet under summer stock and in JUDITH JAMISON - Studied Boston Ballet. Mr. Medeiros was also in Marion Cuyjet of Philadelphia and with the Broadway musical "The Fig Leaves Michael Lopanski and Anthony Tudor, Are Falling." Madame Swoboda. Danced in the Ballet Theater production of "The Four Marys". HARVEY COHEN - first interest was act- Miss Jamison has been a featured and ing, his major while attending college. greatly acclaimed artist with the Ailey Interests then expanded to dance. Was in company since 1966. "Sweet Charity" and various Las Vegas reviews, then came to New York where he KELVIN ROTARDIER - hails from Port of studied with Matt Mattox at the Harkness Spain, Trinidad. Began study of modern Annex. Joined the New Jersey Ballet Com- dance at Sigurd Leder Modern Dance pany under the direction of Matt Mattox School in London. Came to New York City and Carolyn Clark. in 1951 and studied at the International Dance School and with James Truitte and WILLIAM HANSEN - most recent addition Alvin Ailey. Before joining the Ailey com- to the Ailey company. Last performed as a featured dancer in the Al Huang Dance pany in 1964, he danced with the American Ballet Theater Workshop, the Boston Arts Company. Has performed with Hanya Holm, Valerie Festival and in the New York Shakespeare Bettis, Mary Anthony, and Carol Festival. Scothorn. Studied dance at U.C.L.A. and was a member of the UCLA Dance Com- CONSUELO ATLAS - studied dance with pany. Toured the Orient for U.S.O. in 1965. Elma Lewis of Boston and at the Boston Conservatory of Music. Attended the Con- CHRISTINA GIANNINI (Designer for Mase- servatory for two and one-half years before kela Costumes) - After earning her B.A. at Rutgers University, Miss joining the Ailey company in 1966. Giannini continued to study scenic, costume, and GEORGE FAISON - attended Howard Uni- lighting design in England, Switzerland, versity then studied dance in New York and New York City. She worked and de- City with a variety of teachers of modern signed for two seasons in the costume dance, ballet and jazz. Has performed with department of the Zurich Opera House and Louis Johnson, Josephine Premice and has been the resident designer for the Arthur Mitchell. Mr. Faison designed the North Carolina School of the Arts in costumes for "Blues Suite". Winston-Salem, since its inception in 1965. MICHELE MURRAY - studied with Bella In addition to opera, Miss Giannini has Lewitzky in California and at Juilliard designed costumes for T.V., Broadway, Off- with Graham, Limon and Corvino. She has Broadway, summer stock, six seasons The Festival performed with Geoffrey Holder in Paris of Two Worlds, Spoleto, Italy, and and on tour in the United States and various exhibits both here and abroad. Her Europe with the Ailey company off and on most recent work has been for the Pearl Lang since 1965. Dance Company, The Alvin Ailey Dance Company, and the Puerto Rican LINDA KENT - studied on scholarships at Traveling Theatre in New York City, and a Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in summer ballet "Summer Night" in Oslo, Norway. of 1963 where she first saw the Ailey com- RICHARD WAGNER (Choreographer) has pany perform. Studied also on scholarship - choreographed a ballet for Alvin at the Juilliard School of Music and gradu- Ailey's American Dance Theater. It is titled "Thre- ated from Juilliard in spring 1968. She has nodies", a ballet for five women, with music also danced in summer stock and in John by the contemporary Butler's "Catulli Carmina." Polish composer Tadeusz Baird and scenery and costumes RENEE ROSE - early training with the by Lar Lubovitch. Mr. Wagner has been a Elma Lewis School in Boston. Appeared solo dancer and choreographer for the on Broadway in "Golden Boy", "I'm Solo- American Ballet Theatre and the Harkness mon" and most recently "Her First Roman". Ballet and is now teaching for Robert She has also danced in Japan with "West Joffrey's American Ballet Center. Side Story" and on television with Sammy LUCAS HOVING (Choreographer) - Mr. Davis, Leslie Uggams and Gene Kelly. Hoving, of Dutch origin, is one of Americas ti

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MEMBERS OF THE CAST (Continued) most respected choreographers, dancers Mr. Ailey started classes at the Horton and teachers. For many years a leading Theater. After only a year of study he soloist and artistic associate of the Jose joined the Horton Company in perform- Limon Company. Mr. Hoeing now leads one ances, and late in 1953, after the death of of America's most noted dance companies. Lester Horton, Mr. Ailey who was always His ballet, "Icarus", is also seen in his own interested in creating dances; and direct- company's repertoire as well as in that of ing more than dancing, was pressed into the Stockholm Dance Theater. services a fledgling choreographer and TALLEY BEATTY (Choreographer) Mr. artistic director. After several seasons with - in Beatty made his debut as a dancer with the Horton Company and appearances the Chicago Civic Opera Ballet Co. in the motion picture "Carmen Jones" and William Grant Still's "La Guellblesse" "Lydia Bailey", Alvin Ailey found himself choreographed by Ruth Page and with in New York City as leading dancer in the Katherine Dunham as the heroine of the Broadway musical "House of Flowers". In ballet. Subsequently he studied with Kath- New York he studied modern dance with erine Dunham, Martha Graham, Aubrey Martha Graham, Hanya Holm, Charles Weid- Hitchins and at the American School of mann, and ballet with Karel Shook, and Ballet. He studied choreography with Louis composition with Doris Humphrey. He Horst and Doris Humphrey. studied acting briefly with Stella Adler and Milton Katselas, appeared as leading Mr. Beatty had three European and Scan- dancer in Harry Belafonte's "Sing, Man, dinavian tours with his own company. Sing", in the Phoenix Theater's production Among his choreographies are Duke Elling- "The Carefree Tree", and in the Lena ton's Horne "Black, Brown and Beige" and "My Broadway musical "Jamaica". As an actor People". He appeared in the film of Alvin Ailey has appeared off Broadway in Ellington's "Flamingo" with Janet Collins. "Call Me by My Rightful Name" and "Two He staged "The Road of the Phoebe Snow" by Saroyan", and late in 1952 made his and "Come and Get the Beauty of it Hot" Broadway acting debut as Claudia McNeil's for the Batsheva Co. in Israel. He also son in "Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright". choreographed James Baldwin's "Blues for Mr. Charlie", and Genet's "The Blacks" off In addition to choreographing for and Broadway. He is now forming his own directing his own company, Mr. Ailey has dance company to be in residence in made several ballets for other well known Roxbury, Mass. at the Elma Lewis School organizations of the ballet world - "Feast of Fine Arts. of Ashes" to a Carlos Surinach score was made for the Joffrey Ballet and shown with JOYCE TRISLER (Choreographer) - was a great success in the Soviet Union by that member of the Lester Horton Company, company. "Adriadne", "El Amor Brujo", and The Doris Humphrey Dance Theatre, and "Macumba" were made for the Harkness The Alvin Ailey Dance Theater. Besides Ballet. A 45 minute television ballet en- her work in the concert world, she choreo- titled "Riedaiglia" commissioned by the graphed for the legitimate theatre, opera, Swedish Broadcasting Company won the and musical comedy. Her most recent work Prix d'Italia as the best musical television in New York was "Peer Gynt" for the New show of 1967 in Ravenna. Mr. Ailey was the York Shakespeare Festival. choreographer of Samuel Barber's "Anthony MICHAEL SMUIN (Choreographer) - was and Cleopatra" which opened the new born in Missoula, Montana. He studied Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln dance with William Christensen at the Center. 1968 saw two new Ailey premieres University of Utah, then joined the San at the Edinburgh Festival: "Quintet" to a Francisco Ballet as principal dancer, ballet score by American singer Laura Nyro master and resident choreographer. Since (which will be seen in this current season) 1966 he is with the American Ballet Theatre and a revival of Samuel Barber's "Knox- where he is now resident choreographer ville: Summer of 1915". The latter ballet and principal dancer. His two highly suc- had its New York showing at the company's cessful ballets "Pulcinella Variations" to Brooklyn Academy season in April 1969. the great Stravinsky score and "Gartenfest" Mr. Ailey claims he has at least 100 more have established Mr. Smuin as one of ballets to do before he's done. Immediate America's most gifted choreographers. projects include a three-act ballet based ALVIN AILEY (Artistic Director) - Alvin on the life of Malcolm X tentatively titled Ailey was born in Texas, but moved at an "Hymn for Malcolm", a ballet about Charlie early age to Los Angeles, California, where Parker called "For Yardbird - With Love" sometime between leaving high school and and revivals of Lester Horton's "Salome", entering the University of California to "Yerma", and "Liberian Suite". Mr. Ailey pursue a degree as a teacher of Romance hopes also to produce an evening of works languages, he visited the school and dance to music of Duke Ellington, much in the theater of Lester Horton - and another way that the City Ballet produces evenings foreign language teacher bit the dust. of Stravinsky. Fascinated by the spirit, creativity - to Mr. Ailey has just completed choreo- say nothing of the physicality of Mr. graphing the musical "La Strada" which Horton's technique and choreography - will open on Broadway shortly. 14 / BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC / NOVEMBER 1969

Future Performances at the Brooklyn Academy of Music

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Friday, November 28, Evening Tuesday, December 2, Evening Toccata Les Sylphides Journey Divertissement d'Auber Icarus Pillar of Fire Masekela Langage Etudes Revelations Wednesday, December 3, Evening Saturday, November 29, Matinee Les Noces Congo Tango Palace Gala Performance Reflections Corsair-Pas de Deux Toccata Theme and Variations Poeme Thursday, December 4, Evening Metallics Grand Pas Glazounov Blues Suite The Eternal Idol (world premiere) Saturday, November 29, Evening Dark Elegies Etudes Congo Tango Palace Icarus Friday, December 5, Evening Quintet Les Noces Panambi Corsair Pas de Deux Poeme - Fancy Free Threnodies Gala Performance Revelations Saturday, December 6, Sunday, November 30, Matinee Matinee and Evening Dance for Six Swan Lake Masekela Langage Revelations Sunday, December 7, Matinee Swan Lake

Tuesday, December 9, Evening Las Hermanas The Eternal Idol Dark Elegies Gala Performance Wednesday, December 10, Evening Pulcinella Variations Brahms Quintet (world premiere) Pillar of Fire Theme and Variations Friday, December 12, Evening Las Hermanas Evenings 8:30 P.M. Brahms Quintet Saturday Matinees 2:30 P.M. Caprichos Pulcinella Sunday Matinees 2:00 P.M. Variations

Sunday Evenings 7:30 P.M. Saturday, December 13, Matinee and Evening Programs subject to change Coppelia DINE BY GASLIGHT Monday and Tuesday evenings. It's pleasant, nostalgic. Don't miss it.

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