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Festival of Dance 68-69
THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MU SIC
presents THE ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER a repertory compa ny of American dance
DUDL EY WILLIAM S I JU DI TH JAM ISON / KELVIN ROTARD IER
CONSUELO ATLAS I GEORGE FAISON I MICHELE MURRAY
ALMA ROBINSON I ERN EST PAGNANO I LINDA KENT I REN EE ROSE
DANNY STRAYHORN I SYLV IA WATERS I JOHN MEDEIROS w ith
MIRIAM BURTON, so prano
Artistic Director, ALVIN AI LEY
Light ing Designer, NICOLA CERNOVITCH
Musica l Direction, COLERIDGE-TAYLOR PERKINSON
Prog ram su bject to c hange Festival of Dance 63-69 w ishes to t han k t he Ford Foundat ion and the N::!w York State Council on the Art s for their generous support. 6 BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC APRIL 19:>9
TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1969, AT 7:30 P.M.
FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1969, AT 8:30P.M.
THE
ALVIN AILEY
AMERI CAN
DANCE THEATER
PROGRAM BLUES SUITE Choreography: Alvin Ailey Music: Traditional Decor and Costumes: George Faison
" 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 sou thern Negro sprang the blues - songs of lost love, despair, protest and anger-hymns to the secular regions of his soul.
Good Morning Bl ues _ ...... ______...... __ _.. The Company Long Time ...... Kelvin Rotardier 1 The Company Mean 01' Frisco ...... ______Dudley Williams I George Faison 1 Ernest Pagnano I Danny Strayhorn 1 John Medeiros House of the Rising Sun _ ... Judith Jamison I Renee Rose I Alma Robinson or Linda Kent Backwater Blues _ ...... __ ...... Michele Murray I George Faison In the Evening _ Danny Strayhorn I John Medeiro3 1 Ernest Pagnano I Kelvin Rotardier Yancey Special ...... The Company SloN Drag- Going to Chicago ...... The Company Sham ...... Dudley Williams 1 The Company Good Morning Blues ...... Th e Company
INTERMISSION BROO KLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC I A PRI L 1969 I 7
JOURNEY
Music: Cha rles lves (The Unanswered Question) Choreography: Joyce Trisler Costumes: Malcolm McCormick The Dancer: CONSUELO ATLAS A solo dance originally choreographed in 1958, later inco rporated into a rev ised version of a larger work by Joyce Tri sler called Th ea ter Pi ece (1 960). Journey is set to The Unanswered Question by Charles lves (1874-1954) , composed sometime before 1908 - a short, intense ly evocative orchestral mood-poe m co mpri sing a steady, so ft background of muted strings, a persistently repeated "question" by a so lo trumpet and an unsuccessful hunt for the "answer" undertaken with increas ing urgency by t he flutes.
KNOXVILL E: Summer of 1915
Music: Samuel Barber (Knoxville: Summer of 1915) Choreography: Al vi n Ailey Costumes: Joop Stokvis
" . .. We are talking now of summer eveni ngs in Knoxville Tennessee in the time t hat I lived there so successf ully disguised to myse lf as a child" - James Agee (A Dea th in the Family)
The Boy __ Dudley Wi lliams His Mother _ __ Judith Jamison His Father __ __ Kelvin Rotardier Re latives, Ch ildren, Visions Michele Murray I George Faison I Alma Robinson I Renee Rose I Li nda Ke nt I Ernest Pagnano
Samuel Ba rber composed Knoxville Summer of 191 5 in 1952 as a setting for soprano and orchestra of James Agee's autobiographica l prose-poe m t hat serves as a prologue to his novel , A Death in the Family, f rom which the quotation above is taken. The boy meditates to himse lf along the river of memory about peo ple and things, and events in a pa rt icular time and place, contrasting the tranquil security of home with the unknown "ignorant armies" of the world, and ending with the partly despairing, partly wistful cry for t hose who love him, will not, "not now, not ever, will not ever tell me wh o I am". Barber's voca l line is match ed in the verbal co ntours with effective simplicity, with the orchestra shading-in an eloquently illustrative background.
Soprano _ ___ Miriam Bu rton Conductor _____ Co leri dge-Taylor Perkinson
The first version of t his ballet wa s composed in 1959 and had one performance at that t ime at Clark Center for the Performi ng Art s. A rev ised version was prese nted at t he Edinburgh Festival in summer of 1968.
INT E RM I SS I ON 8 BROOKLY N AC ADEMY OF MUS IC I APF:I L 1969
THE BLACK BELT
Music: Duke Ell ington
(A Tone Pa rallel to Harlem, Black, Brown and Beige)
Choreography: Talley Beatty
Costumes: Edward Burbridge
In this ballet the choreographer is try1ng to point out some of the realit1es of the black belt which is another word for ghetto. A central reality of the ghetto is ferment parad::>x, confl1ct, and dilemma. It 1s hope and 1t IS despair. It 1s a.::.pirat1on for nob1l1ty, and it is apathy and stagnation. It IS courage, and 1t is defeatism. It is cooperative and concern, and it is suspicion, competitiveness and reject1on. It is the su rge toward mtegrat1on and rejection. It is the surge toward mtegration and assimilation 1nto the mainstream of American Life.
Dudley Wi ll iams 1 Judith Jam ison I Kelvin Rota rdier I
Michele Murray I George Faison I Ernest Pagnano 1
Dan ny Strayhorn I Al ma Robinson I Sylvia Waters I
Renee Rose I Joh n Medeiros
Thf" Black SPit was commiss1one;.d of fall( y Beatty by Dance Theatre FoundatiOn - thr. foundation which suprrvises thP act1vilies of the Ailey Dance Theater. H1r work was prcmiPrcd at the Holland Festival m late spring 1968.
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Alvin Ailey is the wel l-known Lester Horton-influenced, Texas-born dreamer. One of his most persistent and recurring dreams is that one day he may be able to find support for his company so that he may keep the same dancers over a period of time, growing artistically always and not having to teach again and again the old repertory before beginning the adventure of something new. Another favorite fantasy is that more and more of the American contem porary dance world wi II adopt the repertory system so that more and more fine dance works will remain alive. Another recurring dream has to do with the establishing, somewhere, of a fine school of dance theater for young peop le of all races - not so much to teach them to become professional performers but teach a deep self-respect and love and apprecia tion of their fellow man through the dance and its related arts. He dreams too, of producing for his company endless fine ballets by himse lf and other choreographers with music, decor and costumes by the finest artists of this time ... of producing in the fall an evening of works by Duke Ellington ... of founding what is now tentatively called Th e Black American Ballet - a large company of dancers, singers and musicians exclusively devoted to the cultural heritage of black America ... of a t hree act ballet based on the life of Malcolm X ... of a danced tnbute to Langston Hughes ... of reviving Lester Horton's Salome ... of developing a new se ries for younger choreographers called "Documentary Dance" ... of Debussy, Donald Byrd, Schoenberg and Nina Simone ... of a dance drama based on Genet's "Deathwatch" .. . of the black American dancer's entering through the front door the mainstream of American dance. 10 I BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC I APRIL 1969
WEDN ESDAY EVEN lNG , APRI L 23, 1969, AT 8:30 P.M.
SATURDAY EVEN ING, APR IL 26, 1969, AT 8:30 P.M .
THE ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER
PROGRAM
TOCCATA (Treadmills, Encounters, Treadmills) Music: La lo Sch iffrin (G il lespiana) Choreography: Talley Beatty
Th e Company An episode from a longer wo rk originally created by Ta lley Beatty, with the title, "Come and Get the Beauty of it Hot", Toccata is described as "set in the streets of New York" and incorporates nuances of classic and primitive dance in its basica lly jazz idiom. It is expressed in a sequence of ensembles, duets and trios that are danced in an almost declamatory manner as t he dancers project thei r movements toward t he audience and seldom towa rd themselves.
HERMIT SONGS: Music: Samuel Barber (H ermit Songs) Choreography: Alvin Ailey Costumes: Ves Harper Four small dances based on poems translated from anonymous Irish t ext s of the 8th to 13t h centuries, telling of the si mple life these men led, close to nat ure, to anima ls and to God. 1. At Sa int Patrick's Purgatory " Pity me oh my pilgrimage to Loch Derg! . . ." 2. St. Ita's Vision " I will take nothing from my Lord ... unless He give me His Son from Heave n . . . " 3. Sea-Snatch " It has broken us .. . it has crus hed us ... it has drowned us ..." 4. Th e Crucifixion " At the cry of the first bird they bega n to cru cify Thee, 0 Swa n ..." KELVI N ROTARDIER Soprano ... Miria m Burton Pi an ist . .. Kell ey Wyatt
The Herm it So ngs were commi ssioned of Sa muel Barber by the Elizabeth Sprague Coo lidge Foundation and were first performed by Leontyne Price, soprano, with the composer at t he piano, at the Library of Co ngress, Wa shington, D. C., in October 1963.
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METALLICS
Decor • Costumes • Choreography
Paul Sanasardo
Music • Henk Badings (Evolutions)
Henry Cowell (Ostinato Pianissimo)
Michele Murray I Dudley Williams 1 Alma Robinson
INTERMISSION
LAMENT
Music: Hector Villa-Lobos (Modinha and Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5)
Choreography: Louis Johnson
The Girl ...... Judith Jamison
The Boy ...... Dudley Williams George Faison I Renee Rose 1 Ernest Pagnano
Soprano ... Miriam Burton
Conductor .. . Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
This lyrical work was composed in 1953 and was the first work of choreographer Lou is Johnson. Mr. Joh nson has since continued his ca reer as dancer, teacher, director and choreogra pher of many musicals, revues and ballets.
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REVELATIONS
Choreography: Alvin Ailey Music: Traditional Decor and Costu mes: Ves Harpe r
"This l1ttle l1ght of mine, I'm gonna let it sh1ne." Th1s suite explores mot1vat10ns and emot1ons of American Negro religious mus1c, which, like 1ts heir, the blues, takes many forms true spirituals w1th the1r sustained melod1es, song sermons, gospel songs and holy blues .songs of trouble, of love, of deliverance. "Spintuals sm g of woe triumphantly, knowing well that all rivers w11 be crossed and the Promised Land IS JU St beyond the stream. The Spirituals ask no pity- for their words ride on the strongest of m elodies. the melody of faith. That is why there is joy in the1r singing, peace in their music and streng th m the1r soul." - Langston Hughes
PILGRIM OF SORROW I Been Buked The Company Dan1el George Faison (or Danny Strayhorn), Alma Rob1nson I Sy lvia Waters F1x Me, Jesus Jud1th Jam1son I Kelvin Rotardier
TAK E ME TO TH E WATER ProcessiOnal Danny Strayhorn I Alma Robinson I L1nda Kent M1chele Murray Dudley Wil l iams I Consuelo Atlas Ernest Pagnano John Medeiros
Wadmg in the Water M1chele Murray I Consuelo Atlas Dudley Williams I Want to Be Ready Kelvin Rotard1er
MOVE, MEMBERS, MOVE S1nner Man Ernest Pagnano George Faison or John Mede1ros Danny Strayhorn The Day 1s Past and Gone The Company You May Run Home .... The Company Rocka My Soul 1n the Bosom of Abraham The Company
PROGRAM SUBJCCT TO CHANGE
STAFF FOR THE ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER
Company Coordinator: Ivy Clarke Stage Manager: N1cholas Cernovitch Company Manager: Bill Hammond Wardrobe D1rect1on: Angelyne Brown Graphics: Joy Jackson Off1ce Administration: Ed Tuttle
Costumes for Knoxville executed by Dries Pak, Amsterdam, Holland; for Revelat1ons, Metallics, Lament, The Black Belt by Matthew Cameron, Jenny Wash1ngton, Terry Leong; for Hcrm1t Songs by Eric Paynter; for Blues Su1tr by George Faison, William Taylor. Shor s l,y Ca;Jr-zio, Selva, A. S. Beck
T1g hts by Ca;J~7io file /\lv1n /\!ley Am '" rican Dance Theater w1shcs to extend its gratitude to Kathy Grant and the staff of Clark Center for the Performing Arts of the West S1d YWC/\ for their gracious help durinr, thC' preparation of these pror,rams. Tour ManagP.mc..nt: Michael R1es - Columb1a Artists M ana •erncnt, 165 West 57th Street, New York City, N. Y. The Alvin Ailey Amencan Dance Theater Brooklyn Academy of Music 30 LafayetlP Avenue>, Brooklyn, New York 11217 BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC I APRIL 1969 I 13
THE ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DA NCE THEATER
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater The company performed in Asia and comes to the Academy for the spring Australia in 1962 - its first tour as a season of Festival of Dance 68-69 from a U.S. Cultural Presentation. In 1964-65 the recently completed fifth tour of Eu rope dancers performed in England, on the . .. a November appearance at the White European continent and again in Australia House in honor of Roger Stevens and the for three months. In 1956 The Alvin Ailey National Council on the Arts . .. a much American Dance Theater toured Germany, acclaimed (and mostly sold out) week at Italy, Spain and France, and represented the Billy Rose Theater on Broadway ... the United States in the Fi rst World Festi and a just completed tour of colleges and val of Negro Arts at Dakar, Senegal, where universities throughout the United States. it was the hit of the Festival.
The birth of the AI vi n Ailey American The following year, the company spent Dance Theater was in March of 1958 at the three months touring the major festivals YM-YWHA in New York City in a concert of Europe, including those of Portugal, acclaimed by critics and audiences alike. Holland, Israel, Italy and Yugoslavia. From Then followed performances in national September to November of 1967 the com and international festivals which estab pany brought its programs to ten countries lished The Alvin Ailey American Dance of Eastern and Western Africa under the Theater in the forefront of contemporary auspices of the Cultural Presentations dance companies. Division of the U.S. Department of State.
THE MEMB ERS OF THE COMPANY
DUDLEY WILLIAMS - scored a major Madame Swoboda. Danced in the Ballet critical and audience success in the Ailey Theater production of "The Four Marys". co mpany's recent Broadway season at the Miss Jamison has been a featured and Billy Rose Theater. He has appeared both greatly acclaimed artist with the Ailey at home and abroad with the major modern company since 1966. dance companies of our time. Mr. Williams is a graduate of the High School of Per KELVIN ROTARDIER - hails from Port of forming Arts and he has also attended the Spain Trinidad. Began study of modern Juilliard School of Music. He has been a dance at Sigurd Leder Modern Dance leading member of the Ai ley company School in London. Came to New York City since 1964. Mr. Wi lliams has been named in 1961 and studied at the International the Dancer of the Year by AGMA 1969. Dance School and with James Truitte and Alvin Ailey. Before joining the Ailey com pany in 1964, he danced with the American JUD ITH JAM ISON - Studied ballet under Ballet Theater Workshop, the Boston Arts Marion Cuyjet of Phi !adelphia and with Festival and in the New York Shakespeare Anthony Tudor, Michae l Lopanski and Festiva l. 14 I BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC I APRIL 1969
CONSUELO ATLAS - studied dance with RENEE RO SE - early training with the Elma Lewis of Boston and at the Boston Elma Lewis School in Boston. Appeared on Conservatory of Music. Attended the Con Broadway in "Golden Boy", "I'm Solomon" se rvatory for two and one-half years before and most recently "Her First Roman". She joining the Ailey company in 1966. has also danced in Japan with "West Side Story" and on television with Sammy Davis, GEORGE FAI SON -attended Howard Uni Les lie Uggams and Gene Kelly. ve rsity then studied dance in New York City with a va ri ety of teachers of modern DANNY STRAYHORN-studied at Delaware dance, ballet and jazz. Has performed with University and began his New York ca ree r Louis Johnson, Josephine Premice and with HARYOU studying there with Minnie Arthur Mitchell. Mr. Faison designed the Marshall, Th elma Hill and Louis Johnson. costumes for "Blues Suite". Appeared in the European productions of "Prodigal Son", "Golden Boy" and "Mon MICHELE MURRAY - studied with Bella sieur Carnival". Lewitzky in Californ ia and at Juilliard with Graham, Limon and Corvino. She has SYLVIA WATER S - studied in New York performed with Geoffrey Holder in Paris City at the New Dance Group, Ballet Arts and on tour in the United States and and at the Ma rtha Graham St udio. Gradu Europe with the Ailey company off and on ate of Juillia rd School of Music. She has since 1965. danced in Europe with productions of "Black Nativity" and "Black New World". ALMA ROBINSON-a graduate of the High In Europe she has also danced with School of Performing Arts, Miss Robinson Maurice Bejart, Michele Deacombey, Milko ha s studied at the Ma rtha Graham School Sparemblek and on numerous television and at the Thomas-Fallis School of Ballet. specials. She has performed with Jose Limon, Anna Sokolow, Donald McKayle and Talley Beatty. Miss Robinson was in the ori gi nal JOHN MEDEIROS is the most recent cast of the Off Broadway version of the addition to the Ailey company, coming t o musical "Hair". the company from Broadway's i 11-fated "The Fig Leaves are Fal ling". A graduate of ERNEST PAGNANO - Studied dance at Boston Conservatory of Music, he has the Boston Conservatory of Music and at danced in summer stock and in concert the American School and American Ballet with the Boston Ba llet. Center. Made his professional debut with the Jaffrey Ballet in fall of 1956. He has NICK CERNOVITCH -(Lighting Designer also worked with Gloria Contreras, John and Stage Manager) - Mr. Cernovitch Butler, Lar Lubovit ch and Jack Cole. bega n his ca reer in lighting design some 15 years ago working for many of the LINDA KENT- studied on scholarship at important American modern dance chor the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in sum- eographers. Hi s work in theatre includes mer of 1963 where she f irst saw the Ailey the first American production of lonesco's, company perform. Studied also on scho lar "Ulysses in Night Town" by James Joyce, ship at the Jui I liard Schoo l of Music and productions of the New York Theatre for graduated from Ju illiard in spring of 1968. Poets, and all of the productions for the She has also danced in summer stock and Living Theatre of New York for which he in John Butler's "Catulli Carmina". received an Obie award. He has also worked 9ROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC I APRIL 1969 I 15 as light ing designer fo r the "Festival of The Alvin Ai ley American Dance Theater Two Worlds" at Spolet o, Italy. Recent wo rk since its very f irst performance in 1958 includes co-designer, with R. Mitchell of and has designed lighting for, and stage the Paris Opera Centennary production of managed the company on all its national "La Peri". He has been associated with and international tours.
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