Brooklyn Atot!emy of Musit 1969-70 Season

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

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FESTIVAL OF DANCE 69-70

The Brooklyn Academy of Music presents

THE ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER

A REPERTORY COMPANY OF AMERICAN DANCE

Saturday Evening, November 29, 1969

DUDLEY WI LLIAMS JUDITH JAMISON KELVIN ROTARDIER

CONSUELO ATLAS GEORGE FAISON MICHELE MURRAY

RENEE ROSE LINDA KENT SYLVIA WATERS

JOHN MEDEIROS HARVEY COHE N WILLIAM HANSEN

Artistic Director ALVIN AILEY

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CONGO TANGO PALACE

Choreography: Talley Beatty

Music: Miles Davis & Gil Evans

(Sketches of Spa in)

Costumes: Matthew Cameron

Set in an imaginary Spanish Harlem ballroom, Congo Tango Palace is the closing dance from Mr. Beatty's major work, "Come and get the Beauty of it Hot."

THE COMPANY

ICARUS

Choreography: Lucas Hoving

Music: Shin-ichi Matsushita

Costumes: Beni Montresor

Lighting: Nicola Cernovitch

According to the myth, Daedalus, Imprisoned with his son, Ica rus, devised wings to enable them to escape. Icarus, overcome by the ecstacy of flying, flew toward the sun, whereupon his wings burned and he fell to his death.

Icarus ··------DUDLEY WILLIAMS

Daedalus ------·------·----·-----···---·------KELVIN ROTAR DI ER

The Sun ------...... _··-····------·--- JUDITH JAM ISON NOVEMBER 1969 I BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC I 7

QUINTET

"Little girl of all the daughters, you we re born a woman not a slave! .. "

Choreography: Alvin Ailey Music: Laura Nyro (Eli and the Thirteenth Confession) Costumes: Matthew Cameron, George Faison Lighting: Nicola Cernovitch

Stoned Soul Picnic " Can you surrey, can you picnic? ..." SYLVIA WATERS, LINDA KENT, MICHELE MURRAY, CONSUELO ATLAS, RENEE ROSE

Luckie "Well- there's an avenue of devil who believe in stone. You can meet the captain at the dead-end zone ..." MICHELE MURRAY and SYLVIA WATERS, LINDA KENT, RENEE RO SE, CONSUELO ATLAS

Poverty Train "Last call for the poverty train! . " SYLVIA WATERS

Woman's Blues " My man's gone off leave me motherless! . " LINDA KENT and MICHELE MURRAY, CONSUELO ATLAS, SYLVIA WATERS

December's Boudoir "December will bear our affair ..." CONSUELO ATLAS

The Confession " Love is surely gospel! II SYLVIA WATERS, RENEE ROSE, LINDA KENT, MICHELE MURRAY, CONSUELO ATLAS

INTERM ISSION

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The Brooklyn Academy of Music DIRECTORY OF FACILITIES AND SERVICES

Academy Dance Center Express Buses - Manhattan to BAM Classes for ages 6-15 in ballet/modern Direct buses for most evening events leave dance. Contact Virginia Schanher at S.W. corners unless otherwise noted. No 783-6700. reservations necessa ry. Return: 15 minutes Box Office after performance. Ticl

AUTOMOBILE ROUTES TO BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC

UPPER AND LOWER MANHAlTAN, for Downtown Brooklyn. After Expressway NORTHERN BRONX: becomes elevated again take "Manhattan Bridge Civic Center" exit, follow exit Henry Hudso n Parkway and West Side around to Flatbush Avenue. Turn left on Highway to Canal Street. Cana l Street to Fl atbush Avenue, go 8 traffic lights to the Manhattan Bridge, over Bridge to Flatbush island opposite the Fox Theatre, turn left Avenue. Go 8 traffic lights to island in at island, then turn right at Fulton Street front of Fox Th eatre, turn left at island, for two blocks, turn right on Ashland Place then turn right for two blocks, turn right for one block to the Academy. at Ashland Place to the Acad emy of Music. b) VIA THROG GS NECK BR IDGE: Take New England Thruway (or get on Thruway WEST BRONX from t he Hutchinson River Parkway) over (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY AREA}: Throggs Neck Bridge. Continue on Clear­ Major Deegan Expressway to Triborough view Expressway to the Long Island Ex­ Bridge. Triborough Bridge to East River pressway (Manhattan bound) to the Brook­ Drive. East River Drive to 25th Street Exit. lyn exit. (Brooklyn-Queens Expressway). (Just after Bellevue Hospital}. 25th Street Follow insrtuctions (a) to Brooklyn. to 2nd Avenue, left on 2nd Avenue to 21st Street. Right on 21st Street to 3rd Aven ue. NORTH ERN QU EENS AND NASSAU: Left on 3rd Ave nue to Man hattan Bridge Take Long Island Expressway to Brooklyn (Cana l Street ). Go 8 traffic lights to Fox exit in Queens. (Brooklyn-Queens Express­ Theatre, turn left at island, turn right for way). Take Brooklyn-Queens Expressway to two blocks to Ashland Pl ace, to the Aca­ Downtown Brooklyn (keeping always to the demy of Music. right}. After Expressway becomes elevated again take Manhattan Bridge, Brooklyn EAST BRONX (BRONX PARK AREA}: Civic Center exit. Follow exit around to Flatbush Avenue, turn left on Flatbush Bronx Ri ver Parkway and Parkway Exten­ Avenue, (follow instructions as to the sion to Bruckner Blvd. Bruckner Blvd. to island and traffic lights.) Triborough Bridge. Triborough Bridge to East River Drive. East River Dri ve to 25th Street exit. (Just after Bellevue Hospita l). SOUTHERN QUEENS AND NASSAU: 25th Street to 2nd Avenue, left on 2nd Southern State Parkway to Be lt Parkway. Avenue to 21st Street. Right on 21st Street After passing Kennedy take exit No. 22 to 3rd Ave nue. Left on 3rd Avenue to Man­ (No. Conduit Avenue} to Conduit Blvd. Con­ hattan Bridge (Canal Street). Left over duit Blvd. to Atlantic Avenue. Atlantic Bridge to Flatbush Avenue. Go 8 traffic Avenue all t he way to Flatbush Avenue. lights to Fox Th eatre, t urn left at island, .. Right on Flatbush Avenue for 1 block, bea r turn right for two blocks on Fulton St reet, right on to Ashland Place, 1 block to Lafay­ 1 turn right for one block on Ashland Place ette Avenue and the Brooklyn Academy of at Fulton Street to the Acad emy. Music.

EAST BRONX (EASTCHESTER SOUTHERN BROOKLYN: AND PELHAM PARK AREAS}: Take Flatbush Avenue (or Ocean Avenue a} VIA WHITESTONE BRIDGE: Hutchin­ or Ocean Parkway to Flat bush Avenue, or son River Parkway to Grand Ce ntral Park­ in Bay Ridge take 4th Avenue to Flatbush way. Left.on Grand Central to Long Island Avenue) to Flatbush and Atlantic Avenue. Expressway. Right on Long Island Express­ Turn on Ash land Place - on left of the way to Brooklyn exit. (Brooklyn-Queens Wi lliamsburgh Bank and go one block to Expressway}. Keep to right following signs t he Academy. 10 I BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC I NOVEMBER 1969

PANAMBI

Choreography: Michael Smuin Music: Alberto Ginastera Projections: Jim Housley Costumes: Marcos Paredes Lighting: Gilbert Hemsley

"Before this t1me another year I may be gone In some lonesome graveyard, Oh Lord ... How long!" -Sarah Worth

JUDITH JAMISON DUDLEY WILLIAMS GEORGE FAISON SYLVIA WATERS KELVIN ROTARDIER CONSUELO ATLAS RENEE ROSE

Music: by arrangement with Boosey and Ha wkes, Inc., sole agent.

INTERMISSION

POE ME

Choreography: Pauline Koner Music: Samuel Barber ("Concerto for Piano and Orchestra," Second Movement) Costumes: Christina Giannini Lighting: Gene Lowery

The Second Movement of the Barber Piano Concerto, subtitled Canzona, is a so ng-like movement with a flute as principal so loist.

GEORGE FAISON LINDA KENT NOVEMBER 1969 I BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC I 11

REVELATIONS

Choreography: Alvin Ailey Music: Traditional Decor and Costumes: Ves Harper Lighting: Nicola Cernovitch

"This little light of mrne, I'm gonna let it shine." Th is suite explores motivations and emotions of American Negro religious music, which, like its heir, the blues, takes ma ny forms- true spirituals wit h their susta ined melodies, song­ sermons, gospel songs and holy blues-songs of trouble, of love, of deliverance. "Spirituals sing of woe triumphantly, knowing well that all rivers will be crossed and the Promised Land is just beyond the stream. The Spi rituals ask no pity-for their words ride on the strongest of melodies, the melody of faith. That is why there is joy in their singing, peace in their music and strength in t hei r soui."-Langston Hughes

PILGRIM OF SORROW I Been Buked ...... _...... THE COMPANY Daniel ...... KELVIN ROTARDIER, LINDA KENT, SYLVIA WATERS Fix Me, Jesus ...... CONSUELO ATLAS, GEORGE FAISON

TAKE ME TO THE WATER Process ional ...... WILLIAM HANSEN, LINDA KENT, MICHELE MURRAY, KELVIN ROTARDIER, JUDITH JAMISON, HARVEY COHEN, JOHN MADEIROS Wading in the Water ...... MICHELE MURRAY, JUDITH JAMISON, KELVIN ROTARDIER I Want to be Ready ...... DUDLEY WILLIAMS

MOVE, MEMBERS, MOVE Sinner Man ...... HARVEY COHEN, GEORGE FAISON, JOHN MEDEIROS The Day is Pa st and Gone ...... THE COMPANY You May Run Home ...... THE COMPANY Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham ...... THE COMPANY

(Wading in the Water sequence arranged by Ella Jenkins. "A Man Went Down to the River", an original co mposition of Ella Jenkins.) 12 I BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC I NOVEMBER 1969

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 a I so 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 1959. Conservatory of Music, he has danced in summer stock and in concert with the JUDITH JAMISON - Studied ballet under Boston Ballet. Mr. Medeiros was also in Manon Cuyjet of Philadelphia and with the Broadway musical "The Fig Leaves Anthony Tudor, Michael Lopanski and Are Falling." Madame Swoboda. Danced in the Ballet Theater production of "The Four Marys". HARVEY COHEN - first interest was act­ M1ss Jamison has been a featured and ing, his major while attending college. greatly acclaimed artist with the Ailey Interests then expanded to da nee. Was in company si nee 1966. "Sweet Charity" and various La s 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 WILLIAM HAN SEN- most re cent addition Dance School and with James Truitte and to the Ailey company. Last performed as a Alvin Ailey. Before joining the Ailey com­ featured dancer in the AI Huang Dance pany in 1964, he danced with the American Company. Has performed with Hanya Holm, Ballet Theater Workshop, the Boston Arts Valerie Bettis, Mary Anthony, and Carol Festival and in the New York Shakespeare Scothorn. Studied dance at U.C.L.A. and Festival. 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 CHRISTINA GIANNINI (Designer for Mase­ Conservatory of Music. Attended the Con­ kela Costumes) - After earning her B.A. servatory for two and one-half years before at Rutgers University, Miss Giannini con­ joining the Ailey company in 1966. tinued 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. In addition to opera, Miss Giannini has MICHELE MURRAY - studied with Bella designed costumes for T.V., Broadway, Off­ Lewitzky in California and at Juilliard Broadway, summer stock, six seasons The with Graham, Limon and Corvino. She has Festival of Two Worlds, Spoleto, Italy, and performed with Geoffrey Holder in Paris various exhibits both here and abroad. Her and on tour in the United States and most recent work has been for the Pearl Europe with the Ailey company off and on Lang Dance Company, The Alvin Ailey since 1965. 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 Ailey's at the Juilliard School of Music and gradu­ 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 Polish composer Butler's "Catulli Carmina." 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 Jaffrey'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 NOVEMBER 1969 I BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC I 13

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. Hoving 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 BEATIY (Choreographer) - Mr. artistic director. After several seasons with Beatty made his debut as a dancer with the Horton Company and appearances in the Chicago Civic Opera Ballet Co. in the motion picture "Carmen Jones" and William Grant Still's "La Guellblesse" "Lydia Ba iley", 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 Mr. Beatty had three European and Scan­ and Milton Katselas, appeared as leading dinavian tours with his own company. dancer in Harry Belafonte's "Sing, Man, Among his choreographies are Duke Elling­ Sing", in the Phoenix Theater's production ton's ''Black, Brown and Beige" and "My "The Carefree Tree", and in the Lena Horne People". He appeared in the film of Broadway musical "Jamaica". As an actor Ellington's "Flamingo" with Janet Collins. Alvin Ailey has appeared off Broadway in He staged "The Road of the Phoebe Snow" "Call Me by My Rightful Name" and "Two and "Come and Get the Beauty of it Hot" by Saroyan", and late in 19S2 made his for the Batsheva Co. in Israel. He also Broadway acting debut as Claudia McNeil's choreographed James Baldwin's "Blues for son in "Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright". 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", "EI 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" com missioned by the graphed for the legitimate theatre, opera, Swedish Broadcasting Company won the and musical comedy. Her most recent work Prix d'ltalia as the best mu sica l 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 SM U IN (Choreographer) - was and Cleopatra" which opened the new born in Missoula, Montana. He studied Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln dance with Wi II iam 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 America n singer Laura Nyro master and resident choreographer. Since (which will be seen in this cu rrent 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 showi ng 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 Texa s, 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 leav ing high school and and revivals of Lester Horton's "Salome", entering the University of California to "Verma", and "Liberian Suite". Mr. Ailey pursue a degree as a teacher of Romance hopes also to produce an even ing 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 I BROOKLYN ACA DEMY OF M USIC I NOVEMBER 1969

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