Deborah Jowitt on Alvin Ailey at New York City Center
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By
Deborah Jowitt / The Village Voice
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Program Details
New York City Center
November 28 - December 31, 2007
"Flaming Creatures: If it's Christmas, it must be Ailey time"
"In many ways, Béjart's ultra-clear choreographic patterns remind me of early modern dance. In a close phalanx, moving as one, the nine dancers (both male and female) shift directions suddenly to gaze into threatening darkness; leap, spin, and crawl into contrapuntal squads or solo outbursts; and thrust fists in the air. The male firebird has the flashy, more balletic dancing--the exalted jumps, the beating of feet together in the air." Read review...
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