"I think the approach is really led by the roadmap that Mr. Ailey set forth so many decades ago, which is to root ourselves in our legacy and our history, but also give a platform for new voices in the field,"
"So I think that it's important to expand upon the idea of what an Ailey dancer can do, and I've had the great pleasure of co-curating the season with our Associate Artistic Director Matthew Rushing [and] we've created quite a powerful season I believe that really stretches the dancers in terms of all the movement languages that they are tasked to perform.,"
Alicia Graf Mack was appointed six months ago as the fourth artistic director of Alvin Ailey and leads a season rooted in legacy while elevating new voices. Mack, a Dance Theater of Harlem and Columbia University alum and former principal under Judith Jamison, co-curated the season with Associate Artistic Director Matthew Rushing to stretch dancers across varied movement languages. The season at New York City Center runs through Jan. 4 and features five world premieres, including works by Fredrick Earl Mosley, Maija García, Matthew Neenan and Jamar Roberts. Additional weekend highlights include the revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along in movie theaters, a star-studded live tennis tournament at the Prudential Center, and a Sinterklaas celebration in East Flatbush.
Read at New York Daily News
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