The second night... this was by far the best program I’ve ever seen Ailey offer: five pieces, each as good as the others in its different way...
Tag - Uprising
On the 13 December 2014, as the Millions March protest - on the shooting of unarmed African-American men by police - was happening in NY, Shanti Crawford was at City Center seeing Alvin Ailey perform Hofesh Shechter's Uprising. It really hit home...
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is making a big deal out of its premieres this year, but at the company's "All New" program during its City Center residency, Matthew Rushing's Odetta was the standout work.
There is surely something excellent lurking within this work, the intent of which I have failed to perceive, but I will just have to wait for The Choreographer’s next Cut to get it.
Each revisiting seems to offer up more than the sum of its parts, giving these former works a new and exciting lease of life