Inviting young people of African and Caribbean Heritage, aged 12 to 19 years to join Artistry Youth Dance to watch Alivin Ailey American Dance Theater - Modern Classics performance
Date: Wednesday 13th September
Time: 6.30pm to 10.00pm
Location: Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4TJ
Cost: £5 (plus booking fee)
Limited funded places are available, please contact ebenjamin@artistryyouthdance.com
You will be accompanied by AYD staff Esme Benjamin, Destiny Bennett-Ellis and Kamara Gray who are all licensed Chaperones and hold an enhanced DBS.
About (Sadler's Wells Website)
Roy’s Joys by Twyla Tharp
This silky, sultry work embodies the spontaneity of the 1940s and 50s jazz soundtrack by Roy Eldridge. Mixing vernacular dance with ballet and modern technique, it exudes an easy, carefree energy that shows Tharp at her rollicking best.
Dancing Spirit by Ronald K. Brown
Ronald K. Brown pays tribute to Ailey’s Artistic Director Emerita Judith Jamison’s profound influence with a new work that echoes the title of Jamison’s autobiography. Set to music by Duke Ellington, Wynton Marsalis and War, Brown’s evocative choreography uses movement from Cuba, Brazil and the United States to conjure dancing spirits who embody Jamison’s elegance, vision, dignity and generosity.
Revelations by Alvin Ailey
Using African American spirituals, song-sermons, gospel songs and holy blues, Alvin Ailey’s Revelations fervently explores the places of deepest grief and holiest joy in the soul. Ailey described the memories that inspired Revelations as “blood memories” because they were so strong, he felt they were part of him as much as the blood that ran through his veins.
More than just a popular dance work, it has become a cultural treasure, beloved by generations of fans. Seeing Revelations for the first time or the hundredth can be a transcendent experience, with audiences cheering, singing along and dancing in their seats from the opening notes of the plaintive “I Been ’Buked” to the rousing “Wade in the Water” and the triumphant finale, “Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham.” It is no surprise that it is the most widely seen modern dance work in the world.