The Oregonian reviewed the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater when it came westward in 2011. The reviewer mostly had positives to say about the company. One of the most present sentiments was that the dancers all looked very professional and deserving to be in the company. They all seemed to instinctively know which moves came after the next, looking natural, in terms of motion and movement.
At the time, the company was changing artistic directors, and this was apparently all too obvious from the selected pieces. The reviewer almost makes some of the whole performance seem somewhat campy because of the obviousness of what transpired onstage was a metaphor for what was happening offstage.
Still, the reviewer could not get enough of the dancers. It seemed like the only thing that was wrong with the dancers themselves was one of them seemed to be a bit melodramatic in one of his solos. A bit. Other than that the performance of
Night Creatures,
Uptown,
Dancing Spirit,
Anointed,
Passing,
Sally Forth,
52 and counting,
In/Side, and
Revelations left nothing but appreciation for the company Ailey founded and its meaningful dancers, dances, and performances.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXiqAshNlzw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mARDDW61i0Y
http://www.oregonlive.com/performance/index.ssf/2011/03/revelations_review_alvin_ailey.html
Really appreciate the author post the youtube video at the bottom so that the audience could be able to see how their dance looked like. Alvin Ailey's American Dance Theater tpresented social problems that happened to the black group. The dancers knows exactly what movements came after the next. As the author analyzed, "Dancers looking natural, in terms of motion and movement."
ReplyDeleteI have been lucky enough to see the company perform and I can attest to this. These dancers are unlike any others. There ability to transcend styles and be chameleons of dance is amazing. They transform from more balletic work of Jiri Kylian to contemporary work by Ohad Naharin to the classic "Revelations". There abilities are amazing by all dance standards.
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