Ailey’s Announces New World Premier Choreographed by Rennie Harris!

Revealing his vision for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for the first time, incoming Artistic Director Robert Battle announced highlight of the company’s 2011/12 performance season, offering a program that extends the vital legacy of Alvin Ailey (1931‐1989) in exciting new directions.

The diverse choreographic works selected by Mr. Battle that will be added to the repertory for the 2011/12 season include the world premiere of a dance by Philadelphia’s own hip‐hop choreographer Rennie Harris, inspired by the stories of people living with or affected by HIV.

Hip‐hop choreographer Rennie Harris, who worked alongside Judith Jamison and Robert Battle to create Love Stories for the company in 2004, is choreographing a new work inspired by the stories, poems and images submitted to the Fight HIV Your Way contest, an initiative of Bristol‐Myers Squibb. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will present the premiere of the work on World AIDS Day (December 1) at New York City Center . Robert Battle comments: “I think Rennie is great in the way he takes a conceptual approach to hip hop. He is bringing a unique perspective to stories that absolutely have to be told, and that ought to be realized in a dance vocabulary that comes from a new generation.”

“This is the beginning of a new adventure—for the company, for me and for our audiences around the world,”
stated Mr. Battle, who will succeed the legendary Judith Jamison as Artistic Director on July 1, 2011. “We are
going to reach back and try to touch some of the vital sources of Alvin Ailey’s creativity, but also stretch forward
into new possibilities that develop his legacy. For the millions of people who love Alvin Ailey’s work and have
been inspired by the great achievements of Judith Jamison and our unsurpassed dancers, I hope this season will
be just what the company has always promised: revelatory.”

For further information, visit www.alvinailey.org

Take a picture, tell a story, see it inspire a dance – http://www.fighthivyourway.com/

 

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