Auditorium Theatre 2021-2022, Issue 3, Alvin Ailey

AUDITORIUM THEATRE :: ALVIN AILEY | 9 Excerpts from THE RIVER (1970, Ailey premiere 1981) Choreography by Alvin Ailey Restaged by Matthew Rushing, Ronni Favors & Clifton Brown Music by Duke Ellington Original Music Coordination: Martha Johnson Costumes by A. Christina Giannini Lighting by Chenault Spence “...of birth...of the wellspring of life...of reaffirmation... of the heavenly anticipation of rebirth...” — Duke Ellington Falls Solomon Dumas, Lloyd A. Boyd III, Brandon Michael Woolridge, Kanji Segawa Vortex Miranda Quinn Twin Cities Jacqueline Green, Yannick Lebrun Support for this new production has been provided by Denise Littlefield Sobel and The Jaharis Family Foundation. The original Ailey production of The River was made possible, in part, with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency, and by a grant from The Ford Foundation. Music used by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner — INTERMISSION — REVELATIONS (1960) Choreography by Alvin Ailey Music: Traditional Décor and Costumes by Ves Harper Costume dresses for “Move, Members, Move” redesigned by Barbara Forbes Lighting by Nicola Cernovitch PILGRIM OF SORROW • I Been ‘Buked The Company Music arranged by Hall Johnson* • Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel Patrick Coker, Miranda Quinn, Courtney Celeste Spears Music arranged by James Miller+ • Fix Me, Jesus Ashley Mayeux, James Gilmer Music arranged by Hall Johnson* TAKE ME TO THE WATER • Processional/Honor, Honor Chalvar Monteiro, Yazzmeen Laidler, Christopher R. Wilson, Lloyd A. Boyd III Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts • Wade in the Water Jacquelin Harris, Vernard J. Gilmore, Jacqueline Green Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts “Wade in the Water” sequence by Ella Jenkins “A Man Went Down to the River” is an original composition by Ella Jenkins • I Wanna Be Ready Michael Jackson, Jr. Music arranged by James Miller+ MOVE, MEMBERS, MOVE • Sinner Man Brandon Michael Woolridge, Lloyd A. Boyd III, Kanji Segawa Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts • The Day is Past and Gone The Company Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers • You May Run On The Company Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers • Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham The Company Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts  * Used by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner. + Used by special arrangement with Galaxy Music Corporation, New York City. All performances of Revelations are permanently endowed by a generous gift from Donald L. Jonas in celebration of the birthday of his wife, Barbara, and her deep commitment to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. There will be a Q&A session immediately following the performance. Please come to the front of the orchestra level to participate.