Auditorium Theatre 2021-2022, Issue 3, Alvin Ailey

AUDITORIUM THEATRE :: ALVIN AILEY | 11 TAKADEME (1999, Ailey premiere 2011) Choreography by Robert Battle Music by Sheila Chandra Costume by Missoni Costume recreated by Jon Taylor Lighting by Burke Wilmore Patrick Coker Generous support for the Company premiere of Takademe was provided by The Pamela D. Zilly & John H. Schaefer New Works Endowment Fund and the Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey through the generosity of the Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation and individual donors. “Speaking In Tongues II”, Performed by Sheila Chandra, Written by Sheila Chandra/Steve Coe, Published by Moonsung Music, Courtesy of Real World Records Ltd, www.realworldrecords.com. — PAUSE — Excerpt from LOVE STORIES (2004) Choreography by Robert Battle Music by Stevie Wonder Costumes by Susan Hilferty Costume Assistant: Maiko Matsushima Lighting & Visual Design by Al Crawford Ghrai DeVore-Stokes, Sarah Daley-Perdomo, Courtney Celeste Spears, Samantha Figgins, Yazzmeen Laidler, James Gilmer, Jermaine Terry, Chalvar Monteiro, Lloyd A. Boyd III, Solomon Dumas Love Stories was created through the Ailey New Works Fund, supported by Altria Group, Inc. This work is supported by the Ailey New Choreography Initiative, sponsored by AT&T. Major support for Love Stories has been provided by The Ford Foundation. Generous support was also received from The Fred Eychaner New Works Endowment Fund and The Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey — Sara & Bill Morgan New Works Endowment Fund. Additional funding for Love Stories provided by The Harkness Foundation for Dance; NJPAC Alternate Routes, New Jersey Performing Arts Center; Elaine P. Wynn & Family Foundation; and Laren & Jesse Brill. “Fingertips Parts 1 and 2” written by Clarence Paul and Henry Cosby, Used by Permission of Jobete Music Co. INC. and Stone Agate Music. — 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 Solomon Dumas, Samantha Figgins, Khalia Campbell Music arranged by James Miller+ • Fix Me, Jesus Sarah Daley-Perdomo, Jermaine Terry Music arranged by Hall Johnson* TAKE ME TO THE WATER • Processional/Honor, Honor Patrick Coker, Yazzmeen Laidler, Michael Jackson, Jr., Jeroboam Bozeman Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts • Wade in the Water Belén Indhira Pereyra, Yannick Lebrun, 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 Vernard J. Gilmore Music arranged by James Miller+ MOVE, MEMBERS, MOVE • Sinner Man Jeroboam Bozeman, Chalvar Monteiro, 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.