Auditorium Theatre 2021-2022, Issue 3, Alvin Ailey

Sunday, March 6, 2022 at 3PM 12 | AUDITORIUM THEATRE :: ALVIN AILEY Lazarus LAZARUS (2018) Choreography by Rennie Harris Rehearsal Director: Nina Flagg Rehearsal Associate: Millie Heckler Music & Sound Design by Darrin Ross Costumes by Mark Eric Lighting by James Clotfelter Chalvar Monteiro, Solomon Dumas, Clifton Brown, Samantha Figgins, Sarah Daley-Perdomo, Jacqueline Green, Jacquelin Harris, Vernard J. Gilmore, James Gilmer, Yannick Lebrun, Khalia Campbell, Michael Jackson, Jr., Ghrai DeVore-Stokes, Ashley Mayeux, Caroline T. Dartey ACT ONE — INTERMISSION — ACT TWO The world premiere of Lazarus was made possible with major support from American Express. Lazarus was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Commissioning support for Lazarus provided by The Auditorium Theatre (Chicago) with sponsorship support from Ariel Investments, Avison Young, and Svoboda Capital Partners. Lazarus was supported by commissioning funds from Cal Performances at the University of California, Berkeley. Additional commissioning support for Lazarus provided by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Music for Lazarus commissioned by the Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation. Additional support for the creation of Lazarus was provided by Simin N. Allison, Daria L. & Eric J. Wallach, Tracy Elise Poole, The Ellen Jewett & Richard L. Kauffman New Works Endowment Fund, and The Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey – Sara and Bill Morgan New Works Endowment Fund. Original music composed and produced by Darrin Ross. “Feeling Good” performed by Nina Simone, written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse. “As Yet Untitled” written and performed by Terence Trent D’Arby. Published by BMG Platinum Songs (BMI) obo BMG VM Music Ltd obo Treehouse Publishing S.r.l., used by permission. All rights reserved. “Black Man In A White World,” performed by Michael Kiwanuka, written by Dean Cover and Michael Kiwanuka, all rights administered by WB Music Corp. (ASCAP). “Glory, Glory” performed by Odetta. Audio of Alvin Ailey from “ESSENCE: The Television Program” (1984). Spoken text written and adapted by Rennie Harris, performed by Wadud Ahmad, Rennie Harris, and Darrin Ross. Vocals by Alonzo Chadwick, Phinizea Chadwick, Trenelle Doyle, Simone Jordan, Carl Robinson Jr., and Joshua Sommerville. Lorenzo “Rennie” Harris was born and raised in an African-American community in North Philadelphia. In 1992, he founded Rennie Harris Puremovement, a hip-hop dance theater company dedicated to preserving and disseminating hip-hop culture. Voted one of the most influential people in the last one hundred years of Philadelphia history, Mr. Harris has received several accolades, including the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts, the Governor’s Arts Award, a United States Artist Fellowship, and an honorary doctorate from Bates College. The London Times wrote of Mr. Harris that he is “the Basquiat of the U.S. contemporary dance scene.” Rennie Harris Puremovement was chosen by DanceMotion USA as one of four companies to serve as citizen-diplomats to tour Egypt, Israel, Palestinian territories and Jordan in 2012. Mr. Harris’ other contributions to Ailey’s repertory include Love Stories (a collaboration with Judith Jamison and Robert Battle) and Home. Jeroboam Bozeman, photo by Dario Calmese.