Auditorium Theatre 2018-19 Issue 3 Alvin Ailey

LAZARUS - ACT I (2018) Choreography by Rennie Harris Rehearsal Director: Nina Flagg Rehearsal Associate: Millie Heckler Music and Sound by Darrin Ross Costumes by Mark Eric Lighting by James Clotfelter RennieHarris was born and raised in anAfrican American community inNorthPhiladelphia. In 1992, he founded Rennie Harris Puremovement, a hip-hop dance theatre company dedicated to preserving and disseminating hip-hop culture. Voted one of the most influential people in the last 100 years of Philadelphia history, Mr. Harris has received several accolades, including the HerbAlpert Award in theArts, the Governor’sArtsAward, a United States Artist Fellowship, and an honorary doctorate from Bates College. The Times (of London) 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, and toured in Egypt, Israel, Palestinian territories, and Jordan in 2012. Mr. Harris is Ailey’s artist-in-residence for 2018-19. The world premiere of Lazarus is made possible with major support fromAmerican 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 TheAndrewW. Mellon Foundation. Commissioning support for Lazarus provided by the Auditorium Theatre (Chicago). Lazarus is 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 is provided by Simin N.Allison, Daria L. &Eric J. Wallach, Tracy Elise Poole, The Ellen Jewett & Richard L. Kauffman NewWorks Endowment Fund, and The Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey – Sara and Bill Morgan NewWorks Endowment Fund. “Feeling Good” performed by Nina Simone, written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse. “As Yet Untitled” written and performed by TerenceTrent D’Arby, Published byBMGPlatinumSongs (BMI) oboBMGVMMusic Ltd oboTreehouse Publishing S.r.l., used by permission. All rights reserved. “BlackMan InAWhiteWorld,” performed byMichael Kiwanuka, written by Dean Cover andMichael 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 byWadudAhmad, Rennie Harris, and Darrin Ross. Vocals by Alonzo Chadwick, Phinizea Chadwick, Trenelle Doyle, Simone Jordan, Carl Robinson Jr., and Joshua Sommerville. INTERMISSION LAZARUS - ACT II INTERMISSION PROGRAMA WED MARCH 6 at 7PM Daniel Harder, Jeroboam Bozeman, Jamar Roberts, Hope Boykin, Sarah Daley-Perdomo, Jacqueline Green, Jacquelin Harris, Vernard J. Gilmore, GlennAllen Sims, Yannick Lebrun, Belén Pereyra-Alem, Michael Jackson, Jr., Ghrai DeVore, Akua Noni Parker, Megan Jakel SATMARCH 9 at 8PM / SUNMARCH 10 at 3PM Samuel Lee Roberts, Solomon Dumas, Clifton Brown, SamanthaFiggins,YazzmeenLaidler,CourtneyCelesteSpears, Danica Paulos, Chalvar Monteiro, Michael Francis McBride, Christopher R. Wilson, Khalia Campbell, Jermaine Terry, Constance Stamatiou, FanaTesfagiorgis, JessicaAmber Pinkett