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Ailey company comes to Austin on historic 50- anniversary tour
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre is in the midst of a 50-city global tour, celebrating its 50th anniversary. The tour began in late March last year and is scheduled to end in mid-June
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the New York-based company will appear at the University of Texas’ Bass Concert Hall.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater with special guest Sweet Honey in the Rock
When:8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday
Where: Bass Concert Hall, 23rd Street and Robert Dedman Drive
Cost: $30-$52
Information: 512-477-6060, www.utpac.org.
The Austin performances will include company member Hope Boykin’s “Go in Grace,” an innovative collaboration with Grammy Award-winning female a cappella musical group Sweet Honey in the Rock, who will perform on stage with the dancers. Also on the program is a new production of the historic work “Suite Otis” by Tony Award-winning choreographer and former Ailey company member George Faison, a piece full of romance and humor set to the songs of Otis Redding. And Ailey’s timeless masterpiece “Revelations” will performed in its entirety.
Read more about the Ailey company’s 50th-anniversary tour here.
R. Deshauteurs, C. Brown, A. Machanic and R. Robinson in Hope Boykin’s Go In Grace.Go In Grace. Photo by Paul Kolnik
C. Brown, K. Boyd and A. Douthit in Hope Boykin’s Go In Grace. Photo © Steve Vaccariello
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