In CENTURY, Garner on occasion blends in subtle African dance threads and ballet. In the adrenalized first scene, the dancers wear character/jazz shoes and comport themselves as if in a cabaret, swanning across the stage, long legs scissoring. A fireman carries a woman, who extends one leg like a steeple.
Lorraine Toussaint attends the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater s 65th anniversary season gala on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in New York. (Photo by CJ Rivera/Invision/AP)
Actor-singer Cynthia Erivo lent searing and soulful vocals to an evening marking Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater s 65th anniversary, and celebrating the talents of dance legend Judith Jamison its former
AP: Judith Jamison looked out onto the glittering crowd at New York City Center and said marvelling: “The man thought of this 65 years ago, and here we are!” Jamison, 80, was speaking of Alvin Ailey, the pioneering choreographer who, 65 years ago,.