Alvin Ailey’s June season at Lincoln Center includes artistic director Robert Battle’s AWAKENING
David H. Koch Theater
20 Lincoln Center Plaza
June 8-19, $25 – $90
212-496-0600
www.alvinailey.org
www.davidhkochtheater.com
In June 2013, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performed at Lincoln Center for the first time in thirteen years. The late-spring season has now become an annual event, as the troupe, which takes over City Center every December, will be back at the David Koch Theater for the fourth straight year. From June 8 to 19, AAADT will present fourteen works across five programs, in addition to the opening-night gala. “Dance Trailblazers” consists of the world premiere of new La Scala Ballet director Mauro Bigonzetti’s Deep, Paul Taylor’s Piazzola Caldera, and the Ailey standard Revelations. “All Ailey” brings together Blues Suite, Love Songs, Cry, and Revelations. “Bold Visions” features Deep, Ulysses Dove’s Vespers, AAADT artistic director Robert Battle’s The Hunt, and Revelations. “Musical Inspirations” includes Ronald K. Brown’s Open Door, Battle’s Awakening, Judith Jamison’s A Case of You, and Revelations. And “21st Century Voices” highlights the latest additions to the repertory: Open Door, Battle’s No Longer Silent, Rennie Harris’s Exodus, and the world premiere of Kyle Abraham’s Untitled America: Second Movement.