Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

PROGRAM A
Tue, Apr 7, 7:30pm
MEDHI WALERSKI Blink of an Eye* (2011/2025); music: Johann Sebastian Bach
JAMAR ROBERTS Song of the Anchorite* (2025); music: Maurice Ravel
MATTHEW NEENAN Difference Between* (2025); music: Heather Christian & the Arbornauts
ALVIN AILEY Revelations (1960); music: traditional spirituals


PROGRAM B
Wed, Apr 8, 7:30pm; Sat, Apr 11, 2pm; Sun, Apr 12, 3pm

MAIJA GARCÍA Jazz Island* (2025); music: Etienne Charles
FREDRICK EARL MOSLEY Embrace* (2025); music: various artists
ALVIN AILEY Revelations (1960); music: traditional spirituals


PROGRAM C
Thu, Apr 9, 7:30pm; Fri, Apr 10, 8pm

JAWOLE WILLA JO ZOLLAR,
SAMANTHA FIGGINS,
CHALVAR MONTEIRO The Holy Blues* (2025); music: various gospel songs
MEDHI WALERSKI Blink of an Eye* (2011/2025); music: Johann Sebastian Bach
JUDITH JAMISON A Case of You** (2004/2025); music: Joni Mitchell
RONALD K. BROWN Grace (1999); music: Duke Ellington, Peven Everett, Fela Anikulapo Kuti


PROGRAM D
Sat, Apr 11, 8pm

JAWOLE WILLA JO ZOLLAR,
SAMANTHA FIGGINS,
CHALVAR MONTEIRO The Holy Blues* (2025); music: various gospel songs
MEDHI WALERSKI Blink of an Eye* (2011/2025); music: Johann Sebastian Bach
JUDITH JAMISON A Case of You** (2004/2025); music: Joni Mitchell
ALVIN AILEY Revelations (1960); music: traditional spirituals

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Alicia Graf Mack, artistic director
Matthew Rushing, associate artistic director

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Strength, precision, and passion remain the hallmarks of the august Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater more than 65 years after its inception. The company's legendary dancers return to Berkeley with vibrant programs of new and classic works that showcase and synthesize a dazzling range of cultural influences, from spirituals and church hymns, jazz, R&B, and hip-hop, to African dance and classical ballet. Many of the earliest Ailey works and the newest company creations share a common focus: illuminating the rich panorama of Black American experience. Ailey's monumental Revelations serves as a beacon through it all, and as former company dancer and keeper of the Ailey flame Sylvia Waters observes, "It's a testament to Alvin's understanding of humanity and the human spirit. That, yes, people experience despair, struggle, repression, oppression, but they have the resilience and strength to go forward."