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Three dancers holding a forth one that is reaching out.

Repertory

Acceptance In Surrender

COMPANIES

CHOREOGRAPHERS

WORLD PREMIERE

New York City Center, 2005

MUSIC

Original Composition by Philip Hamilton; “Seven Steps” Composed by Philip Hamilton and Peter Jones; Additional Music by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway

COSTUMES

Hope Boykin, Abdur-Rahim Jackson, and Matthew Rushing

LIGHTING

Al Crawford

COSTUME CONSULTANT

Jon Taylor

RUN TIME

  • 17 minutes

Continuing the tradition of nurturing dancers' unique choreographic voices, Judith Jamison—then artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater—invited Hope Boykin, Abdur-Rahim Jackson, and Matthew Rushing (all company members at the time) to collaborate on this work with an original score by Philip Hamilton. As three angels lead a distraught woman on a journey through submission and surrender, audiences may recognize their own spiritual paths and discoveries. 

Three dancers holding a forth one that is reaching out.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's G. Sims, K. Douthit-Boyd, C. Brown, and D. Smallwood in Hope Boykin, Abdur Rahim Jackson, and Matthew Rushing’s Acceptance in Surrender Photo by Paul Kolnik

Four dancers low to the ground with one being held.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's G. Sims, K. Douthit-Boyd, C. Brown, and D. Smallwood in Hope Boykin, Abdur Rahim Jackson, and Matthew Rushing’s Acceptance in Surrender Photo by Paul Kolnik

Hero Credit: Photo by Paul Kolnik