Clive Thompson, Mari Kajiwara, Kenneth Pearl, Freddy Romero in Alvin Ailey's Myth

Repertory

Myth

CHOREOGRAPHER

WORLD PREMIERE

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: New York City Center, 1971

AILEY II PREMIERE

1976

MUSIC

Igor Stravinsky

COSTUMES

A. Christina Giannini

LIGHTING

Chenault Spence

Alvin Ailey choreographed this brief quartet for an earth goddess and three suitors to Igor Stravinsky’s “Symphonies of Wind Instruments”. The work, danced entirely behind a scrim, continued Mr. Ailey’s fascination with blending ballet technique, Graham technique, and Black social dances.