Matthew Rushing's Uptown

Repertory

Uptown

CHOREOGRAPHER

WORLD PREMIERE

New York City Center, 2009

ASSISTANT TO CHOREOGRAPHERS

Renee Robinson and Samuel Deshauteurs

MUSIC

Various Artists; original composition by Ted Rosenthal

COSTUMES

Matthew Rushing with Jon Taylor and Dante Baylor

LIGHTING AND SCENIC DESIGN

Al Crawford

SCRIPT

Matthew Rushing and Gregor L. Gibson

DRAMATIC COACHING

Hope Clarke

SWING DANCE CONSULTANT

Clyde Wilder

Take a vibrant tour through the Harlem Renaissance era in all its boisterous, swinging glory. In Matthew Rushing’s elegant, glittering ballet, legends like Langston Hughes, W.E.B. DuBois, Zora Neale Hurston, Josephine Baker, and their contemporaries come alive to the music of Fats Waller, Nat King Cole, and more.

 

Sponsors

This production was supported by the Ailey New Works Fund, sponsored by Altria Group, Inc. Generous support was also received from The Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn & Nicolas Rohatyn New Works Endowment Fund, The Ellen Jewett & Richard L. Kauffman New Works Endowment Fund, and Cheryl Bergenfeld Katz.