Ailey at the BAAND Together Dance Festival

See Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater join forces with four other iconic New York City dance companies—American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Hispánico, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and New York City Ballet—as the BAAND Together Dance Festival returns for its fifth anniversary, reuniting the companies together on one stage!

Program

Dance Theatre of Harlem – Nyman String Quartet No.2 by Robert Garland
Set to Michael Nyman’s String Quartet No.2, Robert Garland continues his signature exploration of the intersection of cultures that is contemporary America. Complex and witty, this sophisticated work shows off the unique capacity of the company’s artists to code-switch with abandon.

"This work is dedicated to the memory of two men whom I admire: John Wesley Carlos, former track and field medal winner at the 1968 Summer Olympics, well known for his triumphant salute upon the winners podium that year, and Dance Theatre of Harlem's Founder and Artistic Director Emeritus, Mr. Arthur Mitchell (1934-2018), whose similar stand for his people, his community, and the arts 'has brought us thus far on our way' (Lift Every Voice and Sing)" -Robert Garland

New York City Ballet – After the Rain (Pas de Deux) by Christopher Wheeldon
Christopher Wheeldon’s After the Rain premiered in 2005 at NYCB’s annual New Combinations Evening, which honors the anniversary of George Balanchine’s birth with world premiere ballets. The full ballet, which included a preceding section set to Arvo Pärt's Tabula Rasa, was the last ballet choreographed by Wheeldon for Wendy Whelan and Jock Soto before Soto’s retirement from performing later that year. The second section, presented tonight, is a haunting pas de deux set to Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – Many Angels by Lar Lubovitch
The expression "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?” is a question with no logical answer. "Why do you make dances?” is another. Occasionally something may exist in the world simply for the sake of itself—for example, a dance. Many Angels is a dance to music by Gustav Mahler. It is not really about angels. (Well, maybe a little.)

American Ballet Theatre – Midnight Pas by Susan Jaffe
Choreographed by American Ballet Theatre Artistic Director Susan Jaffe, Midnight Pas is an introspective and poetic duet, set to the adagio from Alessandro Marcello’s Oboe Concerto in D minor.

Ballet Hispánico – House of Mad’moiselle by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
In House of Mad’moiselle, internationally acclaimed choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa brings iconic Latine female archetypes into motion. The piece sweeps through the commanding presence of femme fatales, the precise language of fans and boas, and the pulse of Latin dance—capturing a culture’s enduring captivation with its most glamorous and powerful women.