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Two dancers leaping facing each other

Repertory

Forgotten Time

COMPANIES

CHOREOGRAPHER

COMPANY PREMIERE

New York City Center, 1990

WORLD PREMIERE

The Joyce Theater, 1990

MUSIC

Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares

COSTUMES

Judith Jamison & Ellen Mahlke

LIGHTING

Timothy Hunter

RUN TIME

31 Minutes

The haunting, otherworldly sounds of Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares accompany 12 dancers on a journey through ancient rituals of love and tribal rites of passage. In Artistic Director Emerita Judith Jamison’s quietly uplifting work, moments of complex partnering, dramatic imagery, and breathtaking stillness are part of a sophisticated choreographic structure that evokes deep emotions and echoes with universal significance. 

 

Listen to Artistic Director Emerita Judith Jamison talk about her ballet

Male dancer holding female dancer on his back

 Linda Celeste Sims and Clifton Brown in Judith Jamison's Forgotten Time Photo by Paul Kolnik

Two dancers standing with one covering the eyes of the other with their hands

 Linda Celeste Sims and Clifton Brown in Judith Jamison's Forgotten Time Photo by Paul Kolnik

Funders

Support for this production was received from André Leon Talley and from the Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey through the generosity of Kay Callison, the Arvin Gottlieb Charitable Foundation, and the Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation. The original production was made possible, in part, with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and a generous grant from AT&T.