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A group of dancers lying on the ground with two reaching upward and a backdrop of clouds

Repertory

Many Angels

COMPANIES

CHOREOGRAPHER

WORLD PREMIERE

New York City Center, 2024

ASSISTANT TO THE CHOREOGRAPHER

Katarzyna Skarpetowska

MUSIC

Gustav Mahler

COSTUMES

Harriet Jung & Reid Bartelme

LIGHTING DESIGN

Clifton Taylor

SCENIC DESIGN

Lar Lubovitch

RUN TIME

  • 10 minutes

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.)

A group of dancers lying on the ground with two reaching upward and a backdrop of clouds

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Lar Lubovitch's Many Angels Photo by Paul Kolnik

Five dancers in Lar Lubovitch's 'Many Angels' in arabesque.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Lar Lubovitch's Many Angels Photo by Paul Kolnik

A group of dancers in Lar Lubovitch's 'Many Angels' posing with arms curved.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Lar Lubovitch's Many Angels Photo by Paul Kolnik

Jacquelin Harris, Yannick Lebrun and Isaiah Day in Lar Lubovitch's Many Angels. Photo by Paul Kolnik.

Jacquelin Harris, Yannick Lebrun, and Isaiah Day in Lar Lubovitch's Many Angels Photo by Paul Kolnik

Yannick Lebrun and Ashley Green with arms extended outward in the shape of a cross in Lar Lubovitch's 'Many Angels'.

Yannick Lebrun, Ashley Kaylynn Green, and Isaiah Day in Lar Lubovitch's Many Angels Photo by Paul Kolnik

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MUSIC CREDITS

“Adagietto” from Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor, performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim conducting. 

FUNDERS

The creation of Many Angels is made possible by The Ellen Jewett and Richard L. Kauffman New Works Endowment Fund.

Hero Credit: Photo by Paul Kolnik