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five dancers stand closely togetehr with their arms raised in the air.

Repertory

Satyriade

COMPANIES

CHOREOGRAPHER

WORLD PREMIERE

New York City Center, 1982

MUSIC

Maurice Ravel

DÉCOR & COSTUMES

Carol Vollet Garner

LIGHTING

Chenault Spence

RUN TIME

11 Minutes

Set to Maurice Ravel’s “Introduction and Allegro for Harp,” Alvin Ailey’s classical ballet is set in ancient Grecian times. Three leaping satyrs court three floating nymphs and all joyously dance around an enchanted forest. 

two men hold a woman wearing a white dress.

Keith McDaniel, Kevin Brown,  and Mari Kajiwara in Alvin Ailey's Satyriade Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution

five dancers stand closely togetehr with their arms raised in the air.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Alvin Ailey's Satyriade Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution

A man jumps in the air with his legs tucked underneath him.

Gary DeLoatch in Alvin Ailey's Satyriade Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution