Repertory
Song of the Anchorite
COMPANIES
CHOREOGRAPHER
WORLD PREMIERE
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: New York City Center, 2025
MUSIC
Maurice Ravel
Performed by Avishai Cohen, Yonathan Avishai, Barak Mori, & Ziv Ravitz
Performed by Avishai Cohen, Yonathan Avishai, Barak Mori, & Ziv Ravitz
COSTUMES
Jon Taylor & Jamar Roberts
LIGHTING DESIGN
Yi-Chung Chen
SCENIC DESIGN
Joseph Anthony Gaito
RUN TIME
- 8 minutes
Renowned Ailey choreographer Jamar Roberts gives a fresh take on the 1961 solo Hermit Songs, Alvin Ailey’s reaction to a set of medieval religious texts and the haunting song cycle by Samuel Barber that they inspired. The result is a powerful meditation on passion and devotion—both earthly and spiritual—danced to jazz trumpeter Avishai Cohen’s interpretation of a Ravel adagio.
Alvin - To you, I offer my eternal debt of gratitude for leaving behind a legacy of truth, power, beauty, and spirit. Because of you, we are seen. - Jamar Roberts |
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MUSIC CREDITS
“Adagio assai (from Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major)”
FUNDERS
The world premiere of Song of the Anchorite is supported by Celestine & Howard Campbell.
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