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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Yannick Lebrun in deep lunge with arms exteded

Repertory

A Song For You

COMPANIES

CHOREOGRAPHER

COMPANY PREMIERE

1972

MUSIC & LYRICS

Leon Russell
Performed by Donny Hathaway

COSTUMES

Ursula Reed

LIGHTING

Shirley Prendergast

RUN TIME

  • 6 minutes

This performance is dedicated in loving memory to long-time Ailey Company member Dudley Williams (1938–2015).

"A Song For You" is an excerpt from Alvin Ailey's Love Songs.

“I love you in a place
Where there’s no space or time...
I love you for my life
You’re a friend of mine...”
 

A dancer wearing a blue leotard dancing. The background is black.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Vernard Gilmore in Alvin Ailey's Love Songs Photo by Paul Kolnik

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Vernard Gilmore in Alvin Ailey's Love Songs. Photo by Paul Kolnik.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Vernard Gilmore in Alvin Ailey's Love Songs Photo by Paul Kolnik

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Music Credits

“A Song for You,” used by arrangement with Universal Music Corp.

Hero Credit: Tyler Whitman