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Repertory

Testament

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WORLD PREMIERE

Online, 2020

MUSIC

Damien Sneed

Weaving together deep personal experiences and an original score by composer Damien Sneed, Interim Artistic Director Matthew Rushing, Assistant Rehearsal Director Clifton Brown, and former Alvin Ailey American dancer Yusha-Marie Sorzano present Testament—a tribute to Alvin Ailey’s Revelations that follows a community of people turning pain into power and lament into hope.

NOTE: This work was created for viewing online, not onstage, and premiered during the Company’s first-ever Virtual Winter Season in December 2020.

 

A group of dancers dancers face to the side arms opening wide.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater inTestament Photo by Nicole Tintle

Five dancers in flowing clothing stand on grass holding hands in their chests.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater inTestament Photo by Nicole Tintle

Dancers in long white dresses move through a clearing of grass

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Testament Photo by Nicole Tintle

Funders

The creation of Testament was made possible by Melinda & Paul Pressler, The Pamela D. Zilly and John H. Schaefer New Works Endowment Fund, Denise Littlefield Sobel, and Daria L. & Eric J. Wallach. Major support for the creation of Testament was also provided by an anonymous donor. Generous support for the creation of Testament was provided by The Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn & Nicolas Rohatyn New Works Endowment Fund. Music for Testament was commissioned by the O'Donnell-Green Music and Dance Foundation.