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A group of dancers in brightly colored outfits fill the stage

Repertory

The Winter in Lisbon

COMPANIES

CHOREOGRAPHER

WORLD PREMIERE

New York City Center, 1992

RESTAGING

Masazumi Chaya

MUSIC

Dizzy Gillespie and Charles Fishman

COSTUMES

Barbara Forbes

LIGHTING

Chenault Spence

MUSICAL STYLE

Jazz

RUN TIME

26 Minutes

Dizzy Gillespie's brilliant music sets the mood for this sizzling ballet celebrating four decades of his work. Choreographed in 1992 by Billy Wilson, The Winter in Lisbon pays tribute to Gillespie as the consummate jazz musician, evoking an atmosphere in which the dancers challenge, tease, and pursue romance against a backdrop of rhythm and color.

A group of dancers in a clump with bright colored outfits. Their arms are by their hips outstretched and their legs are apart

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Billy Wilson's The Winter in Lisbon Photo by Nan Melville

A group of dancers are huddled on stage in bright colored outfits. they all have their left arm in the air, right arm across their stomach

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Billy Wilson's The Winter in Lisbon Photo by Nan Melville

A joyful dance that gives an emotional lift.

Associated Press

An onstage party with rhythm, color, and surprises.

The New York Times

Funders

This production of The Winter in Lisbon was made possible by The Ellen Jewett & Richard L. Kauffman New Works Endowment Fund.