Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Programme Y

By Anne-Laure Faubert, 12 July 2017

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Reviewed at La Seine Musicale: Auditorium Patrick Devedjian, Boulogne-Billancourt on 8 July 2017

Four Corners (Ronald K Brown)

After the Rain: pas de deux (Christopher Wheeldon)

In/Side (Robert Battle)

Ella (Robert Battle)

The Hunt (Tero Saarinen)

Exodus (Rennie Harris)

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Ronald K. Brown's Evidence at the Joyce makes you want to dance

Ivy Lin, 26th February

An evening of Ronald K. Brown's choreography for his own company, Evidence, brought infectious joy and had the audience dancing in the aisles.

*****

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Atlanta: simply spellbinding

Rebecca Ehrhardt, 15th February

At the start of an ambitious cross-country tour, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is transcendent at Atlanta's historic Fox Theatre.

*****

AAADT at New York City Center: a deliriously happy audience

Ivy Lin, 4th December

Alvin Ailey American Dancer Theater is in magnificent form for its New York City Center season. Never overselling, simply moving magically.

*****

Ronald K. Brown's Evidence, A Dance Company, prevails at 40

Carla Escoda, 14th January

Three very different vintage works by Ronald K. Brown on offer at the Joyce Theater on the occasion of Evidence's 40th anniversary.

****1

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: sensational dancing

Carla Escoda, 5th December

An era has come to an end at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, its repertory in admirable shape, its dancers even more so.

****1

Alvin Ailey Gala is fun but somewhat unadventurous

Ivy Lin, 4th December

There is no modern dance troupe as likeable as the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Their dancers are warm, exciting and beautiful to watch and they never fail to please audiences.

****1

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Anne-Laure Faubert

Diplômée de Sciences-Po Paris, Anne-Laure y a également étudié l’art et la littérature. Elle travaille ensuite dans les secteurs privé et public où elle suit notamment les audits de grandes institutions culturelles. Elle tient un blog depuis 2010 sur le ballet, la musique baroque et les voyages et écrit pour une fondation. Elle a créé en 2014 une société de médiation culturelle axée sur le costume et en 2015 une marque de gastronomie culturelle.

L’Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater prend ses quartiers à la Seine musicale (Programme Y)