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Night Creature is a perfect fusion of Ailey’s buoyant choreography and Duke Ellington’s sparkling music. At once wistful and sassy, it beckons viewers into a nocturnal world populated by jazz babies and night owls. Duke Ellington said that “night creatures, unlike stars, do not come OUT at night—they come ON, each thinking that, before the night is out, he or she will be the star.”
Sarita Allen was a leading member of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for many years and was also an original member of Complexions Contemporary Ballet. In Allen’s first season with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ailey created lead roles for her in two Ellington premieres: The Mooche—opposite Judith Jamison, Estelle Spurlock, and Sara Yarboroug—and Night Creature.