Estelle Spurlock in Milton Myers' Echoes in Blue Photo by Johan Elbers
Repertory
Echoes in Blue
COMPANIES
CHOREOGRAPHER
MUSIC
Duke Ellington
DÉCOR
Salvatore Tagliarino
COSTUMES
Normand Maxon
LIGHTING
William Burd
MUSICAL STYLE
Jazz
Echoes in Blue was a commissioned work created by Milton Myers for the Ellington Festival. Milton said that he was inspired by “Mood Indigo,” a jazz composition by Duke Ellington and Barney Bigard, and wanted the dance to be reminiscent of the Harlem Renaissance period. Echoes in Blue was choreographed in 1975 for the Company before it was performed by Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble (now Ailey II).
Charles Epps, Susan Dillion, Norma Kauaki, and Renee Robinson in Milton Myers' Echoes in Blue Photo by Bolleen Braigan
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