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Repertory

Ailey Classics - Act I

COMPANIES

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

CHOREOGRAPHER

Alvin Ailey

Credits

Memoria
Night Creature

RUN TIME

29 minutes

Act I Program

Memoria (excerpt)

Night Creature (excerpt)

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